Events & Exhibitions
FALL, WINTER, SPRING HOURS
Pond House (114 Jessup Avenue)
OPEN Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and by appointment.
To request an appointment, please call 631-996-2404 or email info@quoguehistory.org
The 1822 Schoolhouse (90 Quogue Street, behind the Quogue Library) is CLOSED for restoration.
Events
All events are free unless otherwise stated.
For more information: 631-996-2404 or info@quoguehistory.org.
MAY
Sunday, May 19, 2 p.m.
Illustrated Talk –
History & Herstory: The Beginning of the Quogue Library
“Some two years ago,” The Sag Harbor Express wrote in 1897, “a few ladies began to agitate on the subject of establishing here a circulating library. They found ready listeners and helpers among their neighbors. Many readable books were given for the purpose and many others were bought with the proceeds of an entertainment at the Field Club, and temporary quarters for the library were secured at Mr. Jessup’s store (now Beth’s Cafe).
Join QHS Curator and Southampton Town Historian Julie Greene for a talk on the female founders of the Quogue Library.
Co-sponsored with the Quogue Library.
At the Quogue Firehouse. Reservations required: 631-653-4224.
JUNE
Saturday, June 29, through Saturday, August 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Summer Hours –
Pond House OPEN 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The 1822 Schoolhouse is CLOSED for restoration.
The Pond House features exhibitions highlighting Quogue’s 350-plus year history, including Quawquannantucke: Early Settlement, Boarding Houses, the Heyday: 1880-1910, and Through the Lens of George Bradford Brainerd: Quogue, ca. 1875. The Reading Room is filled with books about Long Island and Quogue history and newspaper and magazine articles about Quogue, 1975-2006.
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Exhibitions
AT THE POND HOUSE 114 Jessup Avenue
The Pond House features exhibitions highlighting Quogue’s 350-plus year history.
Main Floor
A Moment in Time, Photographs of Quogue Village Streets, February 1942
Celebrating the Quogue Historic District: 200 Years of Cultural & Architectural Heritage
19th Century Figural Glass Flasks and Bottles
Through the Lens of George Bradford Brainerd: Quogue, ca. 1875
Lower Level
Quawquannantucke: Early Settlement
Boarding Houses, the Heyday: 1880-1910
Historic Jessup Avenue: A Tribute
Highlights from the Collection
The Pond House, headquarters of the Quogue Historical Society
1822 SCHOOLHOUSE, Early 20th Century SMOKEHOUSE, and Late 19th Century OUTHOUSE
90 Quogue Street (behind the Quogue Library)
NOTE: These historic buildings are CLOSED during the expansion and renovation of the Quogue Library.
View of the early 20th century smokehouse, 1822 one-room schoolhouse, and a corner of the 19th century herb garden. The late 19th century ‘4-holer’ outhouse is located behind the schoolhouse.
Built by citizens of the Village in 1822, the one-room schoolhouse was Quogue’s first community building and served as its school for about 70 years, until 1893.
Near the Schoolhouse are two other historic buildings: an early 20th century smokehouse and a late 19th century “4-holer” outhouse.
The Westhampton Garden Club maintains the Mary Kane Hayes Old Fashioned Garden that surrounds the 1822 Schoolhouse and a 19th-century herb garden planted with culinary, household, and medicinal herbs. Also in this area is a “Harry Potter” garden containing samples of plant life mentioned in the books. Special openings can be arranged during non-summer months by emailing info@quoguehistory.org or calling 631-996-2404.
PAST EVENTS
2018
Saturday, February 10, 3 to 4 p.m.
Illustrated Talk: Then and Now: Pictorial Quogue
By Julie B. Greene, QHS Curator and Southampton Town Historian
At the Quogue Library
By the time of his death, in 1887 at the age of only 42, civil engineer and amateur photographer George Bradford Brainerd had taken 2,500 photographs, mostly urban views of New York City. The ten-plus images Brainerd captured of Quogue in the mid-1870s document a portrait of the Village’s early days, revealing a stark contrast to the Quogue of today. The exhibition Through the Lens of George Bradford Brainerd: Quogue, ca. 1875, is on view at the Pond House, open Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
To register, call the Quogue Library: 631-653-4224 x 101.
Saturday April 7, and Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m. to Noon
Sign Up Coffee for Volunteers
At the Pond House
The QHS couldn’t do all it does to preserve Quogue’s rich cultural and architectural heritage without the help of its volunteers.
Please join us for refreshments and sign up for:
Two-hour shifts on summer Saturdays at the Pond House and 1822 Schoolhouse
Two-hour shifts at the Art Show, Saturday, August 11, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 20, 2 p.m.
