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theBridgeSUMMER 2010

Anna PumpIn Love with the Hamptons

theBridge

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE...

Ann Sandford:The Multicultural Idealand Social Activismof Ernestine Rose

Julie Greene:Ocean Road Summers

1890-1915

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theBridgeANNUAL MAGAZINE OF THE

BRIDGEHAMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

SUMMER 2010 EDITION

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR John Eilertsen, Ph.D.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

PRESIDENT Gerrit VreelandVICE PRESIDENT John A. Millard

SECRETARY/TREASURER Andrew SteffanPaul BrennanCarrie CrowleyKevin Hurley

Francine LynchAndrea Madaio

Kevin MiserocchiRobert Morrow

Debbie RomaineJohn Stacks

STAFF

PROGRAM COORDINATOR Sally SpanburghPHOTO ARCHIVIST Julie Greene

MUSEUM ADMINISTRATOR Mary GardnerCOLLECTIONS MANAGER Nora Cammann

HISTORIAN Richard Hendrickson

ADVISORY BOARD

Barbara Albright, Fred Cammann,Leonard Davenport, Clifford Foster,Craig Gibson, Hon. Nancy Graboski,

Jane Iselin, Michael Kochanasz,Weezie Quimby, Ann Sandford,

Meriwether Schmid, Dennis Suskind

RALLY STEERING COMMITTEE

Barbara AlbrightSusan BlackwellFred Cammann

Tony DuttonEarl Gandel

Chuck MacWhinnieDanny McKeever

Peter MoleStanley Redlus

John StacksEd Tuccio

Jeffrey VogelJack Sidebotham, Rally Cartoonist

BRIDGEHAMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIETYP.O. Box 977 Bridgehampton, NY 11932

631-537-1088www.bridgehamptonhistor icalsociety.org

www.br idgehamptonral ly.org

CONTENTS

From the Editor’s Desk by John F. Stacks.................................. 2

From the President by Gerrit Vreeland .................................... 4

From the Director by John Eilertsen, Ph.D............................... 6

From the Program Coordinator by Sally Spanburgh ................ 7

Anna PumpIn Love with The Hamptons by Sally Spanburgh .................... 8

Images of Bridgehampton’s Main StreetThe Great Depression Era 1929-1939 by Julie Greene .............. 12

By The Light of the (Quarter) Moonby John Eilertsen, Ph.D ............................................................ 16

Ocean Road Summers 1890-1915 by Julie Greene .................... 18

The Multicultural Ideal and SocialActivism of Erestine Rose 1880-1961 by Ann Sandford.............. 24

The Beebe Windmill by John Eilertsen.................................... 28

Sharing memories withFrank & Joan Raynor by John Eilertsen.................................... 30

Bridgehampton National Bank’s100th Anniversary by Sally Spanburgh .................................... 32

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseRestoration Project Gets Underway! by John Eilertsen .......... 34

Gift Memberships .................................................................... 37

BHHS Members and Supporters ............................................ 38

Cover Photo by John Stacks

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from theEditor’s Desk, John Stacks

We all leave some mark on the places we live, workand play. Some of us leave larger marks than others,but we all leave something behind, some history.Sometimes it is the changes we make in the way ourcommunity works, at other times it is the structures wecreate or maintain, or the businesses we invent orsustain. And of course sometimes it is just the memo-ries we leave behind, implanted in the souls of thosewe loved and lived beside.

It is the job of the Bridgehampton Historical Society togather and record and preserve as many of thosehistorical marks as we can find. And it is the job of thismagazine to share what we have collected, whetherfrom the distant past or from our contemporaries who,after all, are making the history of our own times.

Our cover story this year focuses on the life andachievements of Anna Pump, as central a personalityas exists in the Hamptons. She and her enterprises,Loaves and Fishes, Loaves and Fishes Cookware Storeand the lovely Bridgehampton Inn, are landmarks andtouchstones in all our lives. Anna, after escaping fromGermany at the beginning of World War II, found onthe East End a place that reminded her of home. Overthe years, she has helped us all make this our home.Besides being a superb cook –she refuses to call herselfa chef – she is generous in her support of Bridgehamp-ton in general and specifically of the BridgehamptonHistorical Society. I think you will enjoy reading Pro-gram Coordinator Sally Spanbaugh’s profile of Anna.

Bridgehampton’s premier historian, Ann Sandford,again graces our pages, this time with a beautifullywritten and meticulously researched biographicalportrait of Ernestine Rose. Miss Rose, as she was knownlater in life, came from Bridgehampton but made her

mark away from here, as a librarian. She was the firstpublic librarian to assemble a racially integrated staff.When she ran the New York City library branch inHarlem, she began the accumulation of importantdocuments and artifacts relating to African Americanculture.

Three of the articles in this magazine are drawndirectly from exhibits mounted at the BHHS head-quarters in the Corwith House on Main Street. Thecurrent exhibit focuses on the early and very grandhomes built along Ocean Road in the days when, therail line from the city having just reached our commu-nity, city folks discovered and embraced the beauty andserenity of this place. To make themselves comfortablenear the beach, they built some epic homes, some ofwhich are still standing. Julie Greene, the archivist forBHHS, both curated the exhibit and wrote the articlefor this magazine. She also wrote the article looking atMain Street in Bridgehampton during the GreatDepression. I must say it looks much better now,despite the Great Recession. Julie of course curated aMain Street exhibit at Corwith House earlier this year.At the BHHS, multi-tasking is the rule. Speaking ofwhich, Sally Spanbaugh, in addition to writing theprofile of Anna Pump, also wrote our article on the100th Anniversary of the Bridgehampton NationalBank. Her exhibit contained some fascinating earlydocuments from the bank’s younger years.

