The Roslyn Landmark Society's annual Historic Home Tour will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 7.

This year, the tour includes a selection of nine sites in Roslyn, including some residences never before open to the public. The tour showcases three centuries of historic architecture in the Roslyn area, including a 17th-century Dutch colonial dwelling, several mid-19th-century Victorian houses, and one historic barn that has been transformed into a private residence.

The Conklin-Zwerdling residence on East Broadway was originally constructed in the 1880s as a barn for members of the Conklin lumber family who lived in a house immediately in front of the property. In the 1990s, the present owner transformed the barn into one of Roslyn's most interesting dwellings. The addition and rear porches, designed by local architect, Guy Ladd Frost - incorporate building material salvaged from across the northeast. The front doors, composed of tiger oak and retaining original glass and hardware, came from a Vermont monastery while the interior floors were once located in Pennsylvania hay mews. The zinc kitchen floor is finished with aluminum roofing nails and is the work of artist York Ast whose design mirrors the skin of an airplane. Ast also crafted the copper sinks found throughout the house. Frank Tiberi crafted the massive, triple-flue, mortarless chimney to resemble ancient Indian burial monuments.

Also located on East Broadway, the Rafferty-Craft house is a unique Roslyn residence, built by villagers around 1890 for the widowed Ann Rafferty whose husband had been killed by a local constable. In the 1990s, the present owners added a two-story addition, designed by architect Guy Ladd Frost, to the rear of the original cottage. The one-story connecting dining room with its French doors opens onto outdoor gardens.

The Warren Wilkey House on Main Street is perhaps Roslyn's greatest example of mid-19th-century architecture. The Roslyn Preservation Corporation restored the large Second Empire-style dwelling in the 1970s. The home boasts beautiful interior graining, 11-foot ceilings, period light fixtures and wallpaper.

On Bryant Avenue, the Lynch and Replogle houses with full porches, turned posts and scalloped shingles, are both examples of Queen Anne architecture. Both dwellings were built around the turn of the 19th and 20th-centuries and retain their original floor plans, design features, and decorative detailing.

The Henry Eastman Cottage at 130 Mott Avenue is a recent restoration project of the Roslyn Landmark Society. The ca. 1860 Carpenter Gothic cottage originally faced West Shore Road and was one of a number of similar cottages that once lined the busy thoroughfare. The restored dwelling retains its original board-and-batten exterior, decorative bargeboard, finials, and wooden floors.

Three local landmarks, Trinity Episcopal Church, Cedarmere, and the Van Nostrand-Starkins house are also included on the tour. Refreshments will be served in the Gothic mill at Cedarmere throughout the day.

Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased at the Bryant Library or at the Roslyn Landmark Society at 36 Main Street in Roslyn.

The tour is self-paced and self-guided. Visitors will need transportation to visit all sites. Guidebooks complete with maps and directions will accompany all ticket sales. Directional signs will also mark the tour route. Please, no children under 12. Tickets will be for sale on June 7, the day of the tour, in front of the Roslyn Savings Bank located on Old Northern Boulevard in downtown Roslyn. For additional information, please contact the Roslyn Landmark Society at 625-4363.