.  In 1873, Robert B. Roosevelt, the uncle of Theodore Roosevelt, purchased a 200 acre farm that straddled the Sayville-Bayport line between Montauk Highway and the railroad tracks.  There he built "Lilacs", his summer home.  It remained in the family until 1954 when it
was sold to a developer and razed.
Postcard postmarked June 20, 1920, from the collection of Sayville Library.
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