Then-and-now photos: Center Moriches through the generations

Mike White | August 22, 2019

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St. John The Evangelist Church

St. John The Evangelist Church, located at 25 Ocean Ave., opened in 1885. It has since expanded tremendously to what you see today.

Photo from “Pictorial Memories of the Moriches Area” by August Stout Jr.

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