Illustrated Talk: The History of Jessup Avenue: Celebrating 140 Years
By Julie B. Greene, QHS Curator and Southampton Town Historian
At the Quogue Library
In the 19th century, as Quogue grew as a popular summer resort, its small business district on Jessup Avenue prospered. Running north and south between Quogue Street and Montauk Highway, Jessup Avenue, which opened 140 years ago, in 1878, is today a hub of business, cultural, and civic activity.
To register, call the Quogue Library: 631-653-4224 x 101.
Saturday, June 30, through Saturday, September 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Summer Hours –
Pond House and 1822 Schoolhouse OPEN 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Built by the citizens of Quogue in 1822, the one-room schoolhouse was the village’s first community building and served as its school for 70 years. The Pond House features exhibitions highlighting Quogue’s 350-plus year history, including Quawquannantucke: Early Settlement, Boarding Houses, the Heyday: 1880-1910, and Through the Lens of George Bradford Brainerd: Quogue, ca. 1875. Scroll down for full list of exhibitions.
Sunday, July 1, 2 p.m.
Walking Tour of the Quogue Cemetery: Stories in Stone
By Zach Studenroth, Architectural Historian
You know their names – Howell, Gardiner, Jessup, Arch, Foster – but who were they? Join architectural historian Zach Studenroth for a walk through the historic Quogue Cemetery, which preserves the burial sites of Quogue’s earliest settlers. You’ll visit ten headstones that span 200 years of Quogue history and learn about the residents they memorialize. From the artistic and decorative carvings of 18th century slate and brownstone, to the marble and granite of the present era, this tour will also highlight the evolution of gravestone styles and stone types that characterize Long Island’s historic burying grounds.
Limited to 25.
Reservations: 631-996-2404 or info@quoguehistory.org
Friday, July 27 and August 3, 1:15 to 2:30 p.m., for ages 6 to 14
38th Annual Children’s Art Lessons
At the Quogue Firehouse
20 children per class (max.) Admission is free.
The children’s artwork will be displayed at the Children’s Art Show, Saturday, August 11, 12:30 to 3 p.m., on the Village Green.
The Art Lessons are sponsored in part by the Counselman-Oxholm Fund.
Registration begins Sunday, July 1. Email ChildrensArtShow2018@gmail.com.
Friday, August 10, 5 to 7 p.m.
CELEBRATE ART! Cocktails & Art Talk Benefit
At the QFC Junior Sports Clubhouse
5:30 to 6 p.m., An Insider’s View on Valuing Fine Art. Noted art historian, advisor, and publisher Peter Hastings Falk will discuss the methodology of pricing artwork in an appropriate way and how it pertains to gallery pricing. Since the vast majority of artists showing at fairs and in galleries have no auction records, this talk will give buyers greater confidence as they are about to make acquisition decisions.
Invitations will be mailed in July. Tickets: $60 and $100 (Patron).
Click Here to Buy Tickets
Saturday, August 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
53rd Annual Art Show to Benefit the Quogue Historical Society
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
The 53rd Annual Art Show & Sale will feature almost 40 artists, including many local artists, as always. The Schoolhouse and the Pond House will be closed.
Suggested donation $5.
Saturday, August 25, 4 p.m.
Walking Tour of the Quogue Cemetery: Stories in Stone
You know their names – Howell, Gardiner, Jessup, Arch, Foster – but who were they? Join architectural historian Zach Studenroth for a walk through the historic Quogue Cemetery, which preserves the burial sites of Quogue’s earliest settlers. You’ll visit ten headstones that span 200 years of Quogue history and learn about the residents they memorialize. From the artistic and decorative carvings of 18th century slate and brownstone, to the marble and granite of the present era, this tour will also highlight the evolution of gravestone styles and stone types that characterize Long Island’s historic burying grounds.
Limited to 25.
Reservations: 631-996-2404 or info@quoguehistory.org
Saturday, September 1
1822 Schoolhouse Closes for the Season
Saturday, September 22, 3 p.m.
Illustrated Talk –
The Hurricane of 1938: 80 Years
By Julie B. Greene, QHS Curator and Southampton Town Historian
At the Quogue Library
The Hurricane of ’38 tore across the East End on the afternoon of September 21 with Category Three winds of 100 miles per hour. And with no weather.com it blew in with almost no warning, causing massive damage and loss of life. Join Julie Greene for a look back 80 years at what day-after newspaper headlines called “The Long Island Express.”
To register, call the Quogue Library: 631-653-4224 x 101.
Saturday, September 29, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. NEW DATE!
Quogue Cemetery Conservation Workshop
With Stone Conservator Joel Snodgrass
In this “hands-on” workshop, Joel Snodgrass, a professional stone conservator, will demonstrate “best practices” in the restoration of monuments at the Quogue Cemetery, listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Opened in the mid-1700s, this sacred and historic Colonial-era site preserves the headstones of Quogue’s early settlers. All are invited to come for as long, or short, a time as they wish and observe the techniques that will help preserve these fragile monuments.