Executive Director John Eilertsen’s first professionalcalling was as an oral historian and he has instituted aprogram at BHHS to collect the spoken recollectionsof people in our community. One of those oralhistories appears in brief in this magazine, with Johndiscussing Bridgehampton life in the 1030’s, 1040’s and1950’s with Frank and Joan Raynor. John is the ultimatemulti-tasker at BHHS, with his most time-consumingtask currently being the on-going effort to restore thehistoric Rogers House at the corner of Montauk High-way and Ocean Road. Observant passers-by will havenoticed that the great columns at the front of the househave been removed for restoration, scaffolding erected,and old windows have been boarded up as the seriouswork is about the begin. John gives us a full account ofthe progress to date and the schedule for completion ofthe project. !

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from thePresident,Gerrit Vreeland

History is always a good standard against which tomeasure how we are doing. This is particularly truefollowing the events of the past few years. In fact, thehamlet is doing quite well. Yes, there are a few emptystore fronts downtown. The real estate market is “quiet”,and people are not going out for dinner as often as in thepast. The pace of life feels more like the 1970’s, albeit ona larger scale. My sense is that we are going through aperiod of digestion following the rapid growth of the last20 years. It may take a while, but I think we will come toenjoy the new pace of life.

The Bridgehampton Historical Society (BHHS) this yearwill give you the opportunity to look back at what life waslike in our village during the past 100 years. With a littleimagination, you can sense what it was like to do businesswith The Bridgehampton National Bank (BNB) in the1930’s or to live in the mansions that populated OceanRoad in 1915.

This spring, we helped the BNB celebrate its centennial byhosting an exhibit of photographs and handwritten records.These records covered a period of time when loans weremade with a handshake, and the bank personnel knew allof its clients by name. Throughout the Depression, thebank protected its clients’ deposits and helped localbusinessmen through the economic turmoil; no differentthan their performance in the last three years. As eithershareholders, depositors, or simply members of our

community, we can all be proud that BNB is considered tobe one of the best community banks in the country.

Starting in July, we will host an exhibit about the historyof Ocean Road from 1890-1915. At the turn of the century,there was a succession of mansions which had been builtfrom Montauk Highway to Sagaponack Road. Three stillexist: The Rose House, the Nathaniel Rogers House andthe Minden House. One large mansion that no longerexists was named Tremedden, located on the corner ofSagaponack Road and Ocean Road. It was a very largethree story wooden structure owned by the Carter family.In 1888, Charles Evans Hughes married AntoinetteCarter, and then in 1916, he ran for President of theUnited States. On the night of the election, he went tobed in Tremedden, thinking he had won the election overWoodrow Wilson. The next day, he awoke to discover hehad unexpectedly lost the state of California and, as aresult, the election.

As a footnote to this story, in 1973, I married AntoinetteCarter; other than my election as President of the BHHS,I have no political ambitions!

These exhibits will give you a sense of our history, ourstrength and resilience as a community. There is much tobe learned by looking into the past. Often, these historicperspectives can give you comfort about the future.

Finally, a closing comment about the Nathaniel RogersHouse. Soon we will be selecting a contractor to performthe first phase of the restoration process which willinclude virtually all the exterior of the house. We believethat by next year at this time, you will see the fully restoredexterior of the house built by Nathaniel Rogers in 1840.Coupled with the Rose House across the street, this willgive our village two beautiful landmarks as you enter orleave the eastern part of the village. !

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from theDirector,John Eilertsen, PhD.

Henry Glassie, one of my graduate school professors anda renowned folklorist, scholar and author, once advisedthat the way to learn about people “is not from the topdown or the bottom up, but from the inside-out…”1. Inpractical terms, this often means using the stories of peo-ple to illuminate historical facts and to show change overtime. It’s also a great way to educate people while enter-taining and engaging them.

After all, history is about a diversity of people who lived ina place, and history should engage to show that others oc-cupied our houses, walked our streets, and dug our gardens.

Sometimes we learn and share directly from people bestdescribed as “community tradition bearers,” such as thoselocal residents who are a part of our “Sharing Memories”series. This series, developed and presented in collabora-tion with the Bridgehampton offices of PrudentialDouglas Elliman Real Estate, invites the public to hearand enjoy the stories and memories of local residentsreflective of their lives and experiences in and aroundBridgehampton.

Sometimes we learn while doing research for our manyexhibitions. Just recently the Historical Society’s archivist,Julie Greene, came into my office with a newspaperclipping from the Bridgehampton News dated 1898. Theclipping was an advertisement announcing the openingof Wah Lee Sing’s Chinese Tea Store and Laundry onMain Street, Bridgehampton. Accompanying the clippingwas a photograph made from a glass negative donated toBHHS by Richard G. Hendrickson, displaying Mr. Singin his soon-to-open shop. (This historic nugget hasprompted staff suggestions about a future exhibit explor-ing Main Street c. 1900.)

And at other times we learn the stories of people fromlooking at the architecture and evolution of their homes.Research for our up-coming Ocean Road exhibitionhas revealed wonderful information about the lives andlivelihoods of many of the families who built summerhomes on Ocean Road.

