Get involved!

Nominations for the BHA Board of Directors 

The nominating committee is developing a slate of members for the 2017 board. 

There are several seats open, including Vice President and 2 directors. 

Any current BHA member may serve on the board. 

It requires only one meeting per month. 

If you would be willing to serve for the 2017 year, please contact 

John Amato at johnfamato@optonline.net. 

Volunteers Needed

We are also looking for members to serve on various committees throughout the year. You can work from home! If you have a particular skill or interest (house tour, special events, light clerical and organization) please contact us at 

BBPhistorical@gmail.com. 

Docents Needed 

If you have an interest in Bayport History and would like to volunteer some time to provide a guided tour of Meadow Croft: WE NEED YOU! 

The association is in need of docents. It requires very little time, less than two hours a day, two days a month from June through October. You will shadow one of our current knowledgeable docents to learn the rich history of Meadow Croft before you will lead a tour on your own. 

If this sounds like something you may be interested in, please call 

Harriet Mihlstin at 631-472-2118. 

Our Future plans 

House tour: Although we just completed our successful Autumn House Tour, we are planning ahead! We are always on the lookout for beautiful and historic homes in the Bayport or BluePoint area. 

If you would like to be considered for this event for next October, please email us at BBPhistorical@gmail.com.

Gardeners 

The beautiful gardens at Meadow Croft are asleep for the winter but we are looking for volunteers to plant and maintain them come spring. Use your "Green Thumb" skills for some community service. Email us at BBPhistorical@gmail.com.

Membership 

Membership for 2017 is now due.

 The rates have not increased from last year:

Family $25.00

Individual $15.00

Seniors $10.00

Payment can be made by mailing a check to:

Bayport Heritage Association

P.O. Box 4

Bayport, NY 11705

Please include your name, address, phone number and email address. 

You can also pay in person at our next General Membership meeting to be held at the Bayport BluePoint Library on January 8th 2017 at 2:00. 

We hope to see you there!

BHA is "Going Green" 

The Bayport Heritage Association would like to send you all information from now on by email or by posting on our Facebook page. All newsletters and flyers from the BHA starting in January of 2017 will be emailed to you. A few hard copies will be placed in the BBP Library. 

The benefits of utilizing available technology to decrease consumption of our world's raw materials as well as enhanced communication are only a couple of the important benefits that this will support. Of course, some mailings will still need to occur. If you know of someone who would like to be added to our email list please email us at bbphistorical@gmail.com

For more information: 

 BBPhistorical@gmail.com

631-472-4625 

bayportheritage.blogspot.com

 

We wish you joy, peace and good health for the New Year! 

Christmas Committee Volunteers

Christmas Committee Volunteers are needed!

 If you can help out for this event or if you have a display that fits the theme and would like it to be displayed, 

please call our chairperson 

Leann Berg at 631-235-1702.

Holiday decorations will be raffled off. 

Raffle tickets will be sent to all BHA members soon in the U.S. mail. 

Please mail the ticket stubs and donations to 

Bayport Heritage Association 

P.O. Box 4, 

Bayport, NY 11705 

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The Event: December 3rd and 4th, 2016

A Candy Cane Christmas. 

Magnificent Dutch, Victorian and Edwardian Christmas decorations, vintage clothing and a special visit from St. Nicholas! Special exhibits for 2016. 

The Roosevelt's grand piano will fill the home with music for the season. 

Cost: $5.00 per adult, $3.00 for seniors and children up to age 12. 

Meeting, November 6th, 2016

Generall Meeting:

Sunday November 6th 2:00

 Bayport Blue Point Public Library

"Haunted Mansions of Long Island" 

presented by Monica Randall, 

guest speaker and best-selling author. 

Monica shares amazing true stories of spectral beings. 

Learn about some of LI's most intriguing manor houses, with their labyrinths of secret passageways, hidden chambers, deserted tunnels and the mysterious events that surround them. 

Fact is stranger than fiction!

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Mark Your Calendars for the Annual Christmas Event!

