Roslyn, ny
War MemORial/BRyant Library
Scavenger Hunt
2021
Dedicated on October 2, 1921, the building was designed as a living memorial to the young men from Roslyn who fought in World War I. Between 1921 and 1951, the War Memorial building was a community center, a 200-seat theater, and a youth center for local teens.
The building was acquired by the Bryant Library Association and provided all library service within the original footprint of the Roslyn War Memorial building until the 1968 expansion.
Search the outside of the building, check off each item on your scavenger hunt card and visit the reference desk to claim your prize!
The LHC invites patrons of all ages to celebrate American Archives Month & the Roslyn War Memorial building centennial, the Bryant Library’s home for the past 70 years.
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The LOcal HiStORy COllectiOn
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Dedicated to former Library Board President Norma Perlman in April 1971 for her leadership during the library’s '68-'70 expansion, it is mathematically oriented to provide accurate readings for our particular latitude, reminding us to “Seize the Day.”
Now partially hidden behind a railing at the Library’s 1952 entrance on East Broadway, it contains a list of soldiers from Roslyn who fought in World War I, 1920 newspapers & an invitation to the 10/24/1921 groundbreaking ceremony.
Although “Victory Hall” and “War Community House” were also suggested as names, Roslyn War Memorial was chosen and permanently inscribed on the building’s façade in 1921.
The Bryant Library has been welcoming readers of all ages to this building since 1952 with signs at the original East Broadway entrance and the current entrance on Paper Mill Road.
One round and one square, these decorative cupolas grace the tops of the Bryant Library building & the Library’s Valentine House annex building.
Architect Frederick M. Godwin, grandson of William Cullen Bryant, topped the columns framing the building’s original East Broadway entrances with this architectural motif.
From community center to theater to public library, these lanterns have lit the way to evening programs in the building.
Gifted in 2011 by the Friends of the Bryant Library, it celebrates the library’s status Nassau County's "oldest continuing public library."
Officially known as a Princess Tree but recently designated the “Bryant Beanstalk” by staff, this fast growing plant stands beside the front entrance to the Library’s Valentine House annex.
Two of the many memorial plaques scattered around the library grounds, these honor former Young Adult Librarian Susan “Suzi” Owens and former Roslyn Village Mayor Bob Bell and his wife, Elise.
Removed from its place in the Roslyn War Memorial and rededicated in 1936 at its current location in Gerry Park, it lists the names of the “Roslyn boys” who served in World War I.
One of two that stood in Clarence Mackay’s Italian garden during the Roslyn War Memorial Dedication party he hosted on October 2, 1921, this statue is a replica of “Les Cheveax de Marly” (The Horses of Marly) which now stands outside the Louvre in Paris.