Reaching beyond our Historical Society’s walls is avaluable and exciting way to bring alive the stories of ourcommunity’s residents. !

Footnotes:1 (Henry Glassie, Passing the Time in Ballymenone: Cultureand History of an Ulster Community (Philadelphia, Univer-sity of Pennsylvania Press, 1982).

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from theProgram Coordinator,Sally SpanburghI became the new Program Coordinator for the BridgehamptonHistorical Society in April and couldn’t be more thrilled aboutthe appointment. This is my dream job. My education andexperience is in architecture and interior design and my passionshave been for art and historic preservation, so this is a perfectalignment for me. There is a constant flow of artistic, historical,and architectural exhibits and events here as well as numerousongoing and newly created programs that keep us busy yearround and provide the community with a wide assortment ofeducational and entertaining activity choices.

One of my first tasks upon arrival was to interview Anna Pump forour “Bridgehampton Memories Series.” Anna is the owner of theBridgehampton Inn (c.1795) and Loaves and Fishes (Foodstoreon Sagg Road 1980, Cookshop on Main Street 2004). The“Bridgehampton Memories Series” is a program that was startedin February of this year and is an effort to record and archive oralhistories from residents and business owners in the community.This effort will help us fulfill the Historical Society’s mission “toinspire the documentation, preservation and interpretation of thehistory, oral history, and cultural traditions of Bridgehampton andits surrounding communities.” So far these have only been audiorecordings. In the future we hope to record them in a digital videoformat and to have segments broadcast on local and communitycable channels. In the coming months we will be interviewingBarbara Lipman-Wulf, widow of the deceased sculptor andlongtime member of the Presbyterian Church in Bridgehamp-ton, and Tapp Franke, a successful and well-known photographicartist who grew up in Bridgehampton. Artisnal tea is provided byPlain-T at each interview, a boutique tea company based inSouthampton (www.plain-t.com). Interviews occur approximatelythe fourth Thursday of each month, at 10am, and are open andfree to the public.

Our “Parlor Series” program had its last concert on April 17thwith violinist Andrew Koontz. Other musicians who performedearlier this year were James O’Malley, Terry Sullivan, TerryWinchell, and Caroline Doctorow. This series was started morethan four years ago and has been quite a popular Saturdayafternoon event. When revived later this year we hope to expandupon the concert concept by alternating musical performanceswith poetry readings, special presentations, and slide-showlectures elaborating on current and past exhibits.

This summer we will launch our first ever Kids Camp andanticipate it being wildly successful. The first week in August wewill host twelve children between the ages of 5-7 from 9:30 to 2pmMonday through Friday on the Corwith House Grounds. Eachday will have a local theme and the children will spend their timeon crafts, obstacle courses, scavenger hunts, playing games,enjoying music by local musicians, hearing stories under a shadytree, parading to a local field trip, and truly enjoying the summerweather. Many of these activities will have an historic flair andkids will bring home the results of their fun and fantastic tales oftheir adventures. Next year we hope to add additional weeks to thecamp program so that more children can attend. Look for imagesfrom this summer’s camp program on our website in late August.

On August 8th the Historical Society will host its late summerCocktail Party Benefit. We are so pleased to be hosting it at thehistoric home of Doug and Andrea Madaio. Known locally as theLudlow Grange House, it was built as the home of Captain IsaacLudlow circa 1840, a noted member of Sag Harbor’s whaling fleet.The house was later passed to his widow, and then to hisdaughter Fanny, who married William Hardacre, a wealthylawyer and real estate investor, at the home in 1882. Theyperformed extensive renovations to the house circa 1880 includ-ing the addition of the tower, porte-cochere, large porch, anddormers with scrolls down the sides, all elements of the QueenAnne style. After Fanny’s death the house passed to her niece andsubsequently Robert Keene, the Southampton Town Historianfor many years. It is now owned by the Madaios who lovinglyrestored the house, which had become quite dilapidated, givingit a new lease on life. Attendees will have the unique and rareopportunity to see the house and gardens in their current glorywhile enjoying refreshments and comraderie during the warmsummer evening. Elaborating on this event in the future, we willbe reviving a bi-annual historic home tour as well as a barn tour.2011 will be the perfect year to resume this tour in recognition ofthe 355th anniversary of Bridgehampton. We welcome andencourage those interested in having their homes or barnsincluded in these events to contact us with details.

Last but not least, this year the Bridgehampton Historical Societywill be launching its inaugural local historic structure recogni-tion program. An inventory of historic resources in the area willbe conducted in an effort to discover and share the rich history ofthe hamlet and advocate for its recognition, appreciation,protection and continued vitality. At the same time we willcommemorate nominated structures by presenting their ownerswith awards for outstanding restorations and/or renovations whichhave been respectful of the original architecture. Also recognizedwill be houses which have reached a notable age as well asstructures that may be endangered and need immediateattention. Naturally we are seeking sponsorships and grants forthis event as details of the program are finalized. In themeantime we invite and encourage anyone to contact us withnominations and details at their leisure. !

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Anna PumpIn Love with The Hamptons

by Sally Spanburgh

Anna Pump begins her day early. “I get up at six, I have acup of coffee and then I go on my walk along Long Beachand sometimes if I can’t go in the morning, I go in the af-ternoon. I walk two or three miles every day. I need thatfor my head, and I don’t want anyone to walk with me. Ilike to walk alone because otherwise you can’t think - it allinterferes.”