December 3rd and 4th, 2016

Christmas at Meadow Croft 
Join us for an old-fashioned Christmas at Meadow Croft! This year's theme is 

A Candy Cane Christmas. 

Mark your calendars for December 3rd and 4th, 2016 from 12:00-4:00. 

Magnificent Dutch, Victorian and Edwardian Christmas decorations, vintage clothing and a special visit from St. Nicholas! Special exhibits for 2016. 

The Roosevelt's grand piano will fill the home with music for the season. 

Cost: $5.00 per adult, $3.00 for seniors and children up to age 12. 

Christmas Committee Volunteers needed- 
If you can help out for this event or if you have a display that fits the theme and would like it to be displayed, please call our chairperson Leann Berg at 631-235-1702. Holiday decorations will be raffled off. Raffle tickets will be sent to all BHA members soon in the U.S. mail. Please mail the ticket stubs and donations to BHA P.O. Box 4, Bayport NY 11705. Thank you!

Autumn House Tour, October 23, 2016

Don't miss this amazing, fund-raising event!

The Bayport Heritage Association 29th Autumn House Tour
Read more about it here on the Suffolk county News

Sunday, October 23st 2016, 1pm-5pm.

 Tickets are $25 per person and all proceeds go to the Bayport Heritage Association.

Tickets at the following locations:

•              Country Junque on Middle Road

•              Bayport Flower House

•              Bayport-Blue Point Library

Historical and unique homes, in Bayport and Blue Point, are featured including the 

Roosevelt Estate at Meadow Croft.

Antique cars will be on display at all locations.

Refreshments will be served at the Meadow Croft estate, 299 Middle Road.

Limited Tickets are available!

Update:

The Autumn House Tour 

Thank you to all who attended our 29th Annual Autumn House Tour. It was a beautiful day and a successful event! Special thanks to our volunteers, including vendors who donated items, displayed antique cars and of course, our planning committee. Thank you to Country Junque, Bayport Flower Houses, and the Bayport Blue Point Library for selling tickets. A HUGE thanks to our hosts for the day; Andrew and Kate Hanley, Craig and Jen Scannevin, Paul and Barbara Wright, Gene Horton, Ed and Ginny Metzendorf and William and Lisa Kruger. If you would like to be considered for the house tour next year or would like to volunteer, please reach us at 631-472-4625 or bbphistorical@gmail.com.

Meeting October 9th, 2016

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 

Sunday October 9th 2016 at 2pm in the 

Bayport Blue Point Public Library. 

Gene Collora presents: The Other Long Island Railroad 

Gene has written two books and has had many of his photographs appear in books focusing on railroads of the Northeast.  

He was a featured photographer in the 2006 Center for Railroad Art & Photography/New York Transit Museum exhibit, 

“Many Hands: Representations of Railroad Workers” 

showing at Grand Central Station, New York City, and at the Railroad Museum of Long Island. 

He is an active speaker and lecturer having presented photo journals for railroad organizations and historical societies throughout the United States and Canada.

October 2016 Events

October 8, 2016-CAR SHOW: 

“Ramblin with the Roosevelts” 

Saturday, October 8^th, 11am-4pm at 

Meadow Croft 299 Middle Road, Sayville. 

$5.00 entry or $10.00 a car load. Bringing the early autos back to Meadow Croft Estate. 

Antique Cars, Food, House Tours, Games and Family Fun.
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October 23, 2016

The 29th Autumn House Tour
Tickets go on sale Oct. 8^th. 
You can purchase tickets for $25.00 each at 
Bayport Flower House, 
Country Junque, or 
Bayport Blue Point Public Library.

September 2016 Meeting

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 

Sunday September 11^th  2016

2pm-4pm 

“Hotels and Boarding Houses, the good old summer time in Blue Point”: 

Gene Horton, will talk about life in Blue Point in the early 1900s. 

Hotels, restaurants and boarding houses were numerous in Blue Point at that time. Who stayed there? Where did they go? 

Mr. Horton, Bayport/ Blue Point's own historian will fill us in on their history. 

