A House With History

The top photograph of the house at the southeast corner of Morris and Grand Avenues in Rockville Centre was taken by the home's owner, Bergen T. Raynor, shortly after he purchased it in 1900. The house was originally built in 1899 on speculation for use as a school, but it stood empty for a year before Raynor bought it, says Kathleen Blass, an interior decorator who, with her husband, Michael, bought the house from Raynor's daughter in 1979.