Historic East Hampton

Guided Tour of Mulford Farm
2024-08-11 10:00 (America/New_York) | Mulford Farmstead, 10 James Ln, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Visitors will have the opportunity to go inside one of East Hampton’s oldest homes and learn about the American Revolution through the eyes of the Mulford family and the enslaved Africans who lived there. Located on an original home lot in East Hampton, the tour includes a visit to a barn built in 1720 and a traditional dooryard garden, which is cultivated by the Garden Club of East Hampton. After the tour, visitors can also explore the site using the new AR1776 App, which goes further in depth about the American Revolution.
Meet at 10 James Lane, East Hampton.
Free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.
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Tour with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society: Devon Colony & Amagansett Highlands
2024-08-14 09:30 | NY
The Devon Colony is a historic enclave founded in 1908 by Cincinnati’s William Cooper Procter (Procter & Gamble), Richmond Levering, Joseph Rawson Jr., and William Stanhope Rowe after they discovered the area on a hunting trip. The men purchased 1,000 acres of land, 90 feet above sea level, with Gardiners Bay to the north and the ocean to the south, and built grand stucco houses and smaller residences as their summer homes. The colony also includes what is now the Devon Yacht Club, which was originally established as the Gardiners Bay Boat Club in 1908. We’ll tour this area with Lucy Sachs, a descendant and former resident of the Highlands. Co-presented by the EH Trails Preservation Society and the East Hampton Historical Society.
Meet 9:30 AM at Fresh Pond Park (corner of Fresh Pond Road and Cross Highway), Amagansett. EH Town parking permit required.
Free for EH Trails and Historical Society Members, $12 for Non-Members. Pre-registration required.
Rescheduled from August 7 due to inclement weather.
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Tour with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society: Freetown
2024-09-12 10:00 | NY
Freetown was settled in the late 18th and 19th century by free people of African and Native American descent, as well as people of European descent. Following the Emancipation Act of 1799, John Lyon Gardiner and other slaveholders in East Hampton set aside parts of their landholdings in Freetown to rent or sell to newly emancipated African Americans. Stretching roughly from Cedar Street to Morris Park Lane, the land was considered substandard for farming but close enough to East Hampton Village to provide a labor pool for wealthy residents. In the 19th century, many Montauketts arrived in Freetown after being forced to leave Montauk when their land was dispossessed.
We’ll tour the area with Dr. Allison McGovern, an anthropological archaeologist, and make stops at the Fowler House, Calvary Baptist Church, the Neighborhood House, and the original location of St. Matthew’s Chapel. The tour is co-presented by the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum, the East Hampton Historical Society, and the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society.
Meet 10 AM at the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum, 131 North Main Street, East Hampton.
Free for members of EH Trails, EH Historical Society, and EH Historical Farm Museum. $12 for Non-Members. Pre-registration required.
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Photo credit: Allison McGovern

Tour with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society: Moran Studio and Ocean Avenue
2024-09-14 10:00 | NY
In partnership with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society, this 1.5 mile long walk begins at the home and studio of the acclaimed artists, Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran. After visiting the site, you’ll tour the historic Ocean Avenue district and see the gorgeous “cottages” of East Hampton’s original summer colony and hear the stories of the wealthy families who, like the Morans, vacationed in East Hampton and introduced the iconic shingle style of building here.
Meet at the Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran Home and Studio, 229 Main Street, East Hampton. Note: Onsite parking is extremely limited so please park on James Lane. Leader: Irene Daria, 917-854-5296. irene@stepstutoring.com.
FREE for EHTPS members, $12 fee for non-members.
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Hats Off: 300 Years of Headwear in East Hampton
2024-10-02 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-04 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-07 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-08 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-09 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-10 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-11 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-15 12:00 - 16:00 and 3 more dates | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Featuring a selection of hats, caps, and bonnets from the permanent collection, most of which have never been exhibited before to the public, Hats Off traces East Hampton history through its headwear. For centuries people wouldn’t think of leaving their home without a hat. Free to the public, the exhibition explores the evolution of headwear styles, historical hat making practices, and local East Hampton residents and businesses of the past.
On display in Clinton Academy at 151 Main Street in East Hampton through the summer, the exhibit text is accessible in both Spanish and English. Hats Off is open Monday through Friday, 12-4pm.

"Long Island & the Sea" presented by Bill Bleyer
2024-10-04 18:00 | BookHampton, 41 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Celebrate Maritime Heritage
Bill Bleyer in conversation with Stacy Myers. Q&A to follow.
For more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history. Historian, author, and former journalist, Bill Bleyer draws from his book, Long Island and the Sea, to explore our nautical bonds from the Native Americans to current efforts to preserve the region’s maritime heritage.
Presented by the Historical Society and the Amagansett Life-Saving Station Museum.
Hosted by BookHampton, 41 Main Street, East Hampton.
Space is limited so please register in advance to reserve a seat.
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After the talk, Bill will be signing copies of his books, which are for sale at BookHampton.

