All of the sites currently owned or operated by the Southampton History Museum are located on the ancestral lands of the Shinnecock, who continue to live and work on Long Island. We respectfully acknowledge and honor all indigenous communities - past, present, and future - for their ongoing and fundamental relationships to the region.

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Our Historic Sites & Structures

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Rogers Mansion

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

Museum headquarters since 1943, featuring 12 historic structures spanning nearly 400 years of local history, anchored by the spectacular Rogers Mansion.

Conscience Point Historic Site & Nature Walk

1640 Conscience Point Road, Southampton, NY 11968

A historic site and nature walk commemorating the landing of Southampton's first English settlers in 1640. Upon reaching the shore, one of the settlers is said to have exclaimed, "For Conscience sake, dry land!"

Boys & Girls Outhouses

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

A his and hers set of outhouses from the late 19th century.

Blacksmith Shop

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

This was originally a horse stable built c. 1790 on Hampton Road that was fashioned into a Blacksmith Shop to house a donated collection.

Corn Crib

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

Originally from the Rose de Rose estate on Hill Street, this corn crib is from the late 19th century.

Halsey House & Garden

249 South Main Street, Southampton, NY 11968

One of the oldest English colonial homesteads in New York State. The Halsey family first settled here in 1648 and built their beloved house ca. 1683.

Red Creek Schoolhouse

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

Built ca. 1830 in the Red Creek area of Hampton Bays.

Nugent Carriage House

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

Built in the 1890s by Dr. John Nugent who purchased this property from the Rogers family and would later sell it to Sam Parrish.

Hildreth's General Store

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

The original Hildreth's still stands on Main Street today but this 1893 structure was decorated to reflect what Hildreth's may have looked like in 1903.

Sayre Barn

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

Early 19th-century Barn

The Pelletreau Silver Shop

80 Main Street, Southampton, NY 11968

This tiny building, constructed ca. 1686, is one the oldest places of business in the United States. Most famously, it was once the workshop of American Patriot and silversmith, Elias Pelletreau (1726-1810).

Fordham & Elliston Paint Shop

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

Built ca. 1880, historically used as a local paint shop and tavern

Carpenter's Shop

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

Originally built in the 1890s and located behind where Hildreth's Department Store stands today.

Bayman's Decoy Shed

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968

Another repurposed building from the 1890's which was once a corn crib and now displays a decoy maker's workshop.