Presented at the Bayport- Blue Point Library, 2pm

Free Concert: Aug 18th, 2016

Bayport Heritage will have another Free concert in the Park.

Thursday, August 18th, 2016 at 6:00pm

 

The group: Next Level, a steel drum band, will be playing 

 at the Bayport Memorial Park. 

Bring your lawn chairs a snack and your dancing shoes. 

In case of rain, we will meet at

 the Bayport Methodist Church. 

July Events, 2016

July 14th 2016 at 6pm at The Memorial Park on Middle Rd in Bayport.

Jacks Waterfall will be performing his own personal style of music. It is described as a musical adventure of, Pop, blues, jazz, folk, gospel and global music.

July 19th at 6pm: our 13th annual Boat Cruise

Newsletter, June 2016

Click on the Newsletter to see full size!

Meadow Croft Tours

Saturday & Sunday, from June through October, 
Meadow Croft is open for visitors.

Tours will be Saturday and Sunday, 2 pm.

The John Ellis Roosevelt Home known as Meadow Croft located at 200 Middle road in Sayville.

John Ellis Roosevelt and his family escaped the summer heat of the city for the cooling breezes of Long Island. The original house was built in 1867, purchased by the Roosevelt's in 1890 and expanded in the colonial Revival style by noted architect, Isaac Green Jr. 

It was owned by the Roosevelt's for nearly a century. By the early 1980's, the house had fallen into disrepair and was threatened with being lost. Bayport Heritage Association came to its rescue, approaching the county and creating a partnership. 

During the tour new exhibits include works from local artists, the auto Barn and the long awaited Carriage house.
Pack a picnic lunch, take a tour, then go back and do some wine tasting at Loughlin Vineyards.
Hope to see you there!

For more information email us at bbphistorial@gmail.com or check us out 
on Facebook at "Bayport Heritage Association".

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Directions: Long Island Expressway (Route 495) to Exit 62 South (Nicolls Road.) At end, turn right onto Montauk Highway (Route 27A). Go about one mile and at Amoco Gas Station, turn left onto McConnell Ave. Go to end, make right onto Middle Road. Entrance is on the right. 
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Click on the images below to see the booklet larger for more information.

Memorial Day Parade

May 30, 2016- Monday

Our MEMORIAL DAY PARADE will be held on Monday, May 30, 2016 

BHA members are requested to gather on Connetquot Rd. prior to 11:00am and march with the association. 

First Bloom Tea, June 10th, 2016

FIRST BLOOM TEA, 2016: 

Our event this year will be held Friday June 10, at 5:30PM 

on the front porch of Meadow Croft. 

This year the BBP High School Chamber Orchestra, the group that played at Meadow Croft on Friday evening before Christmas at Meadow Croft, will serenade us for a bit during dinner. Also their will be a local art display on the second floor of the of Meadow Croft. 

Members: 

-Please email Bbphistorical@gmail.com or call Ginny Novak at 631-363-7428 to make a reservation and confirm what buffet item you will be bringing. Also remember to bring your own place setting, silverware, tea cups, teapot and drinks. Proper high tea attire is requested, as is a donation of $5.00.

Chair Person Needed for Christmas at Meadow Croft

Christmas at Meadow Croft is one of our great events and fundraisers. 

Gene Horton has been the Chair Person for quite some time and would like to pass the baton on to someone else so he can work on other exciting events. 

Please take a moment to consider volunteering to take over. 

Of course, Gene will be only a phone call away to assist. 

Here’s what’s needed: 

Chair-person's responsibilities:  

Organize the event and set up committees. 

Refreshments; Music; St. Nicholas; Decorator Volunteers to decorate each room;  

Exhibits Upstairs; Publicity; Raffles, Parking; Friday night reception; Invitations: 

Committees are the key to success! 

    

    Gene Horton says, "I have a handbook all ready to pass on to the next chair-person and I will be glad to assist him/her 100%."

Please consider taking on this amazingly rewarding position!

