ABOUT US/RECENT HISTORY

 A project by Anna LaViolette & Meryl Ortiz and  \Edited by Craig Newman

RECENT HISTORY
The Fire Island Voters Association held its first anti-road conference at the clubhouse during the time Robert Moses wanted to build a road through Fire Island, similar to the Ocean Parkway through Jones Beach. Fortunately for all of us, this plan was never implemented.

In 1997, under the leadership of Ms. Ruth Lungen, President for over 10 years, stewardship changed from Dune Realty Corp., the association entity then governing the club, converting to the Summer Club Condominium. This gave all members far greater rights accorded to a condominium, including especially direct land ownership, as opposed to the earlier association which more resembled a co-operative. The current president is Gary Eckstein, elected in 2000.

We have seen dynamic growth and changes in our community. Therefore we would like to document as best we can the history of all 40 homes in Summer Club. This information is current as of July, 2007.
 

EAST WALK
Lot #34 - Judge Retinger and wife Jill built the original house in the 70s, then sold to Peter and Ann Sidoti in the 90s.
Lot #36 - Judge Retinger sold this lot to Sandy and Irv Guberman in 1988. They built their home in 1988-1989.
Lots #37, 38 - Dorothy Long built the original house (builder was Joel Smith),and sold to Jeff and Karin Lewis in the 1990s.
Lot#38 - Larry Long owned this vacant lot. Susan and Anna LaViolette purchased it in 1986. Built house in 1989-90 by builders Steve Mueller and Doug Meyer.
Lot #40 - David Long owned this lot, sold it to Charles and Susan Shapsels in the 1970s. Currently co-owned by the LaViolette's and Hirsch families.
Lot#41 - Original pink house was owned and built by Mr. & Mrs. Fred Fisher, then sold to Dorothy Long. In the 70s it was sold to Joel & Gail Smith.
Lot #42 - Original house was built by Joel Smith in the 1980s. Gail and Joel Smith sold the house to Scott Hirsch and Jamie Rutman in 1990s. Gail Smith was the original owner of this lot.
Lots #43, 45, 47 - Original home built by Mr. & Mrs. Montalbano in the 1970s, then sold to the Sabella family in the 1990s. The Sabellas bought the third lot (#47) from the club . The Sabellas built the extension in 1997. They sold the property to Jill and Michael Solomon in 2003.
Lot #44 - Original house built by Dr Schacht in the 70s, then it was purchased by Susan and Zvi Friedman in the 1990s.
Lots #46, 48 - The original house was built by Cathy and Bill Wykoff in 1978 on lot # 46. The next owners were Patricia and William Grant. Lot #48 was a vacant lot on the corner. Mr. Grant bought it to build a pool for his family. Purchased in 2004 by Joe and Andra Matera.
Lot #49 - Original home built by Mr. & Mrs. Goodman in the 1970s. In the 1990’s it was sold to Peter Fishbein and Kimberly Cline.
Lot #50 - Owned by the Fire Island Summer Club.
Lot # 52 - Originally owned by Cassal, sold to Diane and Mark Maas, 1990s.
Lot #54 - Originally owned by Davidson, built home in the 1970s. Sold to Diane and Mark Maas in the 1980s.
Lot #56 - Dr. David Plotkin and wife Elaine bought lot and built house in 1980s. Sold to Dr. John Ruisi in 2004.
Lots #58, 60 - Hazel Long built original home with bricks left over from the building of the Woodhull school. Sheryl and Russ LaScala purchased home in the late 1990s.
Lots #62 & 64 - Dr. Zanvel Liff and his wife built their house in the 1970s. Sold to Meryl and Augie Ortiz in 2004.
Lots #66, 68 - Owned by original founder George Ederle. His sister was Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel in the 1940s. The house was built in the 1950s. At some point it was sold to a Mr. Silverman who sold it to Peter and Ann Sidoti in the late 1990s. This house, renovated in 2005 was the second one to be built in the club.
Lots #70, 72-Owned by the Murphys, one of the earliest club members. Some say that Mr. Murphy was in the Navy, and therefore instrumental in helping the club buy the Blue Point Coast Guard Station. This house was purchased by Dan and Roberta Rosen in the 1990s.
Lots #74, 76, 78-This house was built by Mr. Krohn in the 1970s, then owned by Mr. Shep Osherow. It was sold in 1997 to Gerry and Craig Newman.
Lot #77 - owned by the Fire Island Summer Club.
Lot #79 - owned by the Fire Island Summer Club.
Lots #73, 75- This is not certain, but Mr. Schmid, one of the founders, was said to have built the first house in Summer Club on this lot. Now owned by Don & Kanyana Sussman.
Lots #69, 71 - The original lots were owned by Joseph Gerardi. These lots were purchased by the Bienenfeld’s, and sold in 2003 to Joanna & Zoe Mandel.
Lots #65, 67 - Originally owned by Robert Healy, now owned by Stan and Eileen Israel. The home was built in the 1970s.
Lot #63 - An original founding family, the Delancey family owned the property with the Gillespie family. Sold the lot to the Nelsons in 1979, who then built a home. They sold it in 2002 to Gene & Carol Meyer.
Lots #59, 61 - Originally owned and built by the Gillespie family, who were original founding members. This house was sold in the 1990s to Jim and Betty Mallot.
Lot #57 - The Gillespie family owned the original lot. Kevin Gillespie built the house. Home was built in the 1970s. Owned by Eileen and Arnold Fogel.
Lots #53 , 55 - Owned by Sam and Sandy Hagler, built in the 1970s.
Lot #51 - Owned by Bradystein. Sold to Steve and Kelly Tandy in 2000s. Sold to the Putnam family in 2006.

