St. Anastasia Roman Catholic Church, 1924. St. Anastasia Church was founded in 1915, after local residents has spend the hundred years prior traveling great distances to attend mass (to St. Michael's in Flushing or St. Mary’s in Manhasset). The original congregation was only 100 parishioners. The community grew and the first church building, a small wood-frame building, was completed in 1919. In 1936 a brick building was constructed to house the auditorium and gymnasium for the parish school, but was instead used as the new church, which it remains today.

Douglaston Inn, 1927. The building that was known by various names (Evan's Hotel, Douglaston Inn, North Shore Hotel) was believed to have been built circa 1850. The hotel and restaurant venue was used by various local groups for civic and social events, such as meetings about local schools, a celebration for the founding of the local fire station, and the first service of the nearby St. Anastasia. The Douglaston Inn, as it was known by the mid 1910s, closed with Prohibition and the structure was torn down in the late 1930s.

Matinecoc Burial, ca. 1930s. The late 1920s as the City prepared to widen Northern Boulevard in Little Neck, Queens, questions were raised about the future of the small burial ground at the north edge of the road between Jessie Court and Cornelia Lane. Referred to as the 'Indian Cemetery' in numerous sources, it was the burial place of the Waters family of Little Neck, who were of Matinecock, Shinnecock, and Montauk ancestry. Though the Native community, including its leader, James Waters (Chief Wild Pigeon), opposed the removal, the city eventually prevailed. At the time, the remains of about 30 individuals were disinterred and removed to a plot in Zion Episcopal Church Cemetery of Douglaston. The new burial is viewed here, with a tree growing in-between a split rock with the words “Here rest the last of the Matinecoc" inscribed thereon.

Zion Episcopal Church, 1927. Following a fire in 1924, the rebuilt Zion Church included the tall spire seen in this 1927 photograph.

Zion Episcopal Church, 1922. Zion Episcopal Church was established in the late 1820s. In 1829 a cornerstone was laid for a church building designed by famed New York church architect Richard Upjohn. The land on which the building was constructed and the funding for the structure was donated by Wynant Van Zandt, a prosperous alderman and merchant. The construction was a community effort with Van Zandt and his neighbors felling their finest trees for beams and rafters, and local boys helped with making the shingles for the bell tower. The church had its first service in 1830. The original building (seen here) was destroyed in a fire in 1924. The church was largely rebuilt in the same style, though a longer nave was created and a tall spire was added. The reconstructed church was ready for Christmas services in 1925. The adjacent cemetery includes the burial of local church members. In 1930 the traditional burial grounds of the Matinicoc Indians was in the path of the widening of Northern Boulevard. The remains were re-interred in the Zion cemetery and the site was marked with a tribal symbol, a tree growing from a split rock.