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Connor Flanagan
Jun 1, 20231 min read
The Sinking of the Steamboat Lexington: Long Islandās Worst Maritime Disaster with Bill Bleyer
Author and researcher Bill Bleyer joined us last month for a talk about his new book, The Sinking of the Steamboat Lexington on Long...
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Connor Flanagan
May 5, 20231 min read
Southamptonās Treasured Trees with Southampton Town Historian Julie Greene
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...
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Connor Flanagan
Apr 14, 20232 min read
Plein Air Painting with Howard Rose - Summer 2023
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...
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Connor Flanagan
Mar 14, 20231 min read
Sustainable Southampton: Environmental Design in Architecture ā Cocoon and Threshold Houses
Architect and interior designer Nina Edwards Anker, PhD joined us recently for a virtual talk on two Southampton structures that partake...
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Connor Flanagan
Feb 21, 20234 min read
Red at the Pelletreau Silvershop
April Gonzales joined our Board of Trustees last year and has been an amazing addition to our organization. She has taken a real interest...
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Steve Gould
Feb 14, 20232 min read
The Art of Love
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...
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Steve Gould
Dec 27, 20223 min read
Shipwreck! The Tragic Loss of the Circassian
In December 1876, the cargo ship Circassian was wrecked off the coast of Mecox Bay near Bridgehampton. Although she was initially...
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Connor Flanagan
Dec 13, 20226 min read
Southampton: A Legacy of Life and Love
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...
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Connor Flanagan
Nov 1, 20220 min read
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Mary Cummings
Oct 11, 20226 min read
The Catastrophic Hurricane of 1938: Lost Lives, Beaches Battered, Neighborhoods Annihilated
A Day Like Any Other After three days of rain, the morning of Wednesday, September 21, 1938, dawned bright and fair in Southampton....
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Mary Cummings
Sep 27, 20224 min read
The Edward Foster Homestead
The house at 264 South Main Street, which local history traces to 1695, was part of the vast property holdings acquired by the Foster...
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Tom Edmonds
Sep 20, 20222 min read
Captain Barney Greenās House: 172 South Main Street, Southampton
This distinctive mansion, with a Second Empire-style Mansard roof, was built in 1871 or 1872 by whaling Captain Barney Green. It was...
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Connor Flanagan
Aug 30, 20224 min read
Chalet de Imer
By Cynthia V.A. Schaffner Unique among Southamptonās early twentieth century residences was Chalet de Imer ā a timber and stone masonry...
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Steve Gould
Aug 16, 20222 min read
Fore! The Golf Clubs of Willie Dunn, Sr.
William āWillieā Dunn Sr. was a Scottish professional golf player, born in Musselburgh (outside Edinburgh), Scotland in 1821. Willie...
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Steve Gould
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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...
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Laurie Collins
Jun 28, 20221 min read
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...
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Tom Edmonds
Jun 14, 20226 min read
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...
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Connor Flanagan
Jun 7, 20229 min read
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,...
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Connor Flanagan
May 10, 20224 min read
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...
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Tom Edmonds
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Laffalot in Art Village
The story of Laffalot comes from Southamptonās short lived Art Colony period and could not be told without including its energetic first...
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