Suffolk County Historical Society Archives - The Suffolk Times

01.14.2025 Community

Steamboat tragedy after 185 years: the Lexington

One hundred and eighty-five years ago this week, during one of the coldest winters on record, a man named David Crowley washed ashore at Baiting Hollow in Riverhead after...

09.29.2023 News

Local historian dives into ‘the sauce’ with latest book

Southold Town historian Amy Folk was immediately immersed in Samuel Boerum’s story when she came across his codebook almost eight years ago while working at Oysterponds Historical Society. “Samuel...

09.19.2023 Community

Personal and local history merge with the opening of ‘Between the Bay and the Sound’ at Suffolk County Historical Society

When Helene Verin bought her small bungalow on Manor Lane in Jamesport in 2013, she had no idea how much history was connected to it until she was introduced...

02.09.2023 Community

Exhibit showing antique dolls of color is one of several local programs planned for Black History Month

“History Through Dolls of Color: Silent Witnesses in Time” is the newest pop-up exhibit at the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead, just in time for Black History Month....

01.31.2022 News

Historical society exhibit brings the Victorian Era to the North Fork

A talking doll made by Thomas Edison in 1890, a David Walker rocking cradle from 1862 and an early 1900 replica of a fire truck from the Riverhead fire...

04.28.2020 COVID-19

Suffolk County Historical Society seeks residents to submit pandemic stories for archival collection

Few things can be as frustrating for a historian or researcher as looking for archival information about an historic event and finding little or nothing. Victoria Berger can relate...

11.28.2019 News

Historic home’s hidden past coming back to life in Mattituck

Preservationists Robert and Catherine Harper of Mattituck have lived in their home on New Suffolk Avenue for 30 years, but not long after they moved in, Mr. Harper realized...

10.18.2019 Community

Suffolk County Historical Society to host presentation on Gardiners Island

For residents of Shelter Island, who regard Gardiners Island as a distant, somewhat mysterious cousin, there can be few guides as well-acquainted with this 3,300-acre jewel as Karl Grossman,...

03.31.2019 Editorials

Editorial: Welcome changes at the Suffolk County Historical Society

The Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead is one of the county’s genuine treasures. The holdings of this 133-year-old institution include furnishings, important paintings and other artwork, and its...

03.21.2019 Community

Suffolk County Historical Society building now accessible to all

Suffolk County Historical Society announced the opening of its new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant wing during a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, officially making the 133-year-old institution accessible to all.