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1954 Map of Huntington

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Huntington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Cold Spring Harbor and the surrounding Nassau-Suffolk borderlands reflect the mid-century suburbanization of Long Island, anchored by historic coastal estates and inland development. This 1954 revision documents the cultural landscape of Huntington and Huntington Station as the postwar housing boom began to fill the spaces between established hamlets like Syosset and Woodbury. The map preserves the site of the Walt Whitman Birthplace alongside modern institutions of the era, such as the Nassau County Sanatorium and the Long Island Agricultural and Technical Institute.

Significant landmarks of local history are visible, including the Carnegie Institute near the Inner Harbor and the sprawling Long Island National Cemetery to the south. The infrastructure of the period is clearly defined by the Northern State Parkway and the Long Island railroad, illustrating how transportation corridors shaped the expansion of Bethpage and Hicksville. Numerous neighborhood institutions, from the St Rose Industrial Sch to the Huntington Country Club, provide a detailed record of the social and educational fabric of the 1950s.