Gillette House Makeover

Greater Sayville Food Pantry executive director Charlene Lehman led this journalist on a tour of the newly renovated grand home, the #GilletteHouse, that dates back to 1843. After years of neglect, leaks, hanging ceilings, peeling walls, it’s finally a true historic centerpiece for this hamlet as well as now a comfortable meeting space for several not-for-profits, just what Ida Gillette intended when she bequeathed her home to #Islip Town. Read the article by #LindaLeuzzi in the @liadvance: https://www.longislandadvance.net/detail.html?sub_id=7eddf3350f