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By Jaine Mehring The Freetown St. Matthew’s Chapel was built in 1852 as a place of worship for three diverse cultural groups including White settlers, newly freed Black slaves and… Read more: St. Matthew’s Chapel

Cynthia Gowen Crawford has lived in East Hampton Village year-round, part-time, her entire life. Her grandparents started coming to East Hampton in the 1940s, and she grew up in a… Read more: Welcome Our New Trustee

By Esperanza Leon, President, Wainscott Heritage Project The turn onto Wainscott Main Street marks a shift in the air as one nears the ocean. The modern pace of “The Hamptons”… Read more: The John Osborn Homestead: Laywers of Significance in Wainscott History

By Kathleen Cunningham The consultants hired by the Village, BFJ Planning from New York, have continued their work to update the Village’s Comprehensive Plan, partnering with the Village’s Comp Plan… Read more: Village Comprehensive Plan Update

Stay involved! Each year awards are presented for outstanding private and public historic preservation projects. You can help us identify future historic projects by recommending candidates for the award. Application… Read more: Call for Historic Preservation Award Applications!

By Colin Kelley  Introduction: As part of the East Hampton Historical  Society’s celebration of our nation’s semiquincentennial, a  podcast, written and recorded by East Hampton High School  Senior, Colin Kelley,… Read more: East Hampton During the Revolution 

By Georgia de Havenon, Historic Preservation Committee Chair Each year we present awards that the Historic Preservation Committee of the VPSEH determine. You may wonder about this committee. It is… Read more: 2025 Historic Preservation Award Recap

By Kathleen Cunningham The audience in attendance at the Village Preservation Society of East Hampton’s 2025 Historic Preservation Award Ceremony were in for a real treat on Saturday, September 20,… Read more: Anthony C. Wood: Book Talk