Maritime History Open House
2024-10-05 11:00 - 13:00 | East Hampton Town Marine Museum, 301 Bluff Rd, Amagansett, NY, 11930
Please join us to celebrate maritime history at the East Hampton Town Marine Museum and the Amagansett Life-Saving Station Museum. Both museums will be open free of charge with guided and self-guided tour opportunities.

Amagansett Life-Saving Station Museum: 160 Atlantic Avenue, Amagansett
Marine Museum: 301 Bluff Road, Amagansett

No advance registration required.

Visit the Dominy Shops Museum
2024-10-05 11:00 - 16:00 | Dominy Shops Museum, 73 N Main St, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
In the new Dominy Shops Museum, you can learn how the site was restored and reconstructed on the original location where three generations of East Hampton’s most acclaimed woodworkers and craftsmen made everything from cradles to coffins in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The current exhibition, Made to Order: The Dominy Craftsmen and their Customers tells the stories of the variety of local residents who commissioned clocks, furniture, and tools from the Dominys.
73 North Main Street, East Hampton
Free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.
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"Goody Garlick" Walking Tour
2024-10-19 17:00 | Gardiner Mill Cottage, 36 James Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
In February 1658, thirty-five years before the Salem Witch Trials, Elizabeth Gardiner Howell of East Hampton fell ill shortly after giving birth. Just before she died, she accused her neighbor, Goody Elizabeth Garlick, of sorcery. Join Town Historian, Hugh King, as we follow in the footsteps of Goody Garlick and explore the sites associated with witchcraft in East Hampton.
This walking tour starts at the Gardiner Mill Cottage Museum, 36 James Lane, East Hampton.
Free for members. $12 for Non-Members. Pre-registration required.
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After the tour, copies of Loretta Orion’s book about Goody Garlick, It Were As Well to Please The Devil as Anger Him, will be available to purchase for $20. Proceeds benefit the East Hampton Library.

House & Garden Tour Preview Party Benefit - SOLD OUT
2024-11-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937
THE HOUSE & GARDEN TOUR, INCLUDING THE COCKTAIL PARTY, IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!
It’s the return of the East End’s original “House & Garden Tour” Benefit and this year’s edition kicks off with a special Cocktail Party on Friday, November 29 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Maidstone Club.
The following day, on Saturday, November 30, you’ll have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see five spectacular houses on the 39th Annual House & Garden Tour Benefit.

Cocktail Party: Friday, November 29 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton
House & Garden Tour: Saturday, November 30 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

The Cocktail Party and the Tour are both sold out.

House & Garden Tour Benefit - SOLD OUT
2024-11-30 13:00 - 16:30 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
The House & Garden Tour Benefit is SOLD OUT!
If you already purchased tickets, you may pick up your Tour Program, which acts as your ticket, on Friday, November 29 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and on Saturday, November 30 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton. You must pick up your program by 1:00 pm on Saturday.

Cocktail Party: Friday, November 29 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton
House & Garden Tour: Saturday, November 30 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Land & Sea: Exhibit at Clinton Academy
2024-12-09 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-10 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-11 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-12 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-13 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-16 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-17 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-18 10:00 - 15:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Presented in collaboration with the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum, this exhibit about cartography and maritime navigation features early navigation tools, maps, and charts used by sailors from East Hampton and the South Fork to navigate the waters of the mid-Atlantic. Connecting past and present, the exhibit is on display exactly where students enrolled in Clinton Academy during the late 18th and 19th centuries learned navigation, surveying, and seafaring.
The Land & Sea exhibit is co-curated by Stacy Myers, Director of Education of the Historical Society and Prudence and Brian Carabine from the Farm Museum from the collections of both institutions. Among the highlights is a cross-staff. This celestial navigation instrument made its appearance in Europe in the 1300s and by the 1700s, it had been fully developed for use at sea. The cross-staff was used for finding the latitude by measuring the altitude of the polar star and for measuring the altitude of the sun. To measure the altitude of a celestial body, the eye-end of the staff was placed near the observer’s eye and the other end half way between the horizon and the celestial body. The vane was then slid along the staff until its upper edge appeared to touch the celestial body, while the lower edge appeared to touch the horizon. The altitude could then be read off the staff.
On display in Clinton Academy at 151 Main Street in East Hampton through December 20, Land & Sea is open Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 3 PM. The exhibition is free to visit.

"Open House" of Historic Inns & Sites
2024-12-14 13:00 - 16:00 | NY
It’s the return of a beloved holiday tradition – The Holiday Open House of Historic Inns and Sites! Presented in partnership with the Greater East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, you’re invited to take a self-guided tour of East Hampton and Amagansett’s many historic inns and sites, including Clinton Academy, the Dominy Shops, and the Moran Studio on Saturday, December 14 from 1 PM to 4 PM. Enjoy some holiday merriment while you learn about East Hampton’s history. For more information and a link to a map showing all the participating historic sites and inns, please visit the Chamber’s website.
The event is free of charge.
