The Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson
The Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson was founded in 1967. Its purpose is to discover, preserve and disseminate knowledge about the history of the Greater Port Jefferson area. The museum complex consists of the main home of shipbuilder John T. Mather with antiques, furniture, and paintings by William Davis of the boats, boat building, and ship yards of the Bayles and Willse family. The outbuildings include a country store, tool shed, butcher and barber shops, post office, carriage house, marine barn with diorama, sail loft, and Clock Museum and school consisting of 200 unique clocks from the Ross Spinney collection. The Society’s Archives reserves, and makes available to researchers, deeds, maps, correspondences, ship logs, postcards, diaries, and photographs of local persons and businesses. The Museum and Archives materials and artifacts are used to share information about Long Island History and the shipbuilding industry that once flourished on the shores.
A Related collection is the Port Jefferson Village Digital Archive which provides public access to a variety of materials in its over twenty collections, including photographs, postcards, documents, manuscripts, prints, textual items, maps, drawings, and more. Organized by Village historian is Chris Ryon the digital repository has over 3500 high-photo images to see and purchase, if the owner of the original grants permission Among the images available are pictures from photographer Arthur S. Greene who documented local life around the turn of the 20th century, old businesses come and gone, political figures and a variety of documents, including Port Jefferson's own bank-issued money: https://portjeff.com/villagearchive/#1617657288279-ecdc0395-b198
Archives Hours: By Appointment
Mather Museum Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 12 - 4 pm
Address: 115 Prospect Street, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Website: http://portjeffhistorical.org
Contact: (631) 473-2665
info@portjeffhistorical.org
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