May 21st, May 22nd, 2016 Event

May 21 & May 22, 2016- Saturday and Sunday

Three local churches designed by Isaac Henry Green will be open to the public. 
All of these church buildings are local architectural treasures and well work a visit. 
There is no admission fee or registration.  
This is a program held every year by Sacred Sites and is a wonderful way to showcase our churches. 

The church buildings are: 

St. Ann's Church in Sayville:  Open Saturday, May 21: 10 am to noon;  Open Sunday., May 22: 2-4 PM… 

Sayville Congregational Church:   Open Saturday, May 21: 10 am to Noon; Open Sunday., May 22: 2-4 PM... 

St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Patchogue:  Open Saturday only, May 21: 1-3 PM   Address is 31 Rider Avenue, Patchogue

St. Ann's in Sayville

Sayville Congregational Church

St. Paul's in Patchogue

Sunday May 15th 2pm-4pm

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Sunday May 15^th 2pm-4pm. 

At the Bayport Blue Point Library 

Historian and writer Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan -

George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring

Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan

Come to our meeting/presentation and see how the Culper Ring was formed at the urging of Washington, who needed information about British troop movements in New York. 

Washington and his army had fled Manhattan after the Continental Army’s disastrous loss at the Battle of Long Island, in Brooklyn, on August 28-29, 1776. 

Perhaps you’ve wondered how much of the series, Turn, on the AMC television channel is factual and how much is pure fiction. It tells the story of the Culper Spy Ring that provided information to George Washington during the American Revolution.

Kaplan was the lead curator in 2010 of Setauket's Three Village Historical Society’s exhibit.

Spies: How A Group of Long Island Patriots Helped George Washington Win the Revolution.

  

She has written curriculum guides for the New-York Historical Society and for Stony Brook University. She presented this program at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens in Virginia, and at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.

Come to see this very informative presentation!
See her blog here: Click!

Don't forget to check our Events Calendar!

ASCHS Meetings & Events for May 2016

Saturdays in May, 2016

SYLVESTER MANOR FARMSTAND

Now Open Saturday, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/15462d3ad28dfa5d

May 5, 2016

SUFFOLK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

BOOK & BOTTLE with Mau VanDuren
Many Heads and Many Hands: Francis Doughty, Visionary or Troublemaker?
http://www.suffolkcountyhistoricalsociety.org/events.html

May 14 & 15, 2016

HALLOCKVILLE FARM MUSEUM

Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair

http://www.hallockville.com/event/longslandfleeceandfiber/2016-05-14/

May 15, 2016

LAKE RONKONKOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Princess Garden Party at the Homestead

http://www.lakerhs.org/rhs/calendar.htm

May 15, 2016

SOUTHAMPTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM

SOUTHAMPTON ANTIQUE FAIR: Venders Welcome

southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org - Southampton Historical Museum Mail

May 16 - May 26, 2016

NYS DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE PROGRAM

Information for NY’s Historical Records Repositories, #83

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/15462d9dc9be923d

May 18, 2016

SOUTHOLD HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Re-Imagining the Historic House Museum

http://www.southoldhistoricalsociety.org/#!events/c1w30

Opens May 20, 2016
LONG ISLAND MUSEUM
Common Ground: The Music Festival Experience
http://longislandmuseum.org/exhibition/common-ground-4/

May 21, 2016

SAG HARBOR CULTURAL HERITAGE DAY

https://allevents.in/sag%20harbor/sag-harbor-cultural-heritage-day/1037725956320971

May 22, 2016

SPLIA: SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND ANTIQUITIES

Fourth Annual Sheep Shearing Festival at Sherwood-Jayne Farm

http://splia.org

May 28, 2016

SHELTER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Havens Farmers’ Market

http://www.shelterislandhistorical.org/upcoming-events-exhibits/farmers-market

Tom Edmonds, Executive Director 

Southampton Historical Museums and Research Center

PO Box 303/17 Meeting House Lane

Southampton, NY 11968

(631) 283-2494

Meeting: April 10th, 2016

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 

Sunday April 10th 2016 at 2pm 

in the Bayport Blue Point Public Library. 

