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Author and researcher Bill Bleyer joined us last month for a talk about his new book, The Sinking of the Steamboat Lexington on Long...

Did you miss last week's Zoom lecture? No worries you can watch the recording now! Arbor day is a special day where we recognize some of...

En plein air (French for 'outdoors') or plein air painting is simply, the act of paining outdoors rather than in a studio. In the mid...

Architect and interior designer Nina Edwards Anker, PhD joined us recently for a virtual talk on two Southampton structures that partake...

April Gonzales joined our Board of Trustees last year and has been an amazing addition to our organization. She has taken a real interest...

There is no denying that James Killeen was madly in love with one of the daughters of Captain James Green. Although the story of James...

In December 1876, the cargo ship Circassian was wrecked off the coast of Mecox Bay near Bridgehampton. Although she was initially...

Please enjoy this write up that was done by one of our patrons, Marianne O'Donnell talking about her life and memories growing up in...

A Day Like Any Other After three days of rain, the morning of Wednesday, September 21, 1938, dawned bright and fair in Southampton....

The house at 264 South Main Street, which local history traces to 1695, was part of the vast property holdings acquired by the Foster...

This distinctive mansion, with a Second Empire-style Mansard roof, was built in 1871 or 1872 by whaling Captain Barney Green. It was...

By Cynthia V.A. Schaffner Unique among Southampton’s early twentieth century residences was Chalet de Imer – a timber and stone masonry...

William “Willie” Dunn Sr. was a Scottish professional golf player, born in Musselburgh (outside Edinburgh), Scotland in 1821. Willie...

Historic 14 Flying Point Road This farmhouse on Flying Point Road has deep roots in the Southampton community. The house was built about...

Can you guess where this house was located in the Southampton Village? It used to stand on Main Street where the CVS is today. In 1822...

It is 1929, the year the economy will take a spectacular plunge, but William F. Ladd, too rich to fret over ominous signs, has set his...

Morris Studio: The Unseen Collection, Photographs of Southampton 1892-1940 was an exhibit we put on from August 22, 2018 until August 3,...

The Southampton Village Historic Bike Route is on the homeland of the Shinnecock, who continue to live and work on Long Island. We...

The story of Laffalot comes from Southampton’s short lived Art Colony period and could not be told without including its energetic first...