YELLOW SUBMARINES

SPOTTED ON FORGE RIVER

 

This fine home totaly mis identified as to it's history by Newsday in August of 2000, was most likely originally the home of August "Gus" Floyd or Nicoll Floyd. They were two of the five Floyd's who recieved property of the divided Floyd Estate in 1879. According to author Douglas Steeples, publisher William Buck Dana, who was also a lawyer, worked out the deal dividing his father in law John Gelston Floyd's remaining property (around 2000 acres) between Nicoll, Gus, Sadie, Kitty (Buck's wife) and J. G. Jr. (Bucks business partner and brother in law) The property for Moss Lots was Kitty & Buck's part of the deal.

Highly renovated and modified along it's life, the house below was owned by Fred Foote and his son (?) Bill. Fred who worked in The Hoover administration was a friend of the Dana's. My friend Kenny Vitellaro, a contractor recalls doing some work on it for Bill Foote in the '70's and he is also the source of this story.

 

At one time in the '70's when it was up for sale, the front running purchasers were none other than John & Yoko Lennon. It seems the surrounding neighbors of the yet to be designated "Old Mastic" historic district voiced considerable concern over their potential new neighbors. Needless to say John and Yoko changed their minds and passed on it.....however consider this scenario.......

Had John Lennon lived in the roaring twenties or had Dana & Dodi survived to a ripe old age , would there not be Yellow Submarines sailing up and down the Forge River Today?

 

 

HOLY MACKRELL DODI ! THERE'S AN ANGRY MOB OF SCREAMIN' BLUE MEANIES
ON THE DOCK! .........TAKE US HOME WILLIS !