Friends of Connetquot Accomplishments
Since forming the Friends of Connetquot, the Friends have accomplished the following:
- Formed Friends of Connetquot in 1998 to prevent the NYS from turning it into a Bed & Breakfast
- Acquired the South Side Sportsmen’s Club Archive
- Commissioned the Replication of 4 Historic Rocking Chairs (Circa 1870) displayed in the Billiard Room
- Secured grants for the Mill Restoration
- Secured grants for the Hatchery Renovation and Reopening of the Historic (Circa 1890) Trout Hatchery, where fishing has resumed.
- Restored the Kitchen, Lady’s Dining Room, Men’s Dining Room, Billiard Room, and a Period Bedroom
- Commissioned a Fire Safety Study, Federal Grant and Supervised Installation of Fire Suppression System in Main Building
- Subsidized and Secured Funding for Interpretive Signs for the Trails and the Hatchery
- Returned Eliphalet Snedecor’s Portrait to the Main Building From the Town of Islip
- Developed and Installed the First Self-guided Mobile Device Tour (OnCell Program) to be Offered in a New York State Park
- Installed Two Turtle-Viewing Rafts and Signage
- Scholarship Program
- Lecture Series ~ Educational & Historic Programs
- Various Fundraising Activities: Annual Gala, Trail Ride, Annual Hunt Dinner, Fishing Outing & Ladies' Tea
- Involvement in I Love My Parks Day
- Facilitated Return of Historic (circa 1870) Liquor Lockers
- Refurbished Sign Posts Which Date From the Days When Montauk Highway Cut Across the Park (circa 1880)
- Restoration of the Historic Bench on the Front Porch
- Commissioned and Completed a Complete Architectural Study and Plans for Refurbishing the Historic Circa 1870 Icehouse
- Located, obtained and returned the old Franklin Stove from the Smithsonian back to the Billiard Room.