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South Side Sportsman's Club of Long Island was a recreational club that catered to the wealthy businessmen of Long Island during the gold coast era from the 1870s thru the 1960s. There was a main clubhouse building, a smaller residence building, and an old wheat and corn-grinding gristmill built c.1750 and operated until 1878, among other service buildings, that are still standing in the Connetquot River State Park Preserve. Part of the main building built in 1820 was originally Snedecor's Tavern (known as "Obe Snedecor's") owned by Eliphalet (Liff) Snedecor on the old stage road. The “shingle style” clubhouse was the first building designed by architect Bradford Gilbert. Between 1866 and 1973, it was used as the clubhouse. Members and their guests used the residence when visiting for fishing, sporting clays and other types of outdoor recreation. The main clubhouse contains an elaborate library, billiard room, dining hall, clubhouse room, and various bedrooms. Currently the building houses the New York State Regional Environmental Education Office and Interpretive Center, historic exhibits and Outdoor Learning Laboratory of Boces Scope. South Side Sportsman's Club was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Islip (town), New York in 1973. It is now a meeting place for the Vanderbilt Historical Society and other groups. In 1886, a club was formed and chartered under the name of "The South Side Sportsmen's Club of Long Island." The first article of the constitution of the association stated, "This club is established for the protection of game birds and fish and for the promotion of social intercourse among its members." In 1908 the club owned 2,324 acres and leased additional 1,147 acres from the Breeze family. The Connetquot Brook runs through the property for a distance of about four miles from railroad to railroad. This Brook empties into Great South Bay. Its lower part is known today as "Great River", but on older maps and on the government maps it is shown as the "Connetquot River". It is to the South Side Club that the public is indebted for many of the laws protecting game not only on Long Island but throughout the State. The Club is no longer in existence, and the property is now Connetquot River State Park Preserve owned by the New York State Park Commission. The park provides excellent opportunities for fishing brook, brown and rainbow trout, with some trout being as much as 15 pounds. The Long Island Railroad once had a stop between Great River and Oakdale for the Sportsman's Club. The stop was called the "Clubhouse". it was abandoned in the first half of the twentieth century. In 1907 there were one hundred (100) members including and one honorary member: George Slade, William Bayard Cutting, John Cochrane, Frank Hall, George De Witt, Esq., Daniel Fearing, Frederic Rhinelander, W.K. Vanderbilt, Alfred Wagstaff, Jr., Esq., HB Hollins; Honorary member - Herbert R Clarke. Included among guests was US Grant. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Side Sportsmen's Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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