The Priscilla
This lecture and presentation by Capt. Michael Caldwell of the Long Island Maritime Museum 

will explain the different steps in the restoration process of the oyster sloop Priscilla. 

The Priscilla, built in 1888, is a 60 feet long oyster sloop with a 14-foot beam. 

In 1976, she was donated to the Long Island Maritime Museum. 

This vessel is the oldest and only sailing work-boat to survive from the Great South Bay oyster fleet. There are only four of her kind still in existence. 

In 2006 Priscilla was designated as a National Historic Landmark.

Today, March 20, 2016

Hello Fellow History-lovers... 

Here is something to do today, while waiting for the snow!

There is going to be an interesting program today at 2:00 pm at the Sayville Library about WINEMAKING ON L.I.   

The guest speaker is Greg Gove and he is the wine-maker for Barney Loughlin at Loughlin Vineyards.

This program is sponsored by the Sayville Historical Society.  

See you there!   

SAINT PATRICKS DAY PARADE

BAYPORT-BLUE POINT SAINT PATRICKS DAY PARADE

Sunday March 13th, 2016

 All Heritage Association members are invited to march in the parade showing their support of the association and the community.

MEETING: Sunday March 13th 2016

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 

Sunday March 13th 2016 at 

2:00 pm in the Bayport Blue Point Public Library.

Join Dowling College Faculty-Librarian 

Diane Holliday 

for a Historic 

“Postcard tour of the Hotels and Inns of Long Island’s South Shore”. 

Back in the Early 1900s the South Shore of Long Island became a millionaire’s playground. 

Come see how, from Bay Shore to Bellport, they came to spend their long summers away from the heat of New York City.

February 2016 Newsletter

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Sunday February 14th 2016 at 2pm in the Public Library.

"Islip Grange A Place to Touch the Face of History." Founded in 1974, a number of Long Island period structures were moved onto this 12 acre site. Presenter George Munkenbeck will explore the present conditions at the Grange as well as the historic background of the land and structures and the work of Friends of the Grange to restore the park.

NOMINATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: The nominating committee is developing a slate of board members for the 2016 board. If you know of someone who would be willing to serve on the board please contact Joe Novak,  631-363-7428. Thank you.

HOUSE TOUR 2016 Planning: Although its months away we are gearing up for the 2016 “House Tour” We are on the lookout for beautiful and interesting houses to feature this year. If you or anyone you know in Bayport or Blue Point would like to showcase their beautiful home please email us at BBPhistorical@gmail.com

ATTENTION GARDENERS: The garden is still asleep but we are looking for volunteers to help maintain the Meadow Croft Garden come spring. Use your “Green Thumbs” to email us at BBPhistorical@gmail.com

DOCENTS NEEDED: The association is in need of docents (tour guides) for historical guided tours at Meadow Croft. It requires very little time, less than 2 hours a day, two days a month, June through October. You will follow one of our current Docents to learn the rich history of Meadow Croft before leading a tour on your own.  If you or someone you know is interested in history, please contact Harriet Mihlstin, 631-472-2118.

Membership Annual Dues: You can mail a check to our P.O. Box or pay at our February General Membership Meeting, February 14th.

Annual Dues: Family- $25, Individual-$15, Seniors-$10

Send checks, with your name and address to:
Bayport Heritage Association
P.O. Box 4                                                                                                                                                 
Bayport, NY 11705

Thank you!

Meeting: January 10th, 2016

Sunday, Jan. 10th at 2pm 

in the Bayport Blue Point Public Library. 

Gene Horton will be giving a lecture and presentation for the Bayport Heritage Association's monthly membership meeting. 

"Sleeping in Suffolk" 

The program features some interesting information about people, famous and infamous, who are buried here in Suffolk County. Listen to Gene and learn about some of the unusual headstones and stories, quaint cemeteries, folklore, local history... an interesting way to start off the new year!
If you are not a member of the Bayport Heritage Association, you can still attend. 
Free admission!
We will have membership forms available. 

Yearly membership is just
$25 for family membership
$15 for individual
and $10 for seniors

As usual, refreshments will be served!
Hope to see you there.