Reservations are not necessary. For information, 631-996-2404 or info@quoguehistory.org
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Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m.
Sign Up Coffee for Volunteers
The QHS couldn’t do all it does to preserve Quogue’s rich cultural and architectural heritage without the help of its volunteers.
Please join us for refreshments and sign up for:
Two-hour shifts at the Pond House and the 1822 Schoolhouse
(Saturdays, July through August, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Two-hour shifts for the Art Show, Saturday, August 12, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
We will also have a sign-up sheet for Substitutes.
If you have any questions, please leave a message at 631-996-2404.
Saturday, July 1, 11 a.m.
1822 Schoolhouse OPENS for the Season
A 19th Century School Day in Quogue’s One-Room Schoolhouse
Adults and children (ages 6 years old and up) are invited to step back in time to meet 18-year-old school mistress Miss Lizabeth and discover firsthand what life was like in the late 1860s for schoolchildren in Quogue’s rural 19th century community. Built by the citizens of Quogue in 1822, the one-room schoolhouse was Quogue’s first community building and served as its school for 70 years. Miss Lizabeth Griffin’s diary, 1868 to 1901, is in the collection of the Quogue Historical Society. She taught in the one-room schoolhouse from 1868 to 1870. Refreshments.
Saturday, July 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
New Exhibitions Open at the Pond House
Down on the Beach: Quogue’s Life Saving Service, 1849-1937
A Moment in Time: Photographs of Quogue Village Streets, February 1942
Thursday, July 6, 6 p.m.
Exhibition Talk – Down on the Beach: Quogue’s Life Saving Service, 1849-1937
With Julie Greene, QHS Curator
At the Pond House
Thursday, July 20, 6 p.m.
Researching Your Historic House
With Julie Greene, QHS Curator
At the Pond House
The workshop will cover how to research your home with resources available in the Society’s library as well as other local repositories. Curator Julie Greene will lead participants step-by-step through uncovering a property’s past by way of general histories, deeds, wills, online newspaper databases, and other sources.
Friday, July 21, July 28, and August 4, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. for 5 to 12 year olds
37th Annual Children’s Art Lessons
At the Quogue Firehouse
20 children per class (max.) Admission is free.
NOTE: Registration is by email, beginning July 1: ChildrensArt2017@gmail.com.
The children’s artwork will be displayed at the Children’s Art Show, Saturday, August 12, 12:30 to 3pm, on the Village Green.
The Art Lessons are sponsored in part by the Counselman-Oxholm Fund.
Friday, August 11, 5 to 7 p.m.
CELEBRATE ART! Cocktails & Art Talk Benefit
At the QFC Junior Sports Clubhouse
5:30 to 6 p.m., Charles A. Riley II, PhD, will speak about his latest book, Free as Gods: How the Jazz Age Reinvented Modernism. Mr. Riley is an arts journalist, curator, professor of English, and the author of 28 books on art, architecture, and public policy.
Click here to purchase tickets.
Saturday, August 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
41st Annual Art Show to Benefit the Quogue Historical Society
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
The 41st Annual Art Show & Sale will feature almost 40 artists, including many local artists, as always. The Schoolhouse and the Pond House will be closed.
Suggested donation $5.
Thursday, August 17, 6 p.m.
Opening of the QHS Reading Room and Exhibitions Tour
At the Pond House
Join Curator Julie Greene as the Society unveils its new reading and study room in the Pond House, then take a guided tour of new and updated exhibitions of 350 years of Quogue history.
Thursday, August 24, 6 p.m.
Researching Your Historic House
With Julie Greene, QHS Curator
At the Pond House
The workshop will cover how to research your home with resources available in the Society’s library as well as other local repositories. Curator Julie Greene will lead participants step-by-step through uncovering a property’s past by way of general histories, deeds, wills, online newspaper databases, and other sources. Handouts will be available.
Saturday, September 2
1822 Schoolhouse Closes for the Summer Season
Saturday, September 9, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Pond House Starts Fall/Winter/Spring Hours (and by appointment)
On view: exhibitions highlighting Quogue’s 350-plus year history.
Reading & Study Room open.
Saturday, September 30, 4 p.m.
Exhibition Talk – Down on the Beach: Quogue’s Life Saving Service, 1849-1937
With Julie Greene, QHS Curator and Southampton Town Historian
At the Pond House
Saturday, December 9
Holiday House Tour, 2 to 6 p.m.
Cocktail Party, 6 to 8 p.m.
Visit five Quogue houses festively decorated for the holidays. A Cocktail Party at one of the houses follows.
