Yaphank Historical Society – Where the Past Greets the Present

UPCOMING EVENTS March General Meeting Guest Speaker: Arthur Billadello, Historian Topic: “Turn”ing on the Facts The true story, from primary sources, about why and how ordinary people from Setauket did extraordinary things to help win our independence. Thursday, March 20, 2025 7:30 pm @ Swezey-Avey House Click here for more information. April General Meeting Guest Speaker: Jim Ward, Librarian and Historian Tropic: The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (Following the April 1865 Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln) Thursday, April 17, 2025 7:30 pm @ Swezey-Avey House Click here for more information. May 2025 General Meeting Guest Speaker: Dale Spencer, History Island Radio Show Host Topic: Lake Ronkonkoma – “What a Time it Was” Thursday, May 15, 2025 7:30 pm @ Swezey-Avey House Click here for more information. MORE PAST EVENTS	OUR MISSION It is the Society’s mission to collect, preserve and interpret the history of Yaphank and its surrounding area. GET INVOLVED Become A Member. Join today and help support our mission. Become a Member label Make a Donation. Help us continue bringing events, exhibits, and educational programs to the community. Donate Volunteer. The Society needs people to help with our many projects, events and activities. No matter what your interest or skill, we have a role for you. Sign Up Here The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Special Thanks for the many generous grants. View the most recent award for the restoration of the Hawkins Family Cemetery. View here Thanks to The Suffolk County Department of Parks, Division of Historic Services, which manages over 200 historic structures containing an array of buildings, gardens and sites of cultural and historical significance.	EXHIBITS The Swezey Family Visit the Swezey family exhibit in the Swezey-Avey House. The Swezey family arrived in Southold in the mid-1600s and in Yaphank in the 1700s. Come learn about the family’s lives into the 20th century, including the lives of Dr. Gilbert Hopkins Swezey and his daughter Dr. Sarah Swezey-Avey, the last Swezey family member to have lived in the house from 1944 to about 1960. To visit, call (631) 775-0735 to make an appointment or email us at [email protected] to make an appointment. The Weeks Family Legacy Yaphank’s most important family, the Weeks, settled in Millville (now Yaphank) in 1828. Portraitist William Sydney Mount was commissioned to paint James Huggins Weeks and his wife Susan Maria, in 1838. See this permanent exhibit at the Swezey-Avey House. LIBRARY & ARCHIVES Our Library Collection, searchable by author, title, subject, and date, and our Archives with online Finding Aid, make excellent research tools. YHS QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS Subscribe here BANK OF THE RIVER GIFT SHOP Our Gift Shop features Yaphank and area history books; new, vintage & “almost-new” treasures.