A quick preface from the Sayville Alumni Association;
Isaac Henry “Ike” Green, 1858-1937, was a member of our Board of Education and the father of two Sayville High alumni;
Henriette Emma (Green) Snedecor, Class of 1902
and
Beatrice H. (Green) Rogers, Class of 1909.
Of particular note, is that Isaac was the Architect of “Old 88”, the Sayville High School building which his two daughters would attend. Old ’88 was a district school until 1957. Subsequently, Suffolk Adelphi College occupied the building from 1958-1962. In 1964, old 88 then became the district’s administration building. Old 88 was destroyed by a fire on Dec. 14, 1969.
Isaac Henry Green was born on September 11, 1858, in Sayville, New York, his father, Samuel, was 22 and his mother, Henrietta, was 25. He married Emma Louise Hibbard in 1885. He died on March 24, 1937, at the age of 78.
Interestingly, Isaac was often referred to as “Jr”. But, his father Samuel was obviously not Sr. This junior and senior designation was simply established to distinguish Isaac and his uncle Isaac Henry Green’s business affairs. Thus, uncle Henry was referred to as “Sr”. Furthermore, Isaac Jr. preferred to go by the nickname of “Ike”.
In addition to Thomas McMahon’s blog below, if you want to learn more please visit the Long Island History project and listen to a very interesting interview with Constance Gibson Currie, who “describes her almost fifty-year pursuit of the life and buildings of Isaac H. Green”.
https://www.longislandhistoryproject.org/tag/architecture/
There is also a terrific article by Constance Gibson Currie about Isaac Henry Green which focuses on Brookside, which many of us knew as “Clock’s Pond”, across from the current Sayville High on Brook street. It is a terrific read at;
http://andersonapes.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/6/3/14635550/brookside_article_apes.pdf
And now, please enjoy Tom McMahon’s contributions of narrative and video on Isaac Henry Green.
