Yaphank Historical Society – Where the Past Greets the Present

UPCOMING EVENTS Guided House Tours Come and Visit our Beautiful Historic Homes Sunday Afternoons 1:00-4:00 pm Through July Robert & Isabella Hawkins House Homan-Gerard House Booth House Museum Swezey-Avey House Docents will be on hand for tours and to answer questions. 50th Anniversary Celebration Saturday, August 10, 2024 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm @ Swezey-Avey House 19 Mill Road, Yaphank, NY Please join us as we celebrate the Yaphank Historical Society’s 50th Anniversary. There will be refreshments, live music, special exhibits, memorial dedication, time capsule placement, and more! Please join our friends at the Davis Town Meeting House for their summer house tours, starting in July unless otherwise noted. 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 631.924.4803 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. 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.