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VISIT OUR NEW RESOURCE GUIDE PAGE FOR THE WAINSCOTT RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY

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Events

Get to know Wainscott, learn more about our historic hamlet, meet our group, and find out what we're doing in our community.

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Wainscott Heritage Walks

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2023 events

18 NOVEMBER 2023 | Community Forum

Sarah Kautz: Wainscott Reconnaissance Survey Project

Saturday, November 18, 2023 10AM

FREE

10:00 am to 12:00 pm 

Wainscott Chapel or Zoom 

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.


image: Little House in silhouette, photo by Durell Godfrey.


14 OCTOBER 2023 | History Talk

Mark Torres: Long Island Migrant Labor Camps

Saturday, October 14, 2023 2PM

FREE

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


rescheduled to 1 OCTOBER | Fall Festival at Mulford Farm

organized by the East Hampton Historical Society

Sunday, October 1, 2023 11AM-2PM

FREE

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.


15 JULY 2023 | Gathering in the Garden

SUPPORT WHP AND PRESERVATION

Saturday, July 15, 2023 6-8 PM

$50

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. 


BUY TICKETS


24 JUNE 2023 | History Talk

Wainscott: Historic Preservation for the 21st Century

Saturday, June 24, 2023 10AM

FREE

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.


14 JUNE 2023 | History Hike

co-organized by the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society and East Hampton Historical Society

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 10AM

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).


Reserve here


8 OCTOBER 2022 | One Big Home at LTV Studios

SAVE THE DATE | FREE EVENT

Saturday October 8, 2022 4 PM.

FREE - RSVP

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). 


Click here to reserve.


16 JULY 2022| Gathering in the Garden at the Thomas Strong House

invitation-only event at this c. 1695 Wainscott home

Saturday July 16, 5-8 PM.

by invitation

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.



25 JUNE 2022 | Living from the Land: Wainscott Farming 1875-1900

a historical talk with Hilary Osborn Malecki

Wainscott Potato Field, photo by Barbara Wilson D'Andrea

Saturday June 25, 10 AM.

FREE

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.


15 JUNE 2022 | Walk in Wainscott

organized with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society

Wednesday June 15, 10 AM.

FREE

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


Email us for more information or to let us know you are coming.

2023 events

14 OCTOBER 2023 | History Talk

Mark Torres: Long Island Migrant Labor Camps

Saturday, October 14, 2023 2PM

FREE

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


rescheduled to 1 OCTOBER | Fall Festival at Mulford Farm

organized by the East Hampton Historical Society

Sunday, October 1, 2023 11AM-2PM

FREE

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.


15 JULY 2023 | Gathering in the Garden

SUPPORT WHP AND PRESERVATION

Saturday, July 15, 2023 6-8 PM

$50

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. 


BUY TICKETS


24 JUNE 2023 | History Talk

Wainscott: Historic Preservation for the 21st Century

Saturday, June 24, 2023 10AM

FREE

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.


14 JUNE 2023 | History Hike

co-organized by the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society and East Hampton Historical Society

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 10AM

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).


Reserve here


8 OCTOBER 2022 | One Big Home at LTV Studios

SAVE THE DATE | FREE EVENT

Saturday October 8, 2022 4 PM.

FREE - RSVP

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). 


Click here to reserve.


16 JULY 2022| Gathering in the Garden at the Thomas Strong House

invitation-only event at this c. 1695 Wainscott home

Saturday July 16, 5-8 PM.

by invitation

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.



25 JUNE 2022 | Living from the Land: Wainscott Farming 1875-1900

a historical talk with Hilary Osborn Malecki

Wainscott Potato Field, photo by Barbara Wilson D'Andrea

Saturday June 25, 10 AM.

FREE

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.


15 JUNE 2022 | Walk in Wainscott

organized with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society

Wednesday June 15, 10 AM.

FREE

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


Email us for more information or to let us know you are coming.

2023 Sponsors

Partners

One Big Home was made possible with additional support from the following

Our Hamptons Podcast-Irwin T. Levy-LTV Studios, Jaine Mehring-Barry Raebeck/Your College Consulting

Our Hamptons Podcast-Irwin T. Levy-LTV Studios, Jaine Mehring-Barry Raebeck/Your College Consulting

Our Hamptons Podcast-Irwin T. Levy-LTV Studios, Jaine Mehring-Barry Raebeck/Your College Consulting

Our Hamptons Podcast-Irwin T. Levy-LTV Studios, Jaine Mehring-Barry Raebeck/Your College Consulting

Our Hamptons Podcast-Irwin T. Levy-LTV Studios, Jaine Mehring-Barry Raebeck/Your College Consulting

Our Hamptons Podcast-Irwin T. Levy-LTV Studios, Jaine Mehring-Barry Raebeck/Your College Consulting

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