In March 1992 we moved into 15 Chestnut Street, Huntington, on Long Island's north shore. Clicking on the picture at left brings up a drawing of the house from the realtor's brochure. The realtor's description is here. We bought the house from a fellow named Dilworth. It was built around 1926-7 by a Swedish carpenter, Albert Peterson.
During these first five years in the house we acquired a dog (Boris, of course), a daughter (Nellie, born January 5, 1993) and a son (Danny, born July 3, 1995).
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Here are some photographs from our first five years in the house. Clicking on a picture brings up a bigger version.
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As we purchased it, the property was 50′ wide, 150′ deep. It had originally been a square property, 150′ by 150′, with wide lawns on each side. At some point in the late 1980s, though, a previous owner (not Dilworth) had subdivided it, leaving our house in the middle 50′ strip. A neighbor, Jim Finley, provided us with this picture of the house on its original property. |
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This picture is conveniently dated 5/24/92, two months after we'd moved in. I don't know what that second car is in the driveway. We only had our blue Ford Festiva at this point. It can be seen in the garage. I guess we had visitors. |
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Rosie's first idea was to get a dog, so as soon as we had moved in we called a fencing company to build a fence enclosing the back yard. |
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After the fence, a dog and a deck. Then a clamming expedition with Jim Finley. |
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And then … Nellie! Here she is with her Mommy that summer in a little collapsible pool I set up on the deck. |
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Followed by Danny in 1995. Here he is at his one-month party (ÂúÔÂ) in August that year. In the picture, from left to right: parts of Danny, Rosie, me, Jeannette & Joe Campo, Don & Ruth Wolf, Jim & Pat Finley, Bing Ma's mother obscuring Pat Finley, Bing Ma & Jimmy Chou. The Campos, Wolfs, and Finleys were Chestnut Street neighbors. Bing Ma was a colleague of mine from CS First Boston; Jimmy was her husband. I think Bing's father was taking the picture. |
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Nellie in the little collapsible pool we had on our deck. |
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Nellie reading to Danny. |