Town Reveals Plaque Commemorating Roosevelt Elementary School

Approximately 48 years after Roosevelt Elementary School in Huntington Station was demolished, alumni and various members of the Huntington community returned to the site to dedicate a plaque to the historic school.

Roosevelt Elementary School, originally known as Lowndes Avenue School, was built in 1913 for $58,000 and served students from kindergarten to eighth grade. The building had two-stories and eight classrooms until a new addition in 1926-1927 expanded the school to 16 classrooms at a cost of $99,409. The building was then renamed Roosevelt Elementary School in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt. The school was torn down in 1968.

Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone, Huntington School District officials and distinguished alumni returned to the school's former location, near Winding Street and Lowndes Avenue, to commemorate the new sign on Saturday, May 21.

Also in attendance was Huntington Station historian Dr. Alfred Sforza, former Suffolk County public administrator Anthony Mastrioanni, community leader Paul Johnson and school board president Thomas DiGiacomo, who attended kindergarten at the school.

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