Roslyn, ny
War Memorial/Bryant Library
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Dedicated on October 2, 1921, the Roslyn War Memorial Building was designed as a living memorial to the young men from Roslyn who fought in World War I. The building initially served as a community center for the people of Roslyn. In the 1940s, it became a 200-seat theater that staged many productions. It was later utilized as youth center for local teens until 1951 when it was acquired by the Bryant Library Association. Library services were provided within the original footprint of the Roslyn War Memorial building before it was expanded in 1968.
Using the picture clues below, search the outside of the building to locate various historical details. Click each picture to learn more information about each feature!
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Dedicated to former Library Board President Norma Perlman in April 1971 for her leadership during the library’s '68-'70 expansion, it is mathematically oriented to provide accurate readings for our particular latitude, reminding us to “Seize the Day.”
Now partially hidden behind a railing at the Library’s 1952 entrance on East Broadway, it contains a list of soldiers from Roslyn who fought in World War I, 1920 newspapers & an invitation to the 10/24/1921 groundbreaking ceremony.
Although “Victory Hall” and “War Community House” were also suggested as names, Roslyn War Memorial was chosen and permanently inscribed on the building’s façade in 1921.
The Bryant Library has been welcoming readers of all ages to this building since 1952 with signs at the original East Broadway entrance and the current entrance on Paper Mill Road.
One round and one square, these decorative cupolas grace the tops of the Bryant Library building & the Library’s Valentine House annex building.
Architect Frederick M. Godwin, grandson of William Cullen Bryant, topped the columns framing the building’s original East Broadway entrances with this architectural motif.
From community center to theater to public library, these lanterns have lit the way to evening programs in the building.
Gifted in 2011 by the Friends of the Bryant Library, it celebrates the library’s status Nassau County's "oldest continuing public library."
Officially known as a Princess Tree but recently designated the “Bryant Beanstalk” by staff, this fast growing plant stands beside the front entrance to the Library’s Valentine House annex.
Two of the many memorial plaques scattered around the library grounds, these honor former Young Adult Librarian Susan “Suzi” Owens and former Roslyn Village Mayor Bob Bell and his wife, Elise.
Removed from its place in the Roslyn War Memorial and rededicated in 1936 at its current location in Gerry Park, it lists the names of the “Roslyn boys” who served in World War I.
One of two that stood in Clarence Mackay’s Italian garden during the Roslyn War Memorial Dedication party he hosted on October 2, 1921, this statue is a replica of “Les Cheveax de Marly” (The Horses of Marly) which now stands outside the Louvre in Paris.