Updates on the pending National Register nomination for the Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah subdivisions (SANS).
Tag: Sag Harbor
The Founding and Future of Sag Harbor’s Azurest Subdivision
Rapid redevelopment threatens the historical landscape of Sag Harbor’s remarkable SANS community. Learn about the urgent preservation needs of this locally, regionally, and nationally important neighborhood, focusing on the creation of Azurest, the earliest of the three subdivisions, founded by women of color in the late Jim Crow era.
2018 Preservation Awards
Zachary N. Studenroth: Howard Sherwood Award; Higher Ground Inter-Cultural & Heritage Associates, Inc.: Organizational Excellence; Old First Presbyterian Church of Huntington: Project Excellence; The Huntington Historical Society: Project Excellence; The Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson: Project Excellence; John Jermain Memorial Library: Project Excellence
Sag Harbor Cultural Heritage Day 2018 at the Custom House
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Enjoy colonial-era music and traditional boatbuilding demonstrations on the front lawn, and a new guided tour of the Custom House.
Historic Fences Around Long Island
Preservation Long Island recently unveiled a new poster about the history and design of the Custom House fence in Sag Harbor! We invite you to visit the Custom House to learn more about one of the most elaborately crafted 19th-century fences on Long Island!