Southold
Historical Society
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Welcome to our Site!
"The Scallop Fleet" by Julia M. Wickham, © Southold Historical Society Winter 2008 Exhibit 'Virtu' to open in March! Pictures - Trip to Scotland! Book on the Artists of the North Fork Coming Soon! ~NEW~ Pictures of the Opera Company of Brooklyn's 2007 Performance at the Horton Point Lighthouse!
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The Prince Building, our Headquarters & Archive Welcome to our website! Anyone interested in the rich history of Southold is welcome here! Our MissionThe Southold Historical Society was founded in 1960 to "promote interest in and education about the history of Southold and to bring together those persons who desire to discover, acquire, preserve, maintain, and exhibit historic sites, buildings, and relics." To do this, the Society maintains a Headquarters and Archive, as well as a number of historically significant buildings which exhibit some of the Society's vast collections.
Organizational HistoryIn 1940 Southold celebrated its 300th Anniversary. During the decade that followed an urge to create an organization to preserve and record that history began to take hold. By the mid 1950's the Historical Committee of the Southold-Peconic Civic Association was beginning the work that the Society would eventually take over. In February of 1960 the Association met and voted to make the Historical Committee a separate entity. The Southold Historical Society was presented with its provisional charter in April of 1960 and Mrs. Ann Hallock Currie-Bell (1897-1964) was elected as the first President. The Society received its permanent charter from the University of the State of New York in 1965.
Contact Information* Please note some of our contact numbers have changed (10/2006)!The Society is easy to reach either by phone, fax, or email. Our Headquarters and Office is located on the north side of Main Street directly across from Rothman's Department Store in Southold. The office is open M-F, 9am-4pm, or by appointment. The Archives are presently open by appointment only!
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