The Old Village Hall Museum building in Lindenhurst took only 10 days to be constructed in 1914. Reopening the building after moving it has taken 12 years.

The museum, housed in a building that once served as the village’s municipal headquarters, was originally located next to Lindenhurst’s main firehouse on Wellwood Avenue. When the village sought to expand the firehouse in 2013, the one-story building was moved to Irmisch Park on Broadway , next to a 1901 rail depot and freight house.

“We’ve got a little historic compound going on now,” said historical society trustee and former Lindenhurst Mayor Lynda Distler. “It’s kind of like a landmark now in the village.”

The museum reopened to the public on July 26. Getting it ready was subject to numerous delays over the years, village o

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