Anna (pronounced Ahna) owns Loaves and Fishes, a highlyregarded and successful catering business located in a lit-tle building on the west side of Sagg Road, just south ofMontauk Highway. With her daughter Sybille Van Kem-pen, she also runs the Loaves and Fishes Cook Shop andthe Bridgehampton Inn, both on Bridgehampton’s MainStret. Anna has a loyal clientele and is always chatting withher customers. “People can come to the store every day tospeak with me and most of them know my story.”

Two years ago Anna Pump offered the use of the Bridge-hampton Inn for a fundraiser for the Historical Society’sNathaniel Rogers House Restoration Project. BHHShonored the late Bobby Van who had been the owner ofthe popular Main Street restaurant. Last year Annarepeated her offer to use the Inn as a benefit for BHHSand the guest of honor was Richard G. Hendrickson. TheSociety this year decided to honor Anna, both for her

generous support of the Historical Society and because ofher many contributions and achievements as a businessowner and author that have enriched our community.

Our dilemma was, how do we ask the guest of honor tohost her own party? Daughter Sybille quickly reassuredus that Anna would be thrilled to be our guest of honorand would be equally thrilled for us to honor her at theBridgehampton Inn.

Anna, born on a farm in Tarp, Germany, in 1934, marriedDetlef Pump, who was an architect’s apprentice. Afterseveral years, Anna and Detlef, along with their son Harmand daughter Sybille (pronounced Sibila), emigrated tothe United States and found themselves in Frenchtown,New Jersey, where Detlef had a brother who was asuccessful builder. Speaking very little English, they“made a go of it,” and did very well.

In the late 70’s, when their children had graduated fromhigh school and were off to college they felt they wereready to move on. Friends who had rented a house onMeadow Lane in Southampton offered the house to Annaand Detlef for a two week period. “So we did and, ohGod, we fell in love with the Hamptons.” It remindedthem of Tarp which has the Baltic Sea on one side andthe North Sea on the other, with sea gulls and potatofields and the smell of the ocean. “Everything was thesame and it just hit us. So we stayed for the two weeks andwent back home and we came back again and startedlooking for a house.”Travelling in Normandy, France

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After 18 years in Frenchtown they moved to Long Islandand bought an 18th century house on Noyac Road for$42,000 that was totally dilapidated. “The roof was cavedin, raccoons had lived in it, nobody had lived in it for 11years.” They restored it and still live there today.

In 1979 Anna made the decision to enter the foodbusiness. She loved to cook and had studied with JamesBeard, Anna Maria Huste (a chef to Jackie Kennedy),among others, all in New York. “I learned that way. I’mnot a chef at all, I’m a cook and I just loved it.” Sheanswered an ad in the newspaper by Ina Garten’s Bare-foot Contessa, at that time in Westhampton. Ina asked herto come in and cook something to demonstrate her skills,but instead Anna had her over for lunch. She made hersome things that Ina had never had before which sheattributes to being European, and of course, got the job.She and Ina have been best friends ever since. In the spring of 1980, Susan Costner and Devon Freder-

icks, who owned Loaves and Fishes at the time, wantedto sell the business. “They were tired of each other andthe business,” Anna recalls. She bought the business andthirty years later it is going strong.

In the beginning she bought eggs from Richard Hen-drickson, a farmer still very much a part of the commu-nity today. “I remember one time asking, Richard what’sthe weather going to be, and he said, “Well, you have toweather the weather no matter what it’s going to be,” andI will never forget that.”

In the early 1990s it became known that Lois Sullivanwanted to sell The Bridgehampton Inn. Originally knownas the Gurden Corwith House, the Inn is of the GreekRevival style and was built in the 1790s. After making anoffer for three consecutive years, Lois finally gave in toAnna, Detlef, and Sybille, and they bought the building,which at the time had five kitchens, two bathrooms andwas in general disrepair. Detlef, doing what he did best,took out the kitchens and created new bathrooms. Theexterior of the building “looked so bad but it had a veryhigh hedge so you couldn’t see it that much. So we hireda painter first and we painted the whole building andcleaned up the garden, and then we took down thehedge.” Other improvements were made and Anna states,“And of course breakfast is good.”

Beyond the rejuvenation of the Bridgehampton Inn,Detlef and Anna refrained from becoming involved ineach other’s professions. “You know how it is withcouples, we had a hard time moving a table together so he

Anna with her daughter Sybille at the Loves and FishesFood Store

Anna and Detlef Pump on their wedding day

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was not going to interfere in my business and I didn’tinterfere with his. That’s how we lived, how we stayedmarried for 53 years. Otherwise it doesn’t work.”

Over the years Detlef restored and renovated manyhouses, Sadly our community and the world lost theskilled master builder, husband, father and friend inDetlef Pump to complications related to Parkinson’sdisease at the age of 78.

Anna celebrated a birthday recently at a party arranged bySybille which included 17 of her closest friends completewith a birthday cake (two actually) made by MichaelGrimm of Bridgehampton Florists. “It was really delight-ful. Took lots of pictures and of course in today’s day andage they are all on my computer now. There is nothingcomputerized at Loaves and Fishes. I don’t want any partof it. I want people to work in the kitchen, and be upfront, and well, you know. It’s a very small community. It’scountry life, I love it. I grew up that way.”

