Current Preservation Projects
Commemorative National Register Bronze Plaques
On February 2, 2016, the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior approved the Quogue Historic District for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Listing in the National Register provides a truly meaningful recognition of what residents have known for many years – that Quogue possesses (as stated on the National Register website): “a remarkable collection of architecture that reflects Quogue’s history as an early agricultural community transformed into a predominantly seasonal community during the nineteenth century.”
“Contributing” properties (i.e., retaining their historic integrity) within the Quogue Historic District are individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places and eligible to obtain a plaque that recognizes their historic significance. This year, we initiated a new plaque program to recognize properties of historic significance located in the Village of Quogue, but not within the Quogue Historic District.
We believe the display of these handsome bronze plaques on properties throughout the Village will honor Quogue’s rich architectural and cultural history as well as the people who maintain and restore these rare and precious documents of our past. We hope you will consider purchasing a plaque for your property.
“Quogue is unique on the East End – remarkably, it holds a rich stock of 18th, 19th century, and early 20th century houses that still retain a high degree of architectural and historical integrity.”
Zach Studenroth, former Southampton Town Historian
Click here to read about the Quogue Historic District and to see if your house is a contributing property in the district and an eligible for a plaque.
Click here to see sample plaques, standard and custom.
Email info@quoguehistory.org or call 631-996-2404 for an order form.
Oral History Project
Tides of Time: Memories and Voices of Quogue
In cooperation with
New York Heritage Digital Collections and Long Island Library Resource Council (LILRC).
In 2023, the Quogue Historical Society and the Quogue Library launched an oral history project to preserve the history of the Village of Quogue as told by some of its current residents from their own firsthand lived experiences.
“Tides of Time: Memories and Voices of Quogue” documents their personal narratives and captures memories of life in the village through recorded interviews. The recordings, along with text transcripts serve as an invaluable primary source of information and wisdom for future generations of residents and researchers on the rich history of our unique community.
This new audio project will make use of the advanced recording technology available at the Quogue Library’s Innovation Lab. Residents will be interviewed and recorded at the Library by members of the Quogue Historical Society board and Library technology staff.
Learn more, including how to sign up to be interviewed, visit https://www.quoguelibrary.org/oralhistory
To listen to current audio interviews with residents of the Village of Quogue, visit: https://nyheritage.org/collections/tides-time-memories-and-voices-quogue