If checked, this site is within the Fire Place (Brookhaven Hamlet) Historic District

19-Initial Const Date: c. 1935 [likely before 1930, as the 1930 census lists their residency on Beaverdam Rd. at a location consistent with the present house.]

19-Architect:

19-Builder: [Walter E. Corrigan, partner with Vernon S.Tiger in the large Tiger Nursery farm that stretched from their homes on Beaverdam Road to the marshes of the bay to the south. Vernon Tiger's home has Historic Site ID Br27A.]

Ellen Williams, research assistant.

From the Long Island Advance, 2 October 2003. Page 13. "Splendid memories of Elia Kazan" By Frank S. Costanza Though most know director Elia Kazan's triumphs in the Broadway production of "Death of a Salesman" and Academy Award-winning film "On the Waterfront. locals probably can recall his filming of another famous movie in their back yard. Kazan and American playwright William Inge spent the summer of 1960 filming scenes from "Splendor in the Grass" on almost 200 acres of land in Brookhaven hamlet. Kazan, who also directed "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," and "J.B." and won Oscars for directing "Gentleman's Agreement" and "On the Waterfront," died on Sunday in his Manhattan home. He was 94. The Brookhaven hamlet property, which was the former site of the Tiger Nurseries, was transformed into an unkempt Kansas oilfield for the filming of "Splendor in the Grass." The scene was created to convey the general atmosphere of the Great Depression that followed the heydays of the 1920s. According to an "Advance" article dating from August 11, 1960, the site on Beaver Dam Road was selected because of its resemblance to Kansas. Charles H. Maguire, assistant producer and unit manager of the film, lived in West Islip and cruised across Long Island in search of the perfect place to film "Splendor in the Grass. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty starred in the leading roles of the movie. The story is about a boy and girl, who is losing each other, find themselves. The story is set between 1928 and 1932. Warner Brothers released the movie in 1961. Though no local actors were featured in the film, five locals inhabitants of the Brookhaven area had minor roles in "Splendor in the Grass." Five 18 month-old, white-faced Herefords belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Hand of the Suffolk Game Preserve Lodge [now South Haven Park] were featured in the film.