West Walk
Lots #150, 152 - Owned by Fire Island Summer Club. Sold to Mike and Ellie Cunningham in the late 1990s. They built a pool and cabana on the site.
Lot #154 - Owned by Phil and Louise Martone. Rumor has it that Mr. Martone received the lot in return for doing club's roof. The Cunningham family bought the lot in 2006.
Lot #156 - Owned by Phil and Louise Martone. See lot #154 above.
Lot #158 - Owned by Ann & Don Thomas. Their home built in 1970’s.
Lot #160 - Owned by Mr. Nussbaum who sold it in the 1990’s to Rick and Jamie Winkler. Home built in 2000.
Lot #162 - The house was originally built by Chuck Edwards in the 1960s. The Edwards family lived in the house as year round residents. The Fire Island artist Christy Edwards and her brothers grew up there and went to Woodhull School. Purchased thereafter by Mark Nussbaum. Gordon and Helen Graber purchased the home in 1988.
Lot #164 - Owned by the Fire Island Summer Club.
Lots #166, 168 - Tom Dunworth, one of the original founder families built a ho me in late 1950’s. Wife Violet Dunworth had shared the home with Joseph & Violet Dunworth.
Lots #170, 172 - This home could be the original founder Rodi's house, then Zimmerman, then Ellen Kapet. Purchased in 2000 by Arthur Freierman and Abby Gilmore.
Lot #174 - Ron & Sandra Katz sold to Jerry & Ellen Columbus in 1988.
Lots #176,178 - Joseph & Rona Forstadt built home in the 1980s. Destroyed by fire in the 1990s, they rebuilt it exactly as it was before.
Lots #177, 179 - Original founder Mr. Cahill's home. House then went to a relative, the Brays. This house was a low yellow stucco, considered a landmark when walking the beach. House was lost in a hurricane in the 1990s and the vacant lot was sold to Roger Krakowsky in 2004. A new home was completed in 2006 and sold to the Davis family in 2007.
Lot #175 - House built by Dr. Lupovici in the 1980s, then sold to Roger Krakowsky in the late 1990s. Sold to The Lyons Family in 2007.
Lot #173 - House built by Marvin & Rosemarie Mazor in the 1980’s.
Lot #171- Chet Weber was one of the original founders. The family built a home in the 1960s. Purchased by Joe & Rona Forstadt In 2004.
Lot #169 - Lot was owned by Sanders. Dr. Fred & Marta Siegal purchased lot in 1977. Their home was built in 1981. It was a pre-manufactured home that went up in six weeks.
Lots #167, 165 - Lots purchased and home built in the 1970s by Betty and Marty Handlers.
Lot #163 - House was built in 1970s by Mark Schoen. Gary & Sandy Eckstein purchased home in 1992. Gary Eckstein is the current president of the Summer Club.
Lot #161 - Harvey Prince purchased land and built in 1980. Sold in 2000 to Ellie & Michael Cunningham.
Lots #159, 157 - The original home was built by Murphy. It was sold to Ruth & Gary Lungen in the 1980s.
Lot#155 - Ellie & Michael Cunningham purchased home in 1990s.
Lots #151, 153 - This house was built in the 1980s by Lou and Linda Dolinar. It was built off site and brought over the bay.