This year our benefit location is COCUYO — the stunning Locust Valley home of Alfredo Paredes and Brad Goldfarb. This event is sold out.
2:00 to 4:00 PM
Join Preservation Long Island and the Caribbean American Poetry Association in the garden of Joseph Lloyd Manor for an afternoon of poetry, history, food, and music in honor of Jupiter Hammon, America’s first published Black poet. FREE. Registration required.
Joseph Lloyd Manor, Sherwood-Jayne Farm, and the Custom House are open for the season with tours offered from May to October. Reservations for tours are recommended and can be scheduled in advance online.
Preservation Long Island and the Caribbean American Poetry Association are thrilled to invite students in grades 6-12 across Long Island to share original poems as part of our 2025 Juneteenth Poetry Celebration in honor of Jupiter Hammon (1711-c. 1806), recognized as the first published Black American poet. Poems must be submitted in advance.
We are delighted to announce the acquisition of a portrait by Sag Harbor artist, Orlando Hand Bears (1811–1851). Ephraim Niles Byram, was a prominent figure in the history of Sag Harbor and greater Long Island. The oil on canvas, painted in 1834, will be added to our permanent collection.
We are pleased to share a recent article by Lauren Brincat, Preservation Long Island’s Chief Curator and Director of Collections, and former curatorial fellow Peter Fedoryk, featured in the Winter 2024-25 issue of the magazine.
We are excited to announce that hundreds of items from our archives, spanning three centuries of Long Island history, are now fully accessible to the public through East Hampton Library’s Digital Long Island Collection, a searchable online database.
Thank you to all who made our 2024 Preservation Awards ceremony a truly celebratory evening! We are pleased to share highlights from this year’s event held on January 25, 2025 at our headquarters gallery.
We are pleased to announce the 2024 Awards for Preservation Excellence on Long Island! Awardees from Setauket, Mattituck, Sag Harbor, Fort Salonga, and Garden City are recognized for excellence in historic preservation. Save the date for the awards celebration on January 25, 2025!
