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Preserving Long Island Black Heritage: Pyrrhus Concer Homestead

February 25, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Pyrrhus Concer (Southampton Historical Society) Demolished in 2014, the Pyrrhus Concer Homestead in Southhampton, Long Island, was finally recognized as a Historic Landmark by Southampton Village in January 2021. Pieces were salvaged before the house was torn down and preservationists have been working to bring it back to life and properly interpret it ever since.

Though born into slavery, over the course of his life Concer would become one of the most well-respected members of the Southampton community. After being freed as an adult, Concer went on to have a long and storied career as a whaler and boatsteerer. He was one of, if not the first, African Americans to enter Japan. Thanks to well-kept records including whaling logs and documents related to his local philanthropy, Pyrrhus Concer’s life is one of the most complete histories of a formerly enslaved person in America.

[Read more…] about Preserving Long Island Black Heritage: Pyrrhus Concer Homestead

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Long Island, Preservation League of New York State, Southampton

New Technology Being Deployed At Lake Agawam Algal Blooms

April 11, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

harmful algal bloom on Lake AgawamThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the start of a new research project to evaluate the potential efficacy of ultrasonic devices to reduce harmful algal blooms (HABs) on Lake Agawam in the village of Southampton on Long Island. [Read more…] about New Technology Being Deployed At Lake Agawam Algal Blooms

Filed Under: Nature, New York City Tagged With: DEC, harmful algal bloom, nature, Southampton

Tour of Southampton’s Gardens Set

August 17, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Peconic Bay View by Averitt Buttry 2020The Southampton History Museum has announced “An Outsider’s View,” a tour of Southampton and North Sea gardens and landscape settings, set for Saturday, September 12th, from 1 to 4 pm.

With designs ranging from a structured formal garden of clipped hedges and detailed gates to a waterfront cottage garden bursting with flowers and native flora, each setting will provide a look at the interplay between the landscape and the home’s architecture and history. [Read more…] about Tour of Southampton’s Gardens Set

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, gardening, Landscape Architecture, Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum

Southampton History Museum Reopens By Appointment

July 31, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Southampton History Museum’s Rogers Mansion, in Southampton, Long Island, NY,  is now open for tours. Their current exhibit High Style in the Gilded Age. [Read more…] about Southampton History Museum Reopens By Appointment

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Art Exhibit, exhibits, Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum

Southampton History Museum Cancels April Events

March 24, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

southampton history museumThe Southampton History Museum has announced that all of April’s program have been canceled due to circumstances regarding COVID-19. [Read more…] about Southampton History Museum Cancels April Events

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum

Whaling Captains Lecture in Southampton

January 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Captain Albert Rogers Mansion c 1890In 1893, Southampton historian William S. Pelletreau wrote that it was “safe to address almost any middle-aged man one might meet as ‘Captain’, for the chances were that he was one.”

Zachary Taylor, curator at the Southampton History Museum, is set to give PowerPoint lecture on sea captains who made Southampton their home, using research and photographs from the Museum’s archive on Saturday, March 7, at 1 pm. [Read more…] about Whaling Captains Lecture in Southampton

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Maritime History, Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum

Rogers Mansion Candlelight Tours in Southampton

December 11, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Candlelight on the piano by Liana MizziRogers Mansion in Southampton, NY, is set to host self-guided tours of the mansion on Saturday, December 14th, and Saturday, December 28th.

Guests will be able to see a 20 room home as it was in the 1920s filled with holiday decorations. Also, the exhibit “High Style in the Gilded Age: Southampton 1870-1930” will be on display showing ball gowns worn by Southampton women along with their stories from that era. Some of the women featured will be Consuelo Vanderbilt and Millicent Rogers. Refreshments will be served. [Read more…] about Rogers Mansion Candlelight Tours in Southampton

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Holidays, Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum

Spooky Spirits at Rogers Mansion, Southampton, LI

September 29, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Rogers Mansion by Connor FlanaganThe history of the Rogers Mansion in Southampton starts in 1648 when it was a one room farm house built by the pioneering William Rogers family.

Hundreds of Rodger family descendants were born, raised and died on the property. [Read more…] about Spooky Spirits at Rogers Mansion, Southampton, LI

Filed Under: Events, Food, History, New York City Tagged With: Halloween, Long Island, Southampton

Southampton History Museum Harvest Fair Set for Sept 21st

September 2, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Shinnecock Tribe dancing by Crazy CowThe Southampton Historical Museum’s 2019 Harvest Fair has been set for Saturday, September 21st, from 11 am to 4 pm, at Rogers Mansion, 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton. This event is free and open to the public.

Activities include outdoor crafts, tool making demonstrations, Shinnecock Tribe dancing, farm animals, a thrift shop and an 1850 wedding re-enactment. [Read more…] about Southampton History Museum Harvest Fair Set for Sept 21st

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum

Gilded Age Exhibit Opens In Southampton, LI

August 9, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Cryder Triplets 1900The Southampton History Museum will open the exhibit High Style in the Gilded Age: Southampton 1870-1930, on Saturday, August 17, with an opening reception from 4 to 6 pm, at Rogers Mansion, 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, Long Island. [Read more…] about Gilded Age Exhibit Opens In Southampton, LI

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits, New York City Tagged With: Southampton, Southampton Historical Museum

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