Anna’s currently contemplating a sequel to her lastcookbook, Summer on a Plate, but says something about“Winter on a Plate” just doesn’t sound right. She lovessoups and stews and constantly experiments with recipes.One of her grandson’s current inclinations toward Asianfoods has persuaded her to incorporate “some of that” intothe menu at Loaves and Fishes. “All of the ingredients arevery fresh. There’s nothing out of a box, or mixed, orpre-done at Loaves and Fishes. We use about 400 lbs ofchicken cutlets in the summer and I just bought threecases of butter and five cases of eggs.”

This year’s event was a lovely outdoor affair at the Bridge-hampton Inn with almost one hundred of our most ardentsupporters. We shouldn’t have been surprised that Anna

wanted to have her own party at the Inn, and the passedhors d’oeuvres as well as overall ambiance were delightful.Guests enjoyed the talents of Peter Weiss, a jazz musicianwith an incredible work history, who strummed bossanova’s in the background. Midway through the eventconversations paused to enjoy a few celebratory toasts inappreciation an of Anna’s vibrant Bridgehamptonbusinesses and community involvement, one of whichwas read out loud by guests who were unable to attend.“Anna has become part of all our families, because nofamily event would ever be possible or certainly asdelicious without her. So far as there is a heart in theHamptons, her wonderful kitchen is that heart,” wrote JoCarole and Ronald Lauder.

While party-goers finished their glass of one of WölfferEstate’s wines, such as the 2009 Rosé, Anna circulatedamongst the crowd being sure to chat with everyoneincluding her family, which were all in attendance.“I love being in Bridgehampton and I have no plans onretiring.” Cheers. !

Preparation for a meal at the Inn

Perusing a local market while abroad

Relaxing outdoors after work

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by Julie Greene

When the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929,the waves of panic didn’t hit the shores of Bridgehamp-ton until the mid-1930s. As our nation struggled witheconomic turmoil, local people adapted to these chal-lenges and took advantage of new opportunities. OnBridgehampton’s Main Street it was business as usual.

Like Main Streets across America, it has undergonemany changes over the decades while continuing tomirror community life. Opened originally in the 17thcentury as the “Path to Maidstone,” it has served as abyway for traffic passing east-west for hundreds of years.Our Main Street is actually one small section of Mon-tauk Highway, a 100-mile stretch that runs continuouslyfrom Jamaica, Queens, through Nassau and SuffolkCounties all the way to Montauk Point.

By the 1920s many of the original 19th century struc-tures along Main Street took on a new face. Buildingsthat served both as residential dwellings and commer-cial enterprises began a transition. Front porchesturned into store fronts built out to the sidewalk, re-taining but leaving their old character behind, literally.And by the late 1920s many new outcroppings of build-ings were for commercial use only.

The D.L. Chester Store which was built on the cornerof Ocean Road and Main Street in 1907 added threenew storefronts in the late 20s, one housing a lunch-eonette and another a Polish deli.

The library, post office and bank called Main Streethome (and still do), keeping the pedestrian traffic aliveand flowing.

Savings banks over all on Long Island fared better thancommercial banks during the Great Depression andBridgehampton National Bank was no exception.Opened in 1910, the bank saw prosperity through the1920s, and depositors trusted the institution throughtough times. On March 4, 1933, President Roosevelt

Images of Bridgehampton’sMain Street

The Great Depression Era 1929-1939

North side of Main Street, looking east. September 7, 1930

South side of Main Street, October 18, 1930

Bridgehampton National Bank, Schenck’s Meat market,and Schenck House, 1931

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closed all banks temporarily. According to B.N.B’s 25thAnniversary Pamphlet (1935), after a few days, restric-tions were lifted, and B.N.B. was one of the few banksthat were privileged to reopen for business. Later in 1933,the federal government passed the Banking Act with aprovision for insuring deposits. By 1935, all deposits atB.N.B were insured up to $5,000 for each depositor.

The Hampton Library, endowed by Charles Rogers andWilliam Gardiner in 1876, opened its doors in 1877 tothe public. During the 1930s, the library housed manyof the works of America's most distinguished writers, in-cluding F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and thefuture Sag Harbor resident John Steinbeck, whose top-ical novels began to explore the effects of the Great De-pression. According to the Bridgehampton News inearly 1934, the Hampton Library’s book circulation andregistration was up considerably in 1933. The total reg-istration of borrowers in 1933 was 864, an increase of130, of whom 77 were children.

The Bridgehampton Post Office had moved from itseastern location (now Starbucks) to a new building

(now Loaves & Fishes Cookshop) to accommodate alarger population. H. C. Bohack Co. Grocery occupiedthe western portion of the building.

Main Street prior to the 1930shad its fair share of specialtyfood markets. As the demandgrew many of these storesbegan expanding their inven-tories. In 1932, the SchenckBros. Meat Market (1910) re-built their storefront and re-opened as the Royal ScarletStore carrying meats andpoultry as well as groceries,fruits and vegetables. Storeslike Bohack’s and the At-lantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A &P) kept prices along MainStreet competitive. In 1934, aloaf of bread was 8¢, milk14¢/qt, 2 cans of Campbell’s Beans 9¢ and of course po-tatoes 5¢/10lbs. (A & P Ad, Bridgehampton News, June29, 1934)

Hampton Library, June 20, 1930

H. C. Bohack Grocery Co. Inc. and Post Office, October 1930

Roger Maran and ChrisMoore, outside Bohack’s,May 14, 1932

The Schenck Brothers Meat Market transformation,May 10-June 4, 1932

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Motored transportation and businesses catering to au-tomobiles did not slow down during the 1930s butbegan to proliferate. By the early 1940s, there were 5service stations stretching from Hayground to Sagg allalong Bridgehampton’s Main Street. The New YorkTimes dubbed the area the “Gassy Bull” referring tothe colonial era name for the vicinity, the “Bull Head.”

