July General Meeting
2024-07-18 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Guest Speaker: Robert Kessler, Yaphank Historical Society President
Topic: The restoration of the Swezey-Avey House and the Swezey-Avey Family History.
Refreshments will follow the meeting.

Guided House Tours
2024-07-21 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-28 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-04 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-18 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-25 13:00 - 16:00
Guided House Tours
Come and Visit our Beautiful Historic Homes
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
2024-08-10 13:00 - 17:00 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
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!

Music In the Park
2024-08-21 17:00 - 20:00 | The Gazebo, 530 Yaphank Middle Island Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Join Don & Susan at the Gazebo in the Swezey Park
5PM – 8PM
Please bring a Lawn Chair – all are welcome

Fall Yard Sale 2024
2024-09-14 09:00 - 15:00 | The Hawkins House, 4 Yaphank Ave, Yaphank, NY, 11980, United States
(Rain Date Sunday, September 15, 2024)

Vendors Set up on the Hawkins House Lawns

No Reservation Required

Donation: $10 per vendor, payable onsite

Call 631-924-4803 with questions

Music In the Park
2024-09-18 17:00 - 20:00 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Join Don & Susan at the Gazebo in the Swezey-Avey House
5PM – 8PM
All are welcome

September General Meeting - 2024
2024-09-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Guest Speaker: Paul Kaplan, Author, Historian
Topic: “Penn Station”
Paul Kaplan will present the extraordinary history of Penn Station
Refreshments will follow the meeting.

October General Meeting
2024-10-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Guest Speaker:
Karen Mouzakes, Historian Emerita
and Founding Member of the Yaphank Historical Society
“The Hawkins Family of Yaphank and Brooklyn Heights”
Refreshments will follow the meeting.

PALS – Plein Air Limner Society
2024-11-09 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-10 12:00 - 16:00 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
15th Annual Holiday Art Exhibit and Sale
“PALS Artists Paint Long Island and More”
Opening Show – Saturday, November 9, 2024, 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Reception & Show – Sunday, November 10, 2024, 12:00 – 4:00 pm

Nature Trail Walk
2024-11-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Homan-Gerard House, 5 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY, 11980, United States
Meet at the Homan-Gerard House parking lot, 5 Yaphank Avenue
Led By: MaryLaura Lamont, Naturalist and Yaphank Historical Society Board Member
Join us for the last Nature Trail Walk for this year and enjoy a 3/4 mile guided cultural and natural history walk along easy trails. The walk/talk will take you along the Carmans River and into the upland area. Enjoy scenery, birds, plants and learn a bit of history along the ancient river!

Yaphank Historic Christmas House Tours
2024-12-14 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Enjoy Holiday Refreshments and Music
Docent-led 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
Purchase tickets below or onsite at the Swezey-Avey House the day of the tour.

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March 2025 General Meeting
2025-03-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
(Caption for picture: The Roe Tavern circa 1900. Photo by Robert S. Feather From Art Billadello)
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.

Refreshments will follow the meeting.

April 2025 General Meeting
2025-04-17 07:30 - 21:00 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Tropic: The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (Following the April 1865 Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln)
Guest Speaker: Jim Ward, Librarian and Historian
Many people know the story of how President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington but not what happened afterwards. In this program, Jim Ward will look at how Booth escaped and at the massive manhunt for him that followed.
Refreshments will follow
the meeting

Nature Trail Walk 2025
2025-04-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Homan-Gerard House, 5 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY, 11980, United States
Nature Trail Walk
Homan-Gerard House 5 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY
Join us for a Cultural Landscape Walk, led by MaryLaura Lamont, Naturalist and Yaphank Historical Society Board Member. Enjoy a ¾ mile guided walk along easy trails to explore the natural and human history of the area and enjoy beautiful scenery and learn about some birds and plants. The walk will take you along the Carmans River and into the upland area, with some historic and cultural sites viewed as well.

May 2025 General Meeting
2025-05-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Topic: Lake Ronkonkoma – “What a Time it Was”
Guest Speaker: Dale Spencer, History Island Radio Show Host
Refreshments will follow the meeting

Spring Community Yard Sale 2025
2025-05-18 09:00 - 16:00 | The Hawkins House, 4 Yaphank Ave, Yaphank, NY, 11980, United States
Due to weather, this years Spring Community Yard Sale has been
rescheduled for Sunday May 18th

Music In The Park with Don and Susan
2025-05-21 17:00 - 20:00 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Free Concert
***** Attention *****
Due to expected rain,
we have moved tonights concert to
The Swezey House

Music In The Park with Don and Susan
2025-06-18 17:00 - 20:00 | The Gazebo, 530 Yaphank Middle Island Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States

June General Meeting 2025
2025-06-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Tropic: An Exciting Genealogical Research Project to Uncover “Hidden Ancestors”
Guest Speaker: Anne Hanson, Author
Anne Hanson will discuss her book, “Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida.” For two decades, Anne sought information about her grandparents, Frank and Ida Hanson, but failed to find evidence that their families had ever existed. Eventually, Anne unearthed her grandparents’ true identities and solved the mystery of the secrets they took to their graves.
Refreshments will follow the meeting

Music In The Park
2025-07-16 17:00 - 20:00 | The Gazebo, 530 Yaphank Middle Island Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Free Concert. Join the Yaphank Historical Society along with Don and Susan for some music in the Park. Bring a chair and picnic basket and enjoy music by the lake in Swezey Park. We’ll move indoors in the Swezey-Avey House in inclement weather.

July 2025 General Meeting
2025-07-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
Refreshments will follow the meeting
Topic: As Told by the Ledger Books: Early Shore Whaling
Guest Speaker: MaryLaura Lamont, Yaphank Historical Society Board Member and Naturalist
By using four old ledgers of the late 17th century, belonging to three prominent Long Island families all within the Township of Brookhaven, a story can be told about early shore whaling days off the Great South Beach, today’s Fire Island. Shore whaling involved many Native American Unkechaug people who are listed in the ledgers. It also was the beginning of the demise of the North Atlantic Right Whale. Come listen to a long-forgotten story of interactions between settlers and indigenous people.

August 2025 General Meeting
2025-08-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States

September 2025 General Meeting
2025-09-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States

October 2025 General Meeting
2025-10-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Swezey-Avey House, 19 Mill Rd, Yaphank, 11980, United States
