Preservation Long Island has been introducing visitors to Jupiter Hammon, America’s first published black poet, at Joseph Lloyd Manor since the house opened to the public in the 1980s. Hammon’s life and writings offer an exceptionally nuanced view of slavery and freedom on Long Island before and after the American Revolution.
Open for the Season!
July & August: Open 7 days a week, 10:00AM – 5:00PM
September to Columbus Day: Saturday & Sunday, 10:00AM – 5:00PM
Henry Packer Dering, Sag Harbor’s first United States custom master, acquired Custom House in the early 1790s.
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First Saturday of the month, 12PM – 3PM and by appointment: 631-692-4664
The Sherwood-Jayne Farm, landscape, and accessory structures represent a continuum of architectural design, construction, and rural site planning that stretches over two centuries.
Open for the Season!
Sundays, 1:00PM – 5:00PM and by appointment: 631-692-4664
Completed in 1767 for Joseph Lloyd, the second lord of the Manor of Queens Village, the Joseph Lloyd Manor House was the seat of a 3,000 acre agricultural estate.
Headquarters for Preservation Long Island, the Cold Spring Harbor Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1842 by Israel Valentine during the heyday of whaling on a site acquired from Judge Richard M. Conklin, one of the partners in the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Company. After serving its congregation for 149 […]