The Corwith House, built c.1840, is home of
The Bridge Hampton Historical Society
and is listed on the State Register of Historic Places.
Our museum houses period room exhibitions, temporary exhibits,
a research library, and our administrative offices.
The museum has a growing collection of historic paintings, furniture,
diaries, photographs and letters that pertain to
Bridgehampton and the surrounding villages and hamlets of
Sagaponack, Hayground, Scuttlehole, and Mecox.
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We gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors:
Auerbach Grayson & Company
Island Group Administration
Amalgamated Bank
Riverhead Building Supply
Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Georgica Services Ltd.
"The Getty Station"
2 Montauk Highway, East Hampton
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News - Schedule 2005 - Calendar of Events
Road Rally & Classic Car Tour - Resources
Location & Directions - Hampton House
350th Anniversary of Bridgehampton
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 | Board of Trustees: |
Leonard Davenport, President
Gerrit Vreeland, Vice-President
Michael Kochanasz, Treasurer
Barbara Albright
Paul Brennan
Fredric Cammann
Clifford Foster
Jane Iselin
Robert Morrow
James Shelly
| Advisory Board: |
John Ferrell
Craig Gibson
Nancy Graboski
Liz Grodski
Elise Quimby
Meriwether Schmid
Dennis Suskind
The Hon. Fred Thiele
| Staff: |
John Eilertsen, Ph.D., Executive Director
Ros Gutterson, Museum Administrator
Nora Cammann, Collections Manager
BHHS Mission Statement:
(Revised in 2004)
The mission of the Bridge Hampton Historical Society is to document, preserve,
celebrate and interpret for the public
the ongoing history and cultural traditions of the area.
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The Society is dedicated to conserving and documenting its collection of artifacts,
expanding them where appropriate and keeping them in an orderly and
accessible fashion to be most informative to the public.
They are used to expand the knowledge of Bridgehampton’s past and to
encourage further research in that subject.
The Bridge Hampton Historical Society was founded during
the hamlet's 300th anniversary celebrations in 1956
in order to preserve its many centuries of history.
The Society opened its collections to the public in 1961.
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Hamlet History:
Bridgehampton is a hamlet within the Town of Southampton
on the eastern end of Long Island.
Josiah Stanborough built the first homestead in Sagaponack in 1656.
The name "Bridge Hampton" first appears in the town records
of 1699 and describes the linking of the growing settlements of
Mecox and Sagaponack by a bridge over Sagg Pond.
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Contact Information
Telephone: (631) 537-1088
Fax: (631) 537-4225
- Postal address:
P.O. Box 977, Bridgehampton, NY 11932.
Our physical address is 2368 Montauk Highway,
across the street from the Candy Kitchen and
the Bridgehampton Community House.
- Email address: bhhs@optonline.net
Last updated November 01, 2005