South Side Sportsmen's Club
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Southside Sportsmens Club District
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The main clubhouse
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| Nearest city | Great River, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′55″N 73°7′25″W / 40.76528°N 73.12361°WCoordinates: 40°45′55″N 73°7′25″W / 40.76528°N 73.12361°W |
| Built | 1830 |
| Architect | Bradford Gilbert; Ashby & Breckenridge |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 73001272 |
| Added to NRHP | July 23, 1973 |
South Side Sportsmen's Club was a recreational club that catered to the wealthy businessmen of Long Island during the gold coast era from the 1870s thru the 1960s. Its main clubhouse and other facilities were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Southside Sportsmens Club District in 1973, and are today contained within the Connetquot River State Park Preserve.
In 1886, a club was formed and chartered under the name of "The South Side Sportsmen's Club of Long Island". The first article of the constitution of the association stated, "This club is established for the protection of game birds and fish and for the promotion of social intercourse among its members."
By 1907 there were one hundred members including George Slade, William Bayard Cutting, John Cochrane, Frank Hall, George De Witt, Esq., Daniel Fearing, Frederic Rhinelander, W.K. Vanderbilt, Alfred Wagstaff, Jr., Esq., and H.B. Hollins. Herbert R. Clarke was an honorary member. Included among guests was Ulysses S. Grant.
In 1908 the club owned 2,324 acres (9.40 km2) and leased an additional 1,147 acres (4.64 km2) from the Breeze family. The Connetquot Brook runs through the property for a distance of about four miles (6.4 km) from railroad to railroad. This Brook empties into Great South Bay. Its lower part is known today as "Great River", but on older maps and on the government maps it is shown as the "Connetquot River".
The Long Island Railroad once had a stop between Great River and Oakdale for the Sportsman's Club. The stop was called the "Clubhouse". It was abandoned in the first half of the twentieth century.
The South Side Sportsmen's Club promoted many of the laws protecting game not only on Long Island but throughout the state. The club is no longer in existence, and the property is now part of the Connetquot River State Park Preserve owned by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
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