GC3X48B Historic Long Island - John Coltrane Home (Traditional Cache) in New York, United States created by RED 5

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Hidden : 9/19/2012

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A magnetic nano cache hidden in front of the John Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, NY

The John Coltrane Home is where saxophonist John Coltrane resided from 1964 until his death in 1967. It was in this home that he composed his landmark work, A Love Supreme.

Coltrane and his wife, Alice moved their family to Long Island in 1964. The family included Alice’s daughter, Michelle, from a previous marriage; and their three children, John Jr., Ravi and Oran. He lived in this house until he died from liver cancer at Huntington Hospital on July 17, 1967, at the age of 40. Alice Coltrane lived in the house until 1973.

It is a 1950s era brick and wood frame "Farm Ranch" building with four bedrooms, living room, studio in the basement and a practice room above the garage. The basement was the site of Coltrane Studios, where many of his demo recordings were made. The practice room above the garage, specifically, has been credited as being the site where A Love Supreme was composed.

In 2002, the 3.4 acre plot and house were threatened by property developer, Ash Agrawal, who was going to raze the house and subdivide the grounds. A local historian, Steve Fulgoni, launched a campaign to find a benefactor to buy the home in 2004, and in 2006 it was purchased by the Town of Huntington and given to the "Friends of the Coltrane Home."

In 2007, the home was added to the New York State and the National Register of Historic Places. A rare honor, especially given the relatively new construction of the house, but a reflection of its significance. In 2011, the National Trust for Historic Preservation included the home on its list of the 11 Most Endangered Places, and in 2012 the home was selected as one of New York’s 200 most significant sites and added to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s "New York Path Through History", a statewide road map that ties historically and culturally-significant sites, locations, and events throughout the state.

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Historic Long Island - John Coltrane Home Traditional Cache

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