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Heckscher Park is a local park and national historic district in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. It is bounded by Madison Street, Sabbath Day Path, Main Street , and Prime Avenue. The park is roughly triangular-shaped with a large pond on northwest corner, and contains the Heckscher Museum of Art established by industrialist August ...
Beginning in 1972 and continuing until 2008, the New York Philharmonic played at Heckscher State Park as part of its free "Concerts in the Parks" series. The annual event was held on summer evenings in an open field near the campground and was open to the public. In 2009, the New York Philharmonic chose to cancel the event for the summer of ...
His grandson August Heckscher II (1913–1997), served as President John F. Kennedy's Special Consultant on the Arts, the first White House cultural adviser, 1962–1963, as well New York City Mayor John Lindsay's Parks Commissioner, 1967, amongst other highlights in a wide-ranging career and life.
It is named after its benefactors, Anna and August Heckscher, who in 1920 donated 185 works of art to be housed in a new Beaux-Arts building located in Heckscher Park, in Huntington, New York. The museum has over 2,300 works of art, focused on American and Long Island artists, as well as featuring American and European modernism , and photography .
This list is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in the Town of Huntington, New York. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Huntington is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States.The town's population was 204,127 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the 11th most populous city/town in the state.
The Heckscher State Parkway (formerly known as the Heckscher Spur) is an 8.24-mile (13.26 km) controlled-access parkway on Long Island, New York, in the United States. The parkway is located entirely within the Suffolk County town of Islip .
The Heckscher Foundation for Children; Heckscher State Parkway in western Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York; Heckscher State Park in East Islip, New York; Heckscher Park (Huntington, New York), a local park on the National Register of Historic Places in Huntington, New York; Heckscher Museum of Art within the aforementioned park in ...