Sinclair Lubrication, owned by Gordon “Moosie”Thompson (1903-1994) opened his station during theheight of the depression in 1934, serving a real need ofthe ever growing motoring population.

The Studebaker Agency and Tucker & Murray GarageCo. operated right on Main Street. In addition to itsname brand, it also offered other major Americanbrands of automobiles for sale. (The building is nowhome to Pulver Gas, offices and showroom)

As hardships grew during the 1930s, farms were lost,owners became renters and businesses changed hands,one thing remained true, the community as a whole cir-cled its wagons and took care of its own. As retold in

Ann Sandford’s Grandfather Lived Here: The Trans-formation of Bridgehampton, N.Y., 1870-1970, “EdTiska, a farmer, said, “From spring to fall, when thefarmers start digging potatoes, they’d put their pur-chases on the cuff [getting credit]. Storeowners knewthat when the farmer dumped his potatoes, they’d al-ways get paid.” He recalled one particular grocer, TonyDePetris, an Italian-American who had a fruit marketon Main Street, helped cash-short farming families.”

Prohibition (1920-1933) had induced an economicdown turn for most of the country as many restaurantsand saloons made way for speakeasy clubs and the like.But some (not all) of our farming families managed toprofit from the illegal business of rum-running. Cana-dian liquor, whiskey to be exact was “imported” fromlarge ships out in international waters, put on smallerMob-controlled boats, and brought ashore quietly andstored in local barns for around a $1 a case. If you haddecent-size barn and could house 100 cases, that was anice profit for one night’s safekeeping.

Basso’s Restaurant, a mainstay on Main Street since theearly 1910s (now World Pie), had taken on “temporaryownership” under Louis Cavagnaro in the late 1920s.When the “Noble Experiment” failed and the VolsteadAct was repealed in 1933, Frank Basso was back in busi-ness, returning from a hiatus in Hampton Bays.

As the taps began to flow again, life on Main Streetbegan anew, despite the Depression. Shortly after theBasso’s return, Mr. Cavagnaro moved across the streetand opened a family restaurant in the old Sayre house(which would become Elaine Benson’s gallery). AndJoseph Septynski opened a New York State Retail Wineand Liquor Store on Main Street near the new Post Of-fice in March of 1934.

Sinclair Lubrication, November 8, 1935

Studebaker Agency and Tucker and Murray Garage Co.,June 4, 1931

Basso’s Restaurant 1931

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In 1895, James A. Sandford established the hamlet’spublic water system. The company significantly ex-panded the water supply as indoor plumbing and lava-tories slowly began to replace outhouses. (In 1984, theSuffolk County Water Authority bought out the localwater company.) In their tradition of serving the com-munity, not only did the Sandford family run a multi-tude of businesses, including a hardware store, on MainStreet, but Estelle Sayre Sandford, the family matri-arch, also took in boarders during the Depression. Fol-lowing suit the Hampton House (Nathaniel RogersHouse) took in regular boarders, mostly local school-teachers in the off-season as well.

In 1929, Dr. Arthur Corwith, a general practitioner,came to town and set up shop in the Henry H. Chat-field House, a turreted Queen Anne-style building onthe south side of Main Street and west of the Sandfords’properties. During the 1930s there was a move fromhouse calls to office visits, forever changing the doctor-patient dynamic, and Dr. Corwith was the first inBridgehampton to make the transistion.

Just on the corner of School Street and Main Streetstands a stucco building erected by James A. Sandford,where in 1925 the Pappas family opened the CandyKitchen. The Candy Kitchen has always been a cor-nerstone of life in Bridgehampton, dishing out break-fasts, sandwiches, and ice cream, as well as offering awarm gathering spot during tough times.

Throughout the country money was in short supply butpeople did what they could to entertain themselves.Parlor games, board games, theater, dances, and movies

were popular escapes. The Bridgehampton Commu-nity House, built in 1923, was the place to be. Dances,civic events, and, for 50¢ admission, theater produc-tions were held there.

For most of America, the Great Depression lasted from1929 until the onset of World War II. But the easternend of Long Island got an early reprieve because of anunlikely suspect, the Hurricane of 1938. Although it wasa devastating storm, the aftermath of the hurricane iscredited with lifting this area of out the Great Depres-sion. Relief and rebuilding efforts brought a wealth oflocal jobs.

Perhaps life along Bridgehampton’s Main Street fairedbetter than others during this economic crisis because,as an agricultural society already familiar with the upsand downs of crop yields, the local community was farbetter prepared to sustain itself. !

This article is based in part on text from the exhibit Imagesof Bridgehampton’s Main Street, the Depression Era, 1929-1939. Special thanks to Stacy Dermont.

James A. Sandford & Sons Plumbing and Heating andfamily home, February 8, 1934

Bridgehampton Community House, Winter 1930

North side of Main Street after hurricane, September 1938

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by John Eilertsen

Have you ever wondered about the quarter mooncrescent seen above the door in most outhouses?

Some people suggest that the cutout of the moon wasintended to let light into the structure. The best way tolet light in was to put in a window. For privacy reasons,most outhouses were designed with the window abovethe line of sight. This allowed just enough light in totake care of business! It also allowed the real moon toshine through during the night. Bringing a lit lanterninto some outhouses could have caused quite a bang sothe moon won out!

