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The Shell House

Glen Cove, New YorkHouses completed in 1910Houses in Nassau County, New YorkHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)Nassau County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
National Register of Historic Places in Nassau County, New YorkTudor Revival architecture in New York (state)
Shell House; East Island, Glen Cove
Shell House; East Island, Glen Cove

The Shell House is a historic home located at 26 Westland Drive on East Island in Glen Cove in Nassau County, New York. It was built as a guest cottage and home of the yacht captain on the Matinecock Point Estate of J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867–1943). The house is composed of a small, Norman style core dated to the mid-19th century, with a large Tudor Revival addition built about 1910. Also on the property are the remains of a pier and a poured concrete and cinder block wall.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The house was rebuilt in the late-2010s.

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The Shell House
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Shell House; East Island, Glen Cove
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Glen Cove Gurdwara
Glen Cove Gurdwara

Glen Cove's Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur is a Sikh Gurdwara or temple in Glen Cove, New York in Nassau County on Long Island. It has an area of 15 acres near Long Island Sound. The main building is 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) built-up area, 20 rooms and three halls. There is a secondary building with a five-bedroom house as the residence of sewadars. The property was purchased for $1.20 million to make a gurdwara. This gurdwara was founded by the Sikhs of Long Island, New York when they felt that they needed a larger facility. It separated from Gurdwara Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Center Plainview. The first head priest was Singh Sahib Gyani Jagtar Singh Jachak. Bhai Sahib left to serve again as an international Kathakaar. Presently the granthi is Bhai Paramjit Singh. Sewadars of Gurdwara Sahib are Bhai Swinder Singh and Bhai Navdeep Singh. The president of Gurdwara Sahib is Sardar Harbinder Singh Sachdev and secretary is Sardar Mohan Singh Kabuli. Gurdwara Sahib have Ragi Jathas by each month and Gurbani Vichar is done by Sikh preachers. Gurdwara Sahib attracts an average weekly congregation of 200 families from the surrounding area. It has weekly services and celebrates Gurpurabs: Informal Diwan on Fridays from 7 to 8:30pm Formal weekly services on Sundays from 10 am with Sukhmani Sahib 11-12:15 Asa Di Var 12:15-12:45 Gurbani Katha 12:45-1 Kids Program 1-1:30 Shabad Kirtan Finished with Guru Ka Langar.Associations/organizations associated with Gurdwara Sahib are East Punjab Sikh Society, Itshi Ladies Satsang, Sikh Missionary College, International Sikh Women's Council, American Sikh Prabhandak Committee, World Sikh Council, Akhand Keertani Jatha, The Sikh Coalition, Long Island Keertan Project.