We are pleased to welcome to the blog, Sarah Egan, a graduate curatorial intern, who spent the summer researching objects in Preservation Long Island’s collection, including an intriguing cast-iron birdhouse of “Clifton” house manufactured by the Miller Iron Company in 1868.
Rediscover a fascinating story about the travels of Sojourner Truth on Long Island.
An update on the site’s deeper history and noteworthy design.
Preservation Long Island joins the Peconic Land Trust and others to support plans to establish a center for writing, conservation, and Zen at the influential author’s Sagaponack homestead.
Preservation Long Island has been introducing visitors to Jupiter Hammon, one of America’s first published Black writers, 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.
Guest Blogger and Preservation Long Island Collections Volunteer, Gary Hammond, explores modernist industrial designer Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild (1898–1985), his collection of early Americana, and his little-known Long Island legacy.