The structure housing the Sayville Library from 1924 through 1965 was the former Reuben Edwards homestead and was purchased by the library in 1923 from Edwards' daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Brown, for $10,000.  The house was demolished in 1965 to make way for a larger library and Sayville Library continues to occupy the site today.  This photograph of the Sayville Library appeared in the October 28, 1938 issue of the Suffolk County News, accompanying an article marking the 25th anniversary of the Sayville Village Improvement Society.  The caption read:  "The Sayville Public Library, one of the first and important projects sponsored by the Sayville Village Improvement Society.  For a number of years before the local school district voted an appropriation for that purpose, the women raised the money and had the responsibility of that institution."
Photograph used with the generous permission of the Suffolk County News.