House Tour $60, Cocktail Party $50, House Tour & Cocktail party $100
Patron Level $125 (House Tour & Cocktail Party)
Click here to purchase tickets
On the day of the event, pick up or purchase your tickets, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Pond House, 114 Jessup Avenue, Quogue.
Tickets will also be on sale at the Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street, 1 to 4 p.m.
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Through April 2016
Exhibition: Whaling in Quogue: From Shore to the South Se
Admiral Alfred T. Mahan: The Pen That Launched a Thousand Ships
Saturday, May 28, 2pm
Children’s Reading: Historical Stories with Miss Lizbeth Griffin
In collaboration with the Quogue Library
Please join school mistress Miss Lizbeth Griffin at the Quogue Library as she reads a selection of newly curated books in the children’s collection about life in the late 1800s for schoolchildren in America. A new section of books will be available at the library to bring history alive for young readers who will also learn about Quogue’s own one-room schoolhouse located behind the library. Built by the citizens of Quogue in 1822, the one-room schoolhouse was Quogue’s first community building and served as its school for 70 years. Miss Lizbeth Griffin taught in the one-room schoolhouse from 1868-1870. Her diary, 1868-1901, is in the collection of the Quogue Historical Society.
NOTE LOCATION: At the Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street. No reservations necessary. Ages 4-10.
Sunday, May 29, 3 to 5pm
Quogue Historical Society Annual Open House
At the Pond House, 114 Jessup Avenue
Join us for the opening of the exhibition Celebrating the Quogue Historic District: 200 Years of Cultural & Architectural Heritage. Southampton Town Historian Zach Studenroth will speak about the significance of Quogue’s historic buildings and sites and the District’s listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Refreshments will be served and admission is free.
Saturday, July 2, 10am to 2pm
The Pond House & 1822 Schoolhouse Open for the Summer Season.
New exhibition at the Pond House: Celebrating the Quogue Historic District: 200 Years of Cultural & Architectural Heritage
Friday, July 22, One Hour Tour, 5pm and 6:30pm
“Spirited” Walking Tour of the Quogue Cemetery with Southampton Town Historian Zach Studenroth
In collaboration with the Quogue Cemetery Association
The Quogue Cemetery, where you can find the gravestones of Quogue’s earliest settlers, is one of our most historic sites but is seldom visited. Individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places (2013), it is one of the oldest burying grounds in Southampton Town and its brownstone, slate, and marble headstones are a veritable showcase of the stone cutter’s artistry. Join us and discover why early headstones usually face west, why the brownstones are the first to crumble, and how innovative techniques in stone preservation are now bringing them back to life.
Tours are limited to 20 people. Reservations are required: 631-996-2404.
Friday, July 22, July 29, and August 5, 1:30 to 2:30 pm for 5 to 12 year olds
36th Annual Children’s Art Lessons
At the Quogue Firehouse
20 children per class (max.) Admission is free.
The children’s artwork will be displayed at the Children’s Art Show, Saturday, August 13, 12:30-3pm, on the Village Green.
Registration: alexismdurham@gmail.com or 917-535-5685
The Art Lessons are sponsored in part by the Counselman-Oxholm Fund.
Wednesday, July 27, 5 to 6pm
A 19th Century School Day in Quogue’s One-Room Schoolhouse
Adults and children (ages 6 years old and up) are invited to step back in time to meet 18-year-old school mistress Miss Lizabeth and discover firsthand what life was like in the late 1860s for schoolchildren in Quogue’s rural 19th century community. Built by the citizens of Quogue in 1822, the one-room schoolhouse was Quogue’s first community building and served as its school for 70 years. Miss Lizabeth Griffin’s diary, 1868 to 1901, is in the collection of the Quogue Historical Society. She taught in the one-room schoolhouse from 1868 to 1870.
Refreshments. Reservations are not necessary.
Friday, August 12, 5 to 7pm
CELEBRATE ART! Cocktails & Art Talk Benefit
On the Village Green
5:30 to 6pm, Quogue resident Stacey Goergen and Amanda Benchley will speak about their new book, Artists Living with Art.
Saturday, August 13, 10am to 4pm
40th Annual Art Show to Benefit the Quogue Historical Society
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
Suggested donation $5
Date and Time TBA
Unveiling of Restored Nahum Chapin Anchor
Date and Time TBA
Unveiling of Roadside Markers Identifying the Quogue Historic District
on Quogue Street and Jessup Avenue
Saturday, September 24, 2 pm
Historic House Walk Celebrating the Quogue Historic District
In collaboration with the Quogue Library
A one-hour guided walking tour of Quogue Street’s 18th and 19th century houses.
The tour departs from the Library. Refreshments follow.
