Jobs Lane,

 looking West.

Circa 1915

Photo courtesy of

The Morris Studio

Monument Square,

Looking West

Circa 1910

Photo courtesy of The Southampton Historic Museum

Parish Museum

Rogers Memorial Library

Circa 1896, a year after construction.

Photo courtesy of The Southampton Historic Museum

Southampton was originally known as "Agawam",
so named by its native inhabitants, the Shinnecocks,
who can trace their ancestors back as far as 8,000 BC.
It became known as Southampton in 1640, when the
first English immigrants bought land from Lord Sterling
and the Shinnecocks.

By the mid 18th century the ethnic texture of the town
was rich with Native Americans, African Americans,
Caucasian settlers, sailors and other world travelers.
When the railroad connected to Greenport with the
growing metropolis of New York City, people began coming
to Southampton drawn by the fresh and healthy ocean air.

For more information about the history of Southampton please contact the Southampton Historical Museum, 17 Meeting House Lane, P.O. Box 303, Southampton, New York, 11969. Phone: (631) 283-2494.

E-Mail: hismusdir@hamptons.com

Job's Lane and

Main Street

Showing Rogers Memorial Library

Circa 1916

Photo courtesy of The Southampton Historic Museum

Rogers Memorial Library

Old Windmill Hill After it's move to the Shinnecock Hills.

Circa 1990

Photo courtesy of The Southampton Historic Museum

Windmill Hill