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Shoreham Nuclear Power PlantPhoto: meta nemegi - Paul Searing · CC BY 2.0
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History · East Shoreham

2 of East Shoreham’s places are on the National Register

Most of East Shoreham was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1904 on.

2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From East Shoreham’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about East Shoreham’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start East Shoreham’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Shoreham’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewEast-shoreham-ny: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How East Shoreham came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of East Shoreham.

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Sited in East Shoreham, the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant was approved for Shoreham in 1973, but it was later decommissioned as the result of public protest. The builder, Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO), was partially reimbursed for money spent on construction. The municipal bonds that were floated to reimburse the builder are being paid off by a special levy on the electric bills of residents of Long Island. In 2022, estimates calculated the debt had grown from just under $8 billion to over $9 billion – more than $8,000 per ratepayer.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

East Shoreham, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1870s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1870s1 item
Part of Brookhaven, Sufffolk Co. L.I1873Part of Brookhaven, Sufffolk Co. L.IMap
Date unknown1 to date
East-shoreham-nyDate?East-shoreham-ny
Today3 recent
Big Old Unidentified House;2017Big Old Unidentified House;Access Road to LILCO and Old Shoreham LIRR Station2017Access Road to LILCO and Old Shoreham LIRR StationTesla Street2014Tesla Street
On the map

East Shoreham on the map, 1904 to 1926

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Shoreham. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

East Shoreham on the 1904 USGS mapEast Shoreham on the 1926 USGS map1904Moriches sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of East Shoreham.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on East Shoreham’s page.

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On the National Register

2 historic places in East Shoreham

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to East Shoreham

Nobody well known was born in East Shoreham itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ted ChiangAmerican science fiction writer · b. 1967
Dan GurneyAmerican racing driver, constructor and team ow… · b. 1931
D. B. SweeneyAmerican actor · b. 1961
Frank CoraciAmerican film director · b. 1966
Tony NeseAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1985
William FloydAmerican Founding Father and politician · b. 1734
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Wading River3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRiverhead14 historic placesBBrookhaven52 historic placesA−ShorehamIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRidge1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRocky Point1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about East Shoreham’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.