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The Bridgehampton Historical Society was founded in 1956, and is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. It is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. It currently owns and occupies two acres on Main Street in the Hamlet of Bridgehampton on which are situated two contemporary barns, a c.1870 wheelwright’s shop, a 1907 jail, a c.1890 outhouse, and the c.1830 Corwith House (listed on the NYS Register of Historic Places). The Society has recently become the stewards of the 1840 Nathaniel Rogers House, and in collaboration with the Town of Southampton has embarked on a major restoration project of that house (also listed on the National Register of Historic Places).
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“Bridgehampton Historical Society Launches New Scholarship Program”
The Bridgehampton Historical Society is proud to introduce a new scholarship program for high school seniors with residency in the greater Bridgehampton area (Bridgehampton, Hay Ground, Sagaponack).
The historical society’s mission is to inspire the documentation, preservation and interpretation of the history, oral history and cultural traditions of Bridgehampton and its surrounding communities. In line with this mission, the historical society is expanding on its collection of oral histories by inviting high school seniors to submit an oral history essay by March 15th to the historical society. Each essay must be an account of a local memory between 1,000 and 1,500 words. The story must be a recollection by a greater Bridgehampton personage pertaining to the locale. Winners will be selected by April 30th, and the winner will receive a check for $1000.
For more information contact BHHS at (631) 537-1088, bhhs@optonline.net.
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CURATOR’S TALK: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011, 11AM
The Kiss of Death
An Exhibition of Death & Mourning in Victorian America
THE CORWITH HOUSE, 2368 MONTAUK HIGHWAY, BRIDGEHAMPTON
Come one and all! This is your final opportunity to have a guided and animated tour entitled “The Kiss of Death” narrating the end of the Bridgehampton Historical Society’s current exhibition featuring the customs and practices surrounding death & mourning in the mid to late 19th century. This final ‘Curator’s Talk’ will be given by the society’s popular and knowledgeable Archivist and Curator, Julie Greene, and will take place Thursday, February 16th, at 11am. Reservations can be made by calling the society at (631) 537-1088, or emailing them at bhhs@optonline.net.
On exhibit are materials depicting Victorian mourning customs based on a strict set of rules that upper and middle class families strove to follow. The responsibility fell mainly on widowed women, who were expected to grieve for as long as two and a half years. Their clothing often progressed through several stages of mourning.
Homes were also decorated in times of mourning. Black crepe draped on the front door was the solemn symbol that a household was mourning the loss of a loved-one, and throughout the home mirrors and paintings were covered or draped in black.
Great Britain’s Queen Victoria, devastated by the premature death of her husband Prince Albert in 1861, remained in mourning for the remaining forty years of her life. Her immense popularity among Britons and Americans created a “cult of mourning” on both sides of the Atlantic that survived the Queen’s own death by decades.
Visitors to the Corwith House Museum will experience a re-creation of this era. Throughout the museum period artifacts, artwork, and mourning fashions and jewelry will illustrate Victorian customs associated with death, grief and condolences.
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The Corwith House houses temporary and permanent exhibitions, period rooms, collection storage areas and administrative space. It is expected that the Nathaniel Rogers House will, after restoration, house the Society’s administrative, research and collection storage areas, as well as house temporary and permanent exhibitions. The Corwith House is expected to continue to host exhibitions, period rooms and outdoor special events such as our annual Vintage Car Road Rally, annual Engine Run and Craft Fair, Cultural Programs and Special Events.
The Historical Society’s Exhibition Galleries and Period Rooms are open for visitation year-round, Monday through Friday, from 10 am until 3 pm.
From June until October, exhibitions and period rooms are also open Saturdays, from 11 am until 2 pm.
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Contact Information:
Bridgehampton Historical Society
P.O. Box 977 (Mail)
Bridgehampton, NY. 11932
Corwith House: 2368 Montauk Highway
Archives: 2539-A Montauk Highway
tel: (631) 537.1088; Archives: (631) 613-6730
Email address: bhhs@optonline.net
DIRECTIONS:
LIE to exit 70 (111)
Take exit 70 and proceed south on 111
At the end of 111 go left (east) onto Sunrise Highway
Take Sunrise to the end, which becomes the “extension”
Take Sunrise extension until you reach Montauk Highway
Go left (east) onto Montauk Highway (you will be in Southampton)
Proceed through Water Mill (Windmill will be on your right)
When you enter Bridgehampton the National Bank will be on your left (Large, brick building)
Pass the Methodist Church on your right
Pass the Catholic Church on the left and slow down
We are right after the Catholic Church on the left
Pass our building and make a left onto Corwith Avenue (opp. The Candy Kitchen)
Pull into our gate on the left side of Corwith Avenue
Park up behind the main house
We hope to see you soon! |
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“The 2011 Bridge Journal Arrives!”
The Bridgehampton Historical Society is proud to announce that the 2011 issue of The Bridge journal is fresh off the presses and chuck full of historical accounts and activities relating to the broader Bridgehampton community. The Bridge is complimentary with BHHS membership, and is sold for just $5 thanks to the many local sponsors and advertisers. Copies are available from the BHHS headquarters, the Corwith House, 2368 Montauk Highway. For additional information, call 631-537-1088.
Download this year's annual copy of
The Bridge.
Footnotes for Ann Sandford's "Rural Wealth and American Property Law: The Sagaponack and Bridgehampton Connections 1802 and 1805" |
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| The Mission of the Bridgehampton Historical Society is to inspire the documentation, preservation and interpretation of the history, oral history and cultural traditions of Bridgehampton and its surrounding communities.
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