Bayport Blue Point Heritage Association: May 2016

The Bayport Heritage Association was formed in 1983 and is dedicated to the preservation of the history of Bayport. The association has an extensive collection of archival photographs, vintage clothing, artifacts and books. Through the years, the group has been particularly active in the restoration of Meadow Croft, a John Ellis Roosevelt summer home and now a historical museum on the border of Bayport and Sayville. The association provides lectures and resources- educational, historical, environmental and social programs and services for the community and interested public. In June 2018, Blue Point joined the Association to include both communities.

Tour Meadow Croft information here.

Monday, May 30, 2016

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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Sunday, May 29, 2016

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.

Monday, May 23, 2016

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!

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

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 1, 2016

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