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The Bridgehampton Historical Society was founded in 1956, and is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. It is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. It currently owns and occupies two acres on Main Street in the Hamlet of Bridgehampton on which are situated two contemporary barns, a c.1870 wheelwright’s shop, a 1907 jail, a c.1890 outhouse, and the c.1830 Corwith House (listed on the NYS Register of Historic Places). The Society has recently become the stewards of the 1840 Nathaniel Rogers House, and in collaboration with the Town of Southampton has embarked on a major restoration project of that house (also listed on the National Register of Historic Places).
Donate to the Nathaniel Rogers House Restoration! |
“2nd Annual
Bridgehampton
Barn Tour"
SATURDAY, MAY 19TH, 10AM-4PM
PHOTO: LUMBER LANE BARN, BRIDGEHAMPTON
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The Bridgehampton Historical Society and Peconic Land Trust are co-hosting 2012’s 2nd Annual Bridgehampton Barn Tour, on Saturday May 19th, from 10am to 4pm. This unique self-guided tour will highlight barns of various styles, ages, and uses throughout the greater Bridgehampton area (Hayground and Sagaponack included). Each participating barn exemplifies various construction trends as well as examples of restoration and adaptive reuse touting the sustainability of the typical vernacular barn and their continued practicality and relevancy in the hamlet of Bridgehampton today. Programs can be obtained during registration hours, 9-11am, the morning of the tour, at the historical society’s Archives Building, 2539-A Montauk Highway, (a barn itself, and the second building east of Bridgehampton’s main traffic intersection; across from the Bulls Head Inn, and immediately east of the Nathaniel Rogers House, both under renovation). The tour is self-guided allowing guests to choose all or some of the barn sites to visit, as well as their own sequence and schedule. Volunteer docents will greet guests at each barn site which will be identified with an orange traffic cone and flags. Some of the sites may even offer their wares for purchase.
Tickets are $25 per person the day of the tour, $20 in advance, and $15 in advance for society members. Tickets can be purchased in advance through the historical society, and the day of the event at the society’s Archives Building. The event will occur rain or shine.
For additional information please call the Bridgehampton Historical Society at 631.537.1088, or email us at bhhspc@gmail.com.
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The Corwith House houses temporary and permanent exhibitions, period rooms, collection storage areas and administrative space. It is expected that the Nathaniel Rogers House will, after restoration, house the Society’s administrative, research and collection storage areas, as well as house temporary and permanent exhibitions. The Corwith House is expected to continue to host exhibitions, period rooms and outdoor special events such as our annual Vintage Car Road Rally, annual Engine Run and Craft Fair, Cultural Programs and Special Events.
The Historical Society’s Exhibition Galleries and Period Rooms are open for visitation year-round, Monday through Friday, from 10 am until 3 pm.
From June until October, exhibitions and period rooms are also open Saturdays, from 11 am until 2 pm.
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Contact Information:
Bridgehampton Historical Society
P.O. Box 977 (Mail)
Bridgehampton, NY. 11932
Corwith House: 2368 Montauk Highway
Archives: 2539-A Montauk Highway
tel: (631) 537.1088; Archives: (631) 613-6730
Email address: bhhs@optonline.net
DIRECTIONS:
LIE to exit 70 (111)
Take exit 70 and proceed south on 111
At the end of 111 go left (east) onto Sunrise Highway
Take Sunrise to the end, which becomes the “extension”
Take Sunrise extension until you reach Montauk Highway
Go left (east) onto Montauk Highway (you will be in Southampton)
Proceed through Water Mill (Windmill will be on your right)
When you enter Bridgehampton the National Bank will be on your left (Large, brick building)
Pass the Methodist Church on your right
Pass the Catholic Church on the left and slow down
We are right after the Catholic Church on the left
Pass our building and make a left onto Corwith Avenue (opp. The Candy Kitchen)
Pull into our gate on the left side of Corwith Avenue
Park up behind the main house
We hope to see you soon! |
Click to download the 2011 Season Line-up |
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“The 2011 Bridge Journal Arrives!”
The Bridgehampton Historical Society is proud to announce that the 2011 issue of The Bridge journal is fresh off the presses and chuck full of historical accounts and activities relating to the broader Bridgehampton community. The Bridge is complimentary with BHHS membership, and is sold for just $5 thanks to the many local sponsors and advertisers. Copies are available from the BHHS headquarters, the Corwith House, 2368 Montauk Highway. For additional information, call 631-537-1088.
Download this year's annual copy of
The Bridge.
Footnotes for Ann Sandford's "Rural Wealth and American Property Law: The Sagaponack and Bridgehampton Connections 1802 and 1805" |
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| The Mission of the Bridgehampton Historical Society is to inspire the documentation, preservation and interpretation of the history, oral history and cultural traditions of Bridgehampton and its surrounding communities.
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