Town of Lawrence, NY Website
Town of Lawrence, NY Website
The Village of Lawrence has experienced many transformations down through the years. What was once vast farmlands, and originally developed by brothers Alfred, Newbold and George Lawrence as a summer resort, is now a thriving community of over 6500 residents.
In the 1850's, the Lawrence brothers started acquiring land to accommodate the wealthy and famous from New York City who enjoyed summers in the country. They built the present Train Station at Lawrence Avenue together with connecting roadways. The Rockaway Hunt Club was located at its present site in 1884, a hotel was built in this same year in the area known as the Isle of Wight adjacent to Reynolds Channel and the great boom in summer residents began. Within 5 years, the need for public improvements such as surfaced roadways with drainage and curbing led to the incorporation of the Village of Lawrence on September 13, 1897.
http://www.villageoflawrence.org/
