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View the Thomaston History Booklet                                   History Blog - Historic Photos

            (to view the photos on the blog, click "POST" on the main page of the blog)

 Click here to read "A History of Thomaston" (Great Neck Record article from 1987)

The Great Neck Historical Society has recognized three buildings in Thomaston as having cultural, historic or architectural interest:
Methodist Church Sunday School 715 Northern Boulevard	124 Susquehanna Avenue	21 Lincoln Road
Built in 1881 by Joseph Spinney. Restored by the Korean Methodist Church in 2012. Click here for more history	Built c. 1858 for U.S. Congressman Benjamin Wood.  Wood was also a New York State Senator and editor and publisher of the the New York Daily News.  The house was moved back from the original position facing the North Hempstead Turnpike (Northern Boulevard). Click her for more history	Built in 1921 by the Shields Brothers in their deveopment called Great Neck Villa. It was the home of Julius Henry (Groucho) Marx and his family from 1926 to 1931.  The purchase price of the house was $27,000. Click here for more history