Valley Stream Historical Society

The Valley Stream Historical Society (“Society”), founded in 1973, is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) member-supported organization with the mission to bring together people who are interested in the history of Valley Stream and to collect and preserve historical records for the purpose of educating and fostering interest in the community. The Pagan-Fletcher Restoration, located at 143 Hendrickson Avenue, is a Village of Valley Stream property dating from the 1800s. The house sits on land once home to the Pagan's, considered the founding family of Valley Stream (their family named the village in 1853), and in 1983 the house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Valley Stream Historical Society operates the Restoration which is open to the public for exhibits, tours, and research. The Society publishes the Panorama newsletter, sponsors lectures and special events, maintains a Society website, and is involved in other local history initiatives.

Some collections are in the process of being digitized, such as the historical society’s early meeting minutes, and the meeting minutes of the Valley Stream Women’s Democratic Club from the 1930s and 1940s: https://www.vsvny.org/index.asp?SEC=17E2184D-D1F2-402C-8953-35B0520559EA&DE=BA1068F9-8283-4A23-8485-37D7137FDFB7

An inventory of oral histories can be viewed online at the Valley Stream Historical Society’s website, and accessed at the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library where the recordings are cataloged and archived: https://www.vsvny.org/index.asp?SEC=17E2184D-D1F2-402C-8953-35B0520559EA&DE=ACBA9C72-1D37-4F6A-B120-A5B091CE6643

Archives Hours: By Appointment

Address: 143 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream NY 11580

Website: https://www.vsvny.org/historical

Contact: (516) 872-4159

vshistorical@gmail.com