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 […]

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 […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]