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History · Woodmere

18% of Woodmere’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 6 old photos and papers from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
6famous people
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From Woodmere’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Woodmere’s past

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

Old housesHalf of Woodmere’s homes were built before 1959.
★ What stands out · The story

How Woodmere came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Woodmere.

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In 1910, Woodmere considered incorporating as a village. These plans, however, were unsuccessful, and Woodmere remains an unincorporated hamlet governed by the Town of Hempstead to this day. Another attempt to incorporate Woodmere as a village was made in 1978; this proposal was also unsuccessful.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Woodmere, 1915 to 1964

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1915Born hereGerard Piel is born here
  3. 1930Born hereHarvey Milk is born here
  4. 1935Born hereMargot Bennett is born here
  5. 1963Born hereJill Zarin is born here
  6. 1964In the archiveSephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a29018
By decade

Woodmere, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s6 items
Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a290181964Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Is…Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a290191964Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Is…Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a290201964Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Is…Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a290211964Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Is…Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a290221964Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Is…Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a290231964Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Is…
1970s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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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.

Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a29018
Retake this viewSephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a29018, 1964

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

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Famous people

6 famous people were born in Woodmere

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Harvey MilkAmerican politician and gay rights activist · b. 1930
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Margot BennettAmerican actress · b. 1935
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Gerard PielAmerican scientist · b. 1915
Jill ZarinAmerican socialite and television personality · b. 1963
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Carolyn GoodmanAmerican clinical psychologist and civil rights… · b. 1915
Debra KatzCivil Rights Lawyer · b. 1958
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Finish Woodmere’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewSephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woo…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

CedarhurstIts storyB−Hempstead29 historic placesANew York City1039 historic placesA+HewlettIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townValley StreamIts storyC+South Valley StreamIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWoodsburghIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townInwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHewlett NeckIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLawrence1 historic placeB−

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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 (6), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.