Others contend that the crescent was never designed tobe a vent or a window to let in light. A well built out-

house usually had a ventalong the roof line to ventout the chamber and apipe from the box throughthe ceiling to vent out thegases. Instead, old practi-cal carpenters would justcut a crescent shaped groove into the door which fit theshape of a hand reaching into the door. Thus the doorcould be opened from the outside and if necessary theuser could reach up from inside to secure the door ifthey heard someone coming. To insure privacy, youwould find a scrap of cloth nailed on the inside so itwould drape down and cover the opening withouthindering the hand from reaching in.

Over time, hardware became much cheaper and thecrescent was no longer necessary and the traditionalhandle was replaced by those new fangled metaldevices. Because the crescent became synonymouswith the backhouse, the crescent tradition lived on andeventually became a signature decoration for this pieceof Americana.

And still others claim that the familiar crescent mooncarved into the privy door is actually an ancient one,and was a sign for womanhood in colonial days and onthe frontier. It's male counterpart, Sol, was either a staror a sun burst design also on the door. Since most maleouthouses fell into disrepair rather quickly they seldomsurvived; while the female ones were better main-tained, and were eventually used by both sexes.Although you can find outhouses still standing with thecrescent moon, the original meaning for genderidentification was lost by the later nineteenth centuryin most areas of the country.

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by Julie Greene

In 1870, when the Long Island Railroad was completed toBridgehampton, the trip out to the East End becamemuch easier -- still quite an adventure from the Isle ofManhattan and from other points west, but shorter andless dusty than before.

It didn’t take long for wealthy summer visitors to catch onto the beauty of the shorelines and the medicinal benefitsof the salt air, which brought them back summer aftersummer. They came first as boarders in existing farm-houses, as renters of the early estates, and then as ownersof their own piece of paradise, marking the first expansionof Ocean Road. And before long the locals -- the Halseys,Hedges, and Sandfords -- realized the value of the landthey had held for generations.

On a trip down Ocean Road, known as Atlantic Avenue atthe turn of the 20th century, in an open carriage to thebeach, one would pass the grand homes of a toy importer,a pen manufacturer, a coal industrialist, a merchant tailorand an inventor. The road was lined with magnificent elmtrees, and nestled in along the way you’d find more mod-est farmhouses against a backdrop of potato fields. Whenthe carriage would crest the dune, the rider would take inthe awe of the Atlantic. There were bath houses and anarbor to the left, and to the right, the Life Saving Stationand crew, sturdy and ever ready.

Gernda

Marcel Kahle (1858-1909) bought the estate of W. H. H.Rogers on the( north or south)west corner of Ocean Roadand Church Lane in 1904. Originally designed by theRiverhead architect Charles Skidmore, Mr. Kahle madeextensive renovations, enlarging the house considerablyfor his family of seven children and their offspring. TheKahles christened the twenty-two acre estate, Gernda,German for green fields.

Part of Bridgehampton’s summer colony, the residenceboasted thirteen bedrooms, six maids' rooms, a caretaker's

cottage, carriage house, stable, greenhouse, chickenhouse, barn, dovecote, playhouse, and other buildings.

Marcel Kahle was a founder of the George BorgfeldtCompany of New York City, an importing agency, withGeorge Borgfeldt and his brother Joseph Kahle. WhenBorgfeldt retired in 1900, Marcel became president of thefirm, which imported dolls, furniture, house wares, andchina, among otheritems, but he reallymade his mark in theworld of toys. In 1903,at the Leipzig Fair inGermany, under thedirection of Marcel,Borgfeldt buyer, Her-man Berg, purchased3,000 Steiff teddybears, acquiring therights to sell Steiffexclusively in theUnited States. Laterthe company repre-sented the Kewpiedoll and Walt Dis-ney’s Mickey Mouse.

Kahle died suddenly in a tragic accident on Staten Islandin 1909. His widow, Julie (1858-1931), an accomplishedminiature portrait artist, whose work, “The Girl in theWhite Fur,” is part of the Metropolitan Museum ofArt’s permanent collection, continued to summer inBridgehampton after his death with her children andgrandchildren.

Ocean Road Summers1890–1915

Gernda, The Kahle’s Summer Home, c. 1910

Marcell Kahle (1858-1909),President of the George BorfeldtCompany, 1902

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After Julie’s death in 1931, her estate was evenly dividedamongst her children, with other bequests, $5,000 to St.Ann’s Episcopal Mission Church, $5,000 to Mary Reuterof Bridgehampton, and $2,000 to Henry W. Diffene,superintendent of the Kahle Bridgehampton estate.

The Kahles also owned a 220-acre dairy farm on the westside of Millstone Road that they leased to Tony Tiskaduring the Great Depression. Tiska eventually bought thefarm in 1940.

Gernda suffered extensive damage in the Hurricane of1938 and was demolished in 1940-1941.

Tremedden

Painted deep red with green trim, and striking acommanding presence on the northeast corner of Oceanand Sagaponack Roads, Tremedden, Welsh for “Trees inthe Meadow,” was home to Richard and AntoinetteEsterbrook, Jr.

Designed by the architect Carlos C. Buck of Brooklyn inthe stick style, the estate featured a playhouse, a carriagehouse, and barn. Host to many soirees, elaborate lunch-eons, afternoon teas, euchre parties (a popular card game),and picnics, Tremedden was at the center of summer lifein Bridgehampton at the turn of the 20th century.

