October General Meeting

 Guest Speaker: Karen Mouzakes,

Historian Emerita and

Founding Member of the

Yaphank Historical Society

Topic:

“The Hawkins Family of Yaphank and Brooklyn Heights”


October 17th - 7:30PM
Swezey-Avey House


Refreshments will follow the meeting.


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November 2024 General Meeting

Board of Directors Election
No Program

November 21, 2024 – 7:30 pm
Swezey-Avey House
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Yaphank Historic House Tours

Saturday and Sunday,
December 14 and 15
1:00pm – 4:00 pm

Swezey-Avey House
Enjoy Holiday Refreshments and
Music by Don and Susan Cerce

Tickets will be on sale online or
onsite at the Swezey-Avey House
the day of the tour


Tours of four beautifully decorated houses:
The Isabella and Robert Hawkins House
The Homan-Gerard House
The Booth House
The Swezey-Avey House
will have exhibit rooms open

Donation: $20 Adults;
Children under 12 Free

It is the Society’s mission to collect, preserve and interpret the history of Yaphank and its surrounding area. 


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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.

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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. 

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 631.924.4803 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.


Our Library Collection, searchable by author, title, subject, and date, and our Archives with online Finding Aid, make excellent research tools.

Our Gift Shop features Yaphank and area history books; new, vintage & “almost-new” treasures.