Found these old photos. This was a very busy hub back in 1915. You could take the train to Holtsville and from there either catch a coach north to Port Jefferson or the trolley south to Patchogue. It was still called "Waverly Station" back then even though the towns name changed.
Today, all that remains of the station is a empty, gravel lot.
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
Found this post on Facebook. If you know Holtsville, you may find this interesting.
Jim Patterson How about 50's. I grew up in Holtsville and moved to Colorado in the 70's. My parents bought a house on Division St in 1958 which was still a dirt road back then, for $ 5,000 dollars. The builder went bankrupt, I guess no one wanted to live out in the sticks back them.
I went to a two room school house for kindergarden called the wigwam, which was built on an old farm house property with a barn, which became the Sachem School district office for a while. The farm house was part of the old peach orchard farm which has become Chippewa and Sagamore schools. I remember before Sagamore was built my dad would go down to the field and shake the peach trees which were where the track field is now and we would pick up the peaches. The farm house and wigwam was located on the south side of Portion Rd where the Nichols Rd overpass is now.
After kindergarden I went to Waverly Ave school, which was just the front part facing Waverly Ave, when I was in second grade the school caught fire and we had to go to Lynwood for the next year. Then they added the back section after that in 1966.
In 1965 they were building the L.I.E. though the area. Two years before that a major fire came thought that area and we had to evacuate. Morris Ave and others had homes across the area where the road was to be built. Some where bulldozed down and some where moved. The house on the SE corner of Morris Ave at the entrance to Chippewa school was one of them moved, my fouth grade girl friend lived there.
At one time the fire house was also a grocery store and the post office. Torr's Inn was a bar and another place east a little on L.I. Blvd was another bar called Sophie's place, where the new post office was built. My dad's work, John Bull Vending was across the street, in that little house, which is still there.
On Morris Ave between Portion Rd and Division St on the east side was an old huge Victorian house that old man Wieler once lived at. The house at one time was part of an old resort. There was summer cottages surrounding the big house. They all had outhouses behind them. As kids we played in all those old houses, before they were torn down in 1971.
My old address was 77 Division Street, at one time before we had a proper post office address it was 201 Division St, which was the builders lot number. I remember my parents had to write our address along with Holtsville, L. I. New York to be sure we got our mail back them. I guess back then no one knew for sure where Holtsville was, so you had to add Long Island just to be safe.
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
Very cool. I pass the area daily and always think about the old station. I also pass the old railroad bridge trestle on LI Ave btwn Waverly and Blue Point which is now the sign for Affatatto Paving.
Welcome Jay. Sadly, there isnt much history left in Holtsville. Most of the older buildings have now been torn down. Did you see the recent one taken down. On Waverly between LIE & Union. Small brown house from early 1900's. Im sure they will now build a lovely McMansion..........
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
Sure did. 5 houses S of the E/B serviceroad? I have asked a few people, and apparently, that is 1 lot that goes from Waverly to Woodland...Originally Posted by Curly
Thanks for the welcome!
Wow, I walked past that house all the time on the way to that mini mart north of the expressway. I saw it was demolished, but when it was still standing I didn't think much of it, didn't realize it was so old.
"A shadow is cast wherever he stands, stacks of green paper in his red right hand"
Was the train station on the main line? The construction actually looks more similar to some of the South Side RR of LI station houses.
OK I just answered my own question from checking Wikipedia....so Holtsville was actually around until 1998? It was one of the stations closed along with the Lower Montauk stations in Queens (Fresh Pond, Richmond Hill, etc.) It says the station house was torn down in 1958, but existed as a platforms and a shelter until 40 years later. Are those still there? The ones in Queens have been abandoned completely in place.
Amazing that there was an LIRR stop in this location continuously from 1843-1998. It probably got it's most usage when the pictures above were taken, when the trolley ran to Patchogue. That would have been one of the few north-south transfer points east of where the Montauk/Main Line splits.
The platform has been torn down, and all that remains in its place is a gravel, overgrown lot.
I believe they tore down Holbrook & Holtsvilles Station houses in 1962. The platform that remained at Holtsville was really nothing bigger than a bus stop.
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
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