Events

Join us for our fourth annual Gathering in the Garden, a beloved evening of connection, community, and conservation. Thanks to the marvelous hospitality of our generous 2024 hosts, we’ll return to their idyllic homestead—surrounded by historic buildings, sweeping vistas, and the warm company of friends. Enjoy light bites, refreshing libations, and the simple beauty of a summer evening—all in support of Wainscott Heritage Project and our ongoing preservation efforts.

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What do you really know to be true about historic preservation? Tara Cubie, Preservation Director at Preservation Long Island will break down the most common myths about historic preservation such as, "historic designation means you can’t change anything about your house”, or “preserving old buildings lowers property values". Tara will set the record straight using real-life examples from East Hampton and across Long Island.

Join us for this free presentation at LTV, 75 Industrial Rd, Wainscott. 

WHP is partnering again with East Hampton Trails Preservation Society for a special  History Hike featuring the John Osborn Homestead at 66 Wainscott Main Street, the largest Community Preservation Fund purchase in the history of East Hampton Town.  We'll view the property and its immediate surroundings and enjoy a presentation by Hilary Osborn Malecki.   Meet 10:00 AM at Beach Lane at the ocean; EH Town parking permit required.  RSVP to Irwin Levy, 516-456-1337, irwintlevy@gmail.com

WHP is partnering again with Build.In.Kind/East Hampton to present an encore screening of the documentary One Big Home followed by a  discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Thomas Bena and East Hampton Town Board member Cate Rogers. Join us at LTV Studios in Wainscott (75 Industrial Road). 

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Our third annual Gathering in the Garden will be held at a historic Sagaponack homestead that This year we will gather at a historic Sagaponack homestead that includes an early-eighteenth-century home and barns, an early 1900s farmhouse, and a former bicycle shop among the small outbuildings that dot the landscape surrounded by spectacular farm vistas. Join us for a bucolic evening of light bites and libations to support WHP.

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Wainscott Heritage Project will lead a 3-mile walk of Wainscott  with Irwin Levy of East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. We will be sharing Wainscott history along with discussing our mission to preserve Wainscott’s past and current efforts to ensure a sustainable future. We will meet at 10 AM at Town Line Beach, Wainscott. An East Hampton Town Parking Permit is required (please park along east side of Town Line Road).

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This second Community Forum will be another opportunity with preservation consultant Sarah Kautz to learn and see how you can join the effort to preserve Wainscott’s heritage. She will provide an update on the reconnaissance survey and answer questions about this project and what we all can do to preserve and protect Wainscott's heritage. 

Visit our  Resource Guide for more information.

image: Wainscott Mill, listed on State and National Registers.

Join us at Wainscott Chapel with Geoff Gehman who will share recollections of the exquisite, influential freedom of living on the South Fork in the late 1960s to early '70s, with access to gorgeous beaches, the Georgica Association, a celebrated antique-car museum, a fabled race-car track, a house seemingly designed by masons from outer space, and the spirit of Truman Capote. He will bring us into present day and his ability to have a soul-satisfying second life in his favorite hamlet. Recording

10:00 am to 12:00 pm 

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This first Wainscott Reconnaissance Survey Community Forum will be an information session with preservation consultant Sarah Kautz about the reconnaissance survey and an opportunity for the public to ask questions and submit comments about this project. 

Visit our new Resource Guide page for information about this project and helpful resources.

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Little House in silhouette, photo by Durell Godfrey.

Join us at the Wainscott Chapel (65 Wainscott Main Street) for a presentation by author and attorney Mark A. Torres, who will discuss the history of migrant labor on the East End of Long Island based on his book Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood.  Read more

Books will be available for purchase.

Reservations are encouraged.

image: Postcard from the Collection of Barbara and Dennis D'Andrea

WHP is pleased to participate in the Fall Festival at Mulford Farm rescheduled due to weather from Saturday, September 30 to Sunday, October 1, 11am to 2pm, presented by the East Hampton Historical Society. Harkening back to the History Festivals that occurred on the Farm decades ago, this year’s event will feature an array of activities including historical reenactors, music, walking tours, craft demonstrations, artmaking, and more.

image: Osborn Produce Potato Sack, Collection Jane Weigley.

Our second annual Gathering in the Garden will be held at the former home of Mattie Hedges and Gilbert Chauncey Osborn and site of the historic, preserved Wainscott General Store. This property was also once the location of the Wainscott Windmill that today stands in the Georgica Association and is pictured here with Mattie and Chauncey. Join us for an intimate evening of light bites and libations to support Wainscott Heritage Project. 

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Join us at the Wainscott Chapel (65 Wainscott Main Street) for a presentation by archaeologist, historical anthropologist, and preservation advocate Sarah Kautz. Sarah will discuss best practices and models for historic preservation in the context of Wainscott, and how these serve to empower communities like ours to preserve and protect our  cultural and historic resources; those significant structures and vistas that make up this place that we love.

Reservations are encouraged.

Wainscott Heritage Project will lead a 3-mile walk of Wainscott  with Irwin Levy of East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. We will be sharing Wainscott history, folklore, and inside stories along with discussing our mission to preserve Wainscott’s past and sharing thoughts on its future. We will meet at 10 AM at Town Line Beach, Wainscott. An East Hampton Town Parking Permit is required (please park along east side of Town Line Road).

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WHP partners with Build.In.Kind/East Hampton to present the film One Big Home followed by a Panel Discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Thomas Bena and Special Guests. One Big Home documents how citizens of Chilmark Town on Martha’s Vineyard came together and passed changes to their bylaws that limited house size in order to respect and protect the history, character, environment and quality of life of their community. Join us at LTV Studios in Wainscott (75 Industrial Road). 

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Wainscott Heritage Project hosts a Gathering in the Garden at the historic Thomas Strong House to introduce the organization to our friends in the community. We are grateful and indebted to John L. Nealon for his generosity and goodwill in providing us with this magnificent setting for our first event of this kind.

This event is by invitation only.

Local historian and President of the Wainscott Sewing Society, Hilary Osborn Malecki, will share some history of farming in late 19th-century Wainscott in this hour-long talk at Wainscott Chapel, 65 Wainscott Main Street. 

Reservations are encouraged and a freewill offering for the benefit of the Chapel is appreciated.

We couldn’t fit in all the history, folklore and sights of Wainscott the first time!  Join with us and the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society as we continue our exploration of our bucolic hamlet.  Meet at 10am at the ocean end of Beach Lane, Wainscott, for this 2+ mile walk.  EH Town beach permit needed.  

Leader: Irwin Levy, call/text 516-456-1337, irwintlevy@gmail.com

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