Tremedden was built between 1880 and 1881 by RichardEsterbrook Jr. (1837-1892), the son of Cornish Quakers,Richard and Mary Date Esterbrook Sr. Richard Jr.emigrated from England in the late 1850s, first to Canada,and was soon followed by his parents and sister, Mary Ann.They finally settled in Camden, N.J., where he and hisfather, founded the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company.

Upon visiting Bridge-hampton after thedeath of his first wifein 1868, Richard Jr.met and married theyoungest daughter ofBr idgehampton ' sJudge Abraham T.Rose (1792-1857), An-toinette Rose (1844-1925), who grew up inthe Bull’s Head Inn.

The Richard Ester-brook, Jrs. raised fourchildren in Plain-field, N.J., Brooklyn,N.Y. and Bridgehampton, L.I. -- Richard III and Jeanette(children by his first wife, Jeanette Eustace Hardy, 1844-1868) and Rose and Frank (children with Antoinette Rose)

Richard III (1864-1910), an officer at the pen companymarried Mary Nichols and lived in New York City. Heraised three children until his death of typhoid pneumo-nia in 1910 at the age of 46.

Jeanette (1865-1918) married John Henry Longmaid (1860-1930), an Englishman who became a Montana gold andsilver mine engineer. She raised four children and spentmost of her time in Montana where she died in 1918.

Rose (1869-1919) married Dr. Colin Stuart Carter, a promi-nent Manhattan dentist, in 1892 and split her time betweenNew York City and Bridgehampton, raising three sons,Colin Esterbrook, Philip Van Gelder, and Paul Stuart. Thethree Carter boys enviably spent their summer days on thebeach and on the Bridgehampton Club’s course, which wasdirectly across the street from their residence. Philip was athree-time Junior Metropolitan Golf Champion by 1915.

Frank (1872-1902) married Eva Hildreth, daughter ofCharles N. Hildreth, the “Great Round Pond IceMerchant” of Sag Harbor in 1900. His life was cut shortearly at the age of 31 and he did not leave any children.

Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), former governorof New York, Associate Supreme Court Justice, andRepublican Presidential candidate in 1916, called Tremed-den his summer home. Hughes’s wife, Antoinette Carter,was the sister of Dr. Colin S. Carter (Husband of RoseEsterbrook Carter).

Tremedden, Home of Richard Esterbrook, Jr. and family, @1895

Mrs. Richard (Antoinette Rose)Esterbrook

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Following the matriarch Antoinette Esterbrook's death in1926, her will left her estate to be divided equally betweenher three grandsons, Colin, Philip, and Paul Carter.Unfortunately, the attorney handling her estate wasmurdered, causing many difficulties in settling her will.By the time of the Great Depression, the house fell intodisrepair. Mrs. John Berwind, niece of Mrs. Esterbrookand owner of Minden on Ocean Road, purchased thehouse and had it demolished by a local firm, A.W.Chapman, in the late summer of 1939.

Minden

Excavation on the Berwind property commenced almostimmediately after the nuptials of John E. Berwind andKatherine Murray Wood in late 1911. Set back from OceanRoad, it was to be a Mediterranean-style villa.

John E. Berwind, one of four brothers who establishedone of the largest bituminous coal companies in theworld, Berwind-White Coal Co., supplier to the U.S.Navy and the Cunard Line. He was born to Prussian im-migrants, John E., a prominent Philadephia guitar makerand Charlotte Augusta Berwind. By the late 1880s, theBerwind brothers had amassed a fortune comparable tothe Morgans’, Vanderbilts’, and Astors’. Residing in NewYork City, John, the vice president of the coal company,was a widower. He lost his first wife, Mary DavenportDale, and child during child birth in 1893.

His second wife, Katherine Murray Wood (1870-1947) wasthe granddaughter of Richard Esterbrook Sr., the founder ofthe Esterbrook Steel Pen Company of Camden, N.J., andthe daughter of Mary Anna Esterbrook and Francis Wood,president of the pen company until his death in 1902.

Wanting to be close to family, Katherine Berwind ac-quired 12 acres from the adjacent estate, Tremedden, thehome of her late uncle Richard Esterbrook Jr., on OceanRoad. And unlike an older Berwind brother’s palatialmanor, the Elms, in Newport, R.I., John and Katherinechose to build a more ‘modest’ 20,000-square-foot sum-mer “cottage.” Minden was named after John’s ancestralGerman homeland.

Designed by Grenville Temple Snelling, a professor of Ar-chitecture at Columbia University, the estate was com-plete in 1912, with formal gardens, orchards, garage, staffbuildings, power plant, and the historic Beebe Windmill,which was moved to the grounds in 1915. George S. DePuy, a Bridgehampton firm, was responsible for the inte-rior design of the three story house.

The Berwinds, known for the philanthropic work at homeand abroad, were instrumental in funding many of Bridge-hampton’s institutions, such as the Hampton Library, St.Ann’s Episcopal Church, the Bridgehampton PresbyterianChurch, and the Bridgehampton Community House.

Rusticana

The best-dressed man on Ocean Road, hands down, wasEmile Twyeffortand as an early resident he became one ofthe unofficial founders of the Bridgehampton “summercolony.”

President of the Merchant Tailors of America, Twyeffortconsidered himself an artist and was a foremost authorityon men’s fashion in New York City. Born in Belgium in1856, Tyweffort, from the Welsh, meaning two forts, firstvