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 […]
Welcome Our New Trustee
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 […]
The John Osborn Homestead: Laywers of Significance in Wainscott History
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” […]
Village Comprehensive Plan Update
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 […]
Call for Historic Preservation Award Applications!
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 […]
East Hampton During the Revolution
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, […]
2025 Historic Preservation Award Recap
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 […]
Anthony C. Wood: Book Talk
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, […]
Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation
10th Anniversary Update By Kim Quarty, Executive Director, Friends of Georgica Pond 2025 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation (FOGP). At their Annual Meeting on […]
Conserving Working Waterfronts
By Ann Welker, Suffolk County Legislator On September 3rd, the Suffolk County Legislature unanimously passed landmark legislation at the September 3rd General Meeting. IR 1520, a local law creating Chapter […]