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

Steve Gould
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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Biking Through The Centuries - The Express Magazine
A few weeks ago we had our Bike Southampton event co-sponsored with the Southampton African American Museum and the Southampton Village...

Connor Flanagan
Jul 26, 20221 min read
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To Arms! African American Soldiers in the American Civil War
The role of African Americans, particularly African American soldiers, in the American Civil War is often overlooked. Despite heroic...

Steve Gould
Jul 19, 20224 min read
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Clamming with Charles Sumner Bunn
Cynthia Van Allen Schaffner is a direct descendent of Thomas Halsey Jr. who built the Halsey House & Garden that we care for today and...

Connor Flanagan
Jul 12, 20221 min read
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Alewives to Zucchini
During this pandemic I have come to realize how we have lost our survival skills. We are so dependent on grocery stores. So much so that...

Laurie Collins
Jul 5, 20222 min read
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Dr.'s Home to CVS
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...

Laurie Collins
Jun 28, 20221 min read
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Connor Flanagan
Jun 21, 20220 min read
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Ocean Castle on Meadow Lane
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...

Tom Edmonds
Jun 14, 20226 min read
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Morris Studio: The Unseen Collection, Photographs of Southampton 1892-1940
Morris Studio: The Unseen Collection, Photographs of Southampton 1892-1940 was an exhibit we put on from August 22, 2018 until August 3,...

Connor Flanagan
Jun 7, 20229 min read
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Southampton's 20th Century Influencers
From November 18, 2021 to April 14, 2022 we hosted a series of six lectures by museum staff on various full/part-time residents of...

Connor Flanagan
May 31, 20221 min read
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Bike Southampton!
The Southampton Village Historic Bike Route is on the homeland of the Shinnecock, who continue to live and work on Long Island. We...

Connor Flanagan
May 10, 20224 min read
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Southampton's 20th Century Influencers: Gary Cooper, Hollywood Icon
The actor we all know as Gary Cooper was born Frank James Cooper on May 7, 1901 in Helena Montana approximately 2,300 miles from...

Connor Flanagan
Apr 19, 202215 min read
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