Christeen (sloop)

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Christeen
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Location: Oyster Bay, NY
Built/Founded: 1883
Designated as NHL: December 04, 1992 [1]
Added to NRHP: December 04, 1991 [2]
NRHP Reference#: 91002060 [2]

Christeen is the oldest oyster sloop in the United States and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.[1][3]

She was built in 1883 in Glenwood Landing, New York as a gaff-rigged sloop. She had several homes including Essex, Connecticut, but in 1992 she arrived back in the hamlet of Oyster Bay, New York at the Waterfront Center. Funds were raised and over the next seven years, she was restored and relaunched. She currently serves as a working museum ship, offering educational tours of Oyster Bay and Cold Spring harbor.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Christeen (Sloop). National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-10).
  2. ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ James P. Delgado (1978-09), National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Maritime Heritage of the United States NHL Theme Study — Large Vessels: Christeen (Sloop) PDF (1.00 MiB), National Park Service  and Accompanying Photos, from 1914 and 1990 PDF (2.32 MiB)
  4. ^ "The Waterfront Center 2008 Program Guide", pg. 4.
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