Colonial Flower Shop of Ronkonkoma

Colonial Flower Shop EST 1959, occupies the original firehouse of Ronkonkoma building. This is the only picture found to date of the building taken in 1959. You can see the original "Colonial Flower Shop" sign to the right. The window placement, the bump-out of the building in the front, and the entire structure of the building remains the same today.

The building underwent an extensive rennovation a year and a half ago. The outside structure stayed the same, while the inside of the building was re-done due to much needed insulation, and proper restoration for the building to maintain it's historical integrity. The ceiling was raised all the way to the top of the roof, the inside of the store now resembles a swiss chalet in the alps. There is wide plank, rough sewn early growth white pine wood for the ceilings, post and beam structure and the same wide plank rough sewn early growth white pine wood on the floors. The loft is the original loft and it was always there, a wrought iron black "pot belly" railing was added as a decorative interest. There is a steel pole that stretches along the monstrous loft wood beam from one side of the building to the next, that remains there from the original structure since its inception. The building truly is a large piece of history in Ronkonkoma. We do have fire memorabilia hanging up on the walls from a firefighter who fought fires back in the 1950's who was retiring to Florida, and he said he would be honored if we would hang his accolades and plaques in Colonial Flower Shop, the original firehouse of Ronkonkoma. We obliged, and we are honored to hang his memories on our walls. If at any point, any other firefighter, or retired firefighter has a piece of Ronkonkoma Fire Department history, and would like it displayed with a plaque of recognition for a period of time, please let us know, we would be honored as well to share in the memories, and keep the history of the building alive.