Reservations are required: 631-996-2404. Rain or shine.
Saturday, December 10, 5 to 7pm
5-6pm, Holiday Open House, at the Pond House
6-7pm, Illustrated Talk, So You Think You Know Long Island,
By Local Historian Gene Horton, at the Fire House
Please join us for holiday cheer at the Pond House followed by a presentation by local historian Gene Horton, “So You Think You Know Long Island.” Mr. Horton’s talk will be educational and entertaining, filled with fascinating facts about the island we call home — its geography, history, people, and landmarks.
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Saturday, December 12, 2 to 6pm
2015 Holiday House Tour
The Holiday House Tour includes five Quogue houses festively decorated for the holidays. The tour is followed in the evening by a Cocktail Party, 6 to 8pm, at one of the houses.
Melissa Cook and Maureen Leness, Benefit Co-chairs.
Lee Profenius, Chair, Entertainment Committee
All proceeds directly support the Society’s Education, Collections Care, and Historic Preservation Programs.
To purchase tickets online, click here.
For more information, call 631-996-2404 or email info@quoguehistory.org.
Saturday, September 19, 2pm
Historic House Walk
In collaboration with the Quogue Library
A one-hour guided walking tour of Quogue Street’s historic houses.
The tour departs the Library at 2pm. Refreshments follow. To register: 631-653-4224 x 101. Rain or shine.
Thursday, September 3, 5:30pm
Informational Meeting about the Proposed Quogue Historic District
Quogue Village Hall, North Meeting Room, Jessup Avenue
Co-sponsored by the Steering Committee for Preservation in Quogue
You are invited to a public meeting to learn about the proposed Historic District to honor Quogue on the National Register of Historic Places. Jennifer Betsworth, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, and Zach Studenroth, Southampton Town Historian, will answer your questions. Maps of the proposed Historic District and informational brochures will be available.
Sunday, August 23, 2pm
Author’s Talk & Book Signing at the Quogue Library
Voices of Quogue: A Small Village Remembers the Way We Were, by Meredith Murray
In this varied collection of reminiscences-those of a small boy living next to WWII soldiers encamped in the dunes, a Polish housekeeper caring for a grand estate, a first generation Italian immigrant building a huge commercial success, and many others-voices from Quogue recall the past.
With more than 100 photographs that bring to life the village as it was and as it is now, Voices of Quogue is the story of a special place, a village that hasn’t lost its sense of community. Published by the Quogue Historical Society in celebration of the 375th Anniversary of the Town of Southampton’s founding.
Books will be available after the lecture for purchase/signing, $25 cash or check only, please.
All proceeds from the sale of the book are to benefit the Quogue Historical Society.
Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street.
Wednesday, August 19, 5 to 6pm
A 19th Century School Day in Quogue’s One-Room Schoolhouse
Adults and children (ages 6 years old and up) are invited to step back in time to meet 18-year-old school mistress Miss Lizabeth and discover firsthand what life was like in the late 1860s for schoolchildren in Quogue’s rural 19th century community. Built by the citizens of Quogue in 1822, the one-room schoolhouse was Quogue’s first community building and served as its school for 70 years.
Miss Lizabeth Griffin’s diary, 1868 to 1901, is in the collection of the Quogue Historical Society. She taught in the one-room schoolhouse from 1868 to 1870.
Refreshments. Reservations are not necessary.
Saturday, August 8, 12:30 to 3pm
Children’s Art Show (up to 16 years)
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
Suggested donation $5
Since 1980, the Children’s Art Lessons and Art Show prizes have been supported in part by the Counselman/Oxholm Fund.
Saturday, August 8, 10am to 4pm
39th Annual Art Show & Sale to Benefit the Quogue Historical Society
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
Suggested donation $5
The 40th Annual Art Show & Sale will feature local artists, as always. The Pond House will be open during the Show for viewing the Society’s current exhibitions.
Friday, August 7, 5 to 7pm
CELEBRATE ART! Cocktails & Art Talk Benefit
At the Quogue Field Club Junior Sports Clubhouse
5:30-6pm, “Chronicling the Hamptons Art Scene: From Print to Internet,” with Pat Rogers, Founder and Managing Editor, Hamptons Art Hub.
Click here to purchase tickets: William Merritt Chase $100, Jackson Pollack & Lee Krasner $50
Friday, July 17, July 24, and July 31, 12:30 to 1:30pm and 2 to 3pm (ages 6 to 12)
Saturday, July 18, 10 to 11am (ages 3 to 5 years)
35th Annual Children’s Art Lessons with Art Teacher Amy Hess
At the Quogue Firehouse (new location)
Registration: Thursday, July 2, 9 to 10:30am, and Friday, July 3, 12 to 1:30pm, at the Pond House
Class size is limited to 20 children per class. Admission is Free.
The children’s artwork will be displayed at the Children’s Art Show, Saturday, August 8, 12:30 to 3pm.
The Children’s Art Lessons are sponsored in part by the Counselman-Oxholm Fund.
Saturday, July 18, 11:30am
Exhibition Talk – Whaling in Quogue: From Shore to the South Seas
With Betsy McMahon, Teaching Volunteer at the American Museum of Natural History
Saturday, July 11, 11:30am
Exhibition Talk – Admiral Alfred T. Mahan: The Pen That Launched a Thousand Ships
With M. Llewellyn Chapman, curator
Wednesday, July 1, 5 to 6pm
A 19th Century School Day in Quogue’s One-Room Schoolhouse
School mistress Miss Lizabeth Griffin will “ring the bell” and open the summer season at the schoolhouse with an interactive presentation open to adults and children (ages 6 years old and up). During the presentation, you are invited to step back in time to meet 18-year-old school mistress Miss Lizabeth and discover firsthand what life was like in the late 1860s for schoolchildren in Quogue’s rural 19th century community.
Built by the citizens of Quogue in 1822, the one-room schoolhouse was Quogue’s first community building and served as its school for 70 years. Miss Lizabeth Griffin’s diary, 1868 to 1901, is in the collection of the Quogue Historical Society. She taught in the one-room schoolhouse from 1868 to 1870.
Refreshments. Reservations are not required.
Wednesday, July 1, 3 to 5pm
SUMMER HOURS BEGIN
1822 Schoolhouse & the Pond House OPEN for the summer season through September 5
HOURS: Wednesday & Friday, 3 to 5pm; Saturday, 10am to Noon
Exhibition: Highlights from the Collection opens at the Pond House
Sunday, May 24, 3 to 5pm
Quogue Historical Society Annual Open House
At the Pond House, 114 Jessup Avenue
Join us for the official book launch of Voices of Quogue: A Small Village Remembers the Way We Were, written by Meredith Murray and published by the Quogue Historical Society – and the opening of the Pond House’s expanded exhibition space.
During the Open House, the author will read excerpts from the book, which documents 20th century life in the Village of Quogue through the reminiscences of 14 of Quogue’s long-time residents.
Three new exhibitions will be on view on the Pond House’s Lower Level, which will be open on a permanent basis.
Quawquanantucke: Early Settlement
Boarding Houses, the Heyday: 1880-1910
Historic Jessup Avenue: A Tribute
Refreshments will be served and admission is free. Voices of Quogue will be available for purchase. If you would like to order the book online, click here.
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Holiday Break Activity for Children
Monday, December 29, 2 to 3 p.m.
See the earliest photographs of Quogue (Where are all the trees? Why is a horse and carriage on the beach?) and learn about the history of the Village 140 years ago.
Includes a craft activity and holiday snacks.
Exhibition on view: Through the Lens of George Bradford Brainerd: Quogue, ca. 1875
For more information and to make a reservation, email info@quoguehistory.org
Saturday, August 16, 2 to 4pm
Children’s Art Show (up to 16 years)
Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street, Admission Free
The Children’s Art Show will feature artwork in two sections:
• Art Lesson Works: works created during the Children’s Art Lessons at the Quogue Library,
and
• Open Works: artwork of the child’s choice (artists up to age 16 years), which will be juried and prizes awarded.
In addition to the children participating in the Children’s Art Lessons, all children, up through age 16, are invited to exhibit their artwork. To exhibit, each work must be marked on the back with the artist’s name, age, and telephone number and delivered during business hours to the Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street, on Monday, August 11, (12 pm to 5 pm), Tuesday, August 12 (10 am to 8 pm), or Wednesday, August 13 (10 am to 5 pm).
Artwork delivered after Wednesday, August 13, cannot be accepted.
Laurie Hallen and Virginia Webb, Co-chairs
Since 1980, the Children’s Art Lessons and Art Show prizes have been supported in part by the Counselman/Oxholm Fund. Additional support comes from the Quogue Library and the Quogue Historical Society.
Saturday, August 16, 11 to 11:30am
Exhibition Talk: Admiral Alfred T. Mahan: The Pen That Launched a Thousand Ships
With curator M. Llewellyn Chapman
At the Pond House
Reservations not necessary
Wednesday, August 13, 5 to 6pm
A 19th Century School Day in Quogue’s One-Room Schoolhouse
Children ages 6-12 years old are invited to step back in time to meet
18-year-old school mistress Miss Lizabeth Griffin and discover
firsthand what life was like in the late 1860s for schoolchildren in
Quogue’s rural 19th century community.
Built by the citizens of Quogue in 1822, the one-room schoolhouse was
Quogue’s first community building and served as its school for 70 years.
Miss Lizabeth Griffin’s diary, 1868 to 1901, is in the collection of
the Quogue Historical Society. She taught in the one-room schoolhouse
from 1868 to 1870.
After the interactive presentation, lemonade and cookies will be served.
Reservations are not necessary. For more information, please email
info@quoguehistory.org or call 631-996-2404.
Saturday, August 9, 10am to 4pm
38th Annual Art Show & Sale to Benefit the Quogue Historical Society
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
Suggested donation $5
The 39th Annual Art Show & Sale will feature local artists, as always. The Schoolhouse and the Pond House will be open during the Show for viewing the Society’s current exhibitions.
Friday, August 8, 5 to 7pm
CELEBRATE ART!
Cocktails & Art Talk at the Quogue Field Club Junior Sports Clubhouse
To benefit the Quogue Historical Society
5:30pm, Brian Rutenberg will speak on Painting My Life.
Brian Rutenberg is considered one of the finest American painters of his generation. Born in the Lowcountry of South Carolina he has lived and worked in New York City for 26 years. His paintings refer to the light and geography of Carolina marshes and rivers as a starting point and, through the process of abstraction, or simplifying, Brian creates rich, vibrant compositions that refer to a place without being tied to one location.
Click here to purchase tickets: William Merritt Chase $100, Jackson Pollock & Lee Krasner $50.
Friday, July 18, July 25, and August 1, 1:30 to 3pm or 3:30 to 5pm
34th Annual Children’s Art Lessons (ages 6 to 12 years) with Art Teacher Amy Hess
Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street
Admission Free (but all children must have their own Library card)
The children’s artwork will be displayed at the Children’s Art Show at the Quogue Library, 2 to 4 pm, Saturday, August 16.
Sign-up dates for lessons: Thursday, July 3, and Saturday, July 5, 2 to 4pm, at the Quogue Library.
Class size is limited to approximately 20 children per class.
The Children’s Art Lessons are sponsored in part by the Counselman-Oxholm Fund. Additional support comes from the Quogue Library and the Quogue Historical Society.
Sunday, May 25, 3 to 5pm
Memorial Day Weekend OPEN HOUSE
At the Pond House, 114 Jessup Avenue, Admission Free
The Quogue Historical Society invites visitors of all ages to celebrate the opening of its new exhibition: Admiral Alfred T. Mahan: The Pen That Launched a Thousand Ships. The exhibition, curated by M. Llewellyn Chapman, highlights one of Quogue’s most illustrious and influential residents.
The Society will offer complimentary refreshments. For further information, please call 631-996-2404.
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Saturday, December 14, 2 to 6pm
2013 Holiday House Tour
The Holiday House Tour includes five Quogue houses festively decorated for the holidays. The tour is followed in the evening by a Cocktail Party, 6 to 8pm, at a sixth house.
Melissa Cook and Maureen Leness, Benefit Co-chairs.
All proceeds directly support the Society’s Education, Collections Care, and Historic Preservation Programs.
Entertainment Committee
Margeau Dyer, Co-chair
Tracy Keefe, Co-chair
Marcey Becker Brody
Allison Carey
Elizabeth Carr
Tara Liddle
Sandy O’Callaghan
Colleen Rybakoff
To purchase tickets online, click here.
Invitations will be mailed in November.
For more information, call 631-996-2404 or email info@quoguehistory.org.
Saturday, December 7, 11:30am
Exhibition Talk: Through the Lens of George Bradford Brainerd: Quogue, ca. 1875
With Julie Greene, QHS Curator
At the Pond House
Saturday, November 23, 11:30am
Exhibition Talk: Whaling in Quogue: From Shore to the South Seas
With Betsy McMahon, Teaching Volunteer at the American Museum of Natural History
At the Pond House
Saturday, October 12, 2pm
Illustrated Slide Lecture: Listing on the National Register of Historic Places: How and Why?
Presented by the Steering Committee for Preservation in Quogue and the Quogue Historical Society
A talk by Southampton Town Historian Zach Studenroth, Consultant to the Steering Committee on a Proposed Historic District in Quogue
At the Courtroom, Quogue Village Hall
For information on and a map of the proposed Historic Districts, click here.
Saturday, September 21, 11am
Annual Meeting of the Quogue Historical Society
All members, contributors and friends of the Society are invited.
At the Pond House, 114 Jessup Avenue.
Saturday, August 17, 2 to 4 pm
Children’s Art Show (up to 16 years)
Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street
Admission Free
The Children’s Art Show will feature artwork in two sections:
- Art Lesson Works: works created during the Children’s Art Lessons at the Quogue Library, and
- Open Works: artwork of the child’s choice (artists up to age 16 years), which will be juried and prizes awarded.
In addition to the children participating in the Children’s Art Lessons, all children, up through age 16, are invited to exhibit their artwork.
To exhibit, each work must be marked on the back with the artist’s name, age, and telephone number and delivered during business hours to the Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street, on Monday, August 12 (12 pm – 5 pm), Tuesday, August 13 (10 am – 8 pm), or Wednesday, August 14 (10 am – 5 pm).
Artwork delivered after Wednesday, August 14, cannot be accepted.
Laurie Hallen and Virginia Webb, Co-chairs
Since 1980, the Children’s Art Lessons and Art Show prizes have been supported in part by the Counselman/Oxholm Fund. Additional support comes from the Quogue Library and the Quogue Historical Society.
Friday, July 19, July 26, and August 2, 1:30 to 3 pm or 3:30 to 5 pm
33rd Annual Children’s Art Lessons (ages 6 to 12 years)
Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street
Admission Free (but all children must have their own Library card)
The Children’s Art Lessons will be taught again this year by art teacher Amy Hess. The children’s artwork will be displayed at the Children’s Art Show at the Quogue Library, 1 to 4 pm, Saturday, August 17.
Sign-up is required in advance at the Quogue Library; class size is limited to approximately 20 children per class.
The Children’s Art Lessons are sponsored in part by the Counselman-Oxhom Fund. Additional support comes from the Quogue Library and the Quogue Historical Society.
Friday, August 9, 5 to 7pm
CELEBRATE ART!
Cocktails under the Tent on the Village Green
To benefit the Quogue Historical Society
Featuring speaker France F.L. Beatty, Ph.D., President, Richard L. Feigen & Co.
Today’s Art World: Obsessed with Tomorrow, 5:30pm
Tickets $50, $100 (Early Bird Admission at 9:30am to the Art Sh0w & Sale, Saturday, August 10)
For information and to purchase tickets, email info@quoguehistory.org or call 631-996-2404.
Saturday, August 10, 10am to 4pm
37th Annual Art Show & Sale to Benefit the Quogue Historical Society
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
Suggested donation $5
The 38th Annual Art Show & Sale will feature 28 local artists — Carol Boyce, Lynn Crowe, Madd Di Bernardo, Patricia Feiler, Marilyn Gartelmann, Helen Giaquinto, Pieter Greeff, Enid Hatton, Marsha Huckeba, Isack Kousnsky, Donna Levy, Katherine Liepe-Levinson, Keith Mantell, Joann Maroldo, Anne McCaughey, Mary McCormick, Betsey McMahon, Dee McMeekan, Lucinda Morrisey, Carolyn Munaco-Haines, Julie O’Daly, Pricilla Ruffin, Nancy Scherl, Chuck Seaman, Meryl Spiegel, John Stuart, Alcie Vlcek, Carol C. Young.
The Pond House will be open during the Show for viewing the Society’s current exhibitions.
Co-Chairs are Marcia Bradley, Melissa Cook, Maureen Leness, Christy Murray, and Lee Wadelton.
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 1 to 3pm
July 14, 1776: “Williamsburg Comes to Quogue”
Life in the Times of the Revolutionary War
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
Recommended for all Ages
Suggested donation $10
The Quogue Historical Society, with support from the Quogue Library, invites you to a lively afternoon to transport you back to daily life during the Revolutionary War.
- Roam the Quogue Village Green and Village Lane and meet the town crier, Benjamin Franklin;
- be inspired by the live military marching drills of the Third New York Regiment Long Island Companies 1775 as they perform a Reenactment of a Revolutionary War Encampment;
- join in the dancing to the tunes of Chart Guthrie’s period band;
- enjoy the live sheep and cow from the Cornell Cooperative Farm while you learn about cow milking, and hear the history of sheep shearing with the Long Island Livestock Company;
- stroll through a soldier’s sleeping tent and the outdoor colonial “kitchen” and learn about the tools used in daily life;
- take a horse drawn carriage ride with Quiet Time Shire.
Advance Registration: deadline Monday, July 8, 2013.
All families registering by the deadline will receive a free copy of the book, Ben & Me: The Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos, by Robert Lawson.
Registration forms are available by emailing childrensevent@quoguehistory.org.
Completed forms can be emailed to childrensevent@quoguehistory.org or mailed to, or dropped off at, Quogue Historical Society, the Pond House, 114 Jessup Avenue, P.O. Box 1207, Quogue, NY 11959.
Advance Preparation
In order to more fully experience the event, it is suggested that all children read about the Revolutionary War in advance. A reading list is available at the Quogue Library, the Quogue Elementary School, Quogue Junior Sports, or by emailing childrensevent@quoguehistory.org.
The Quogue Historical Society is grateful to the Pine Tree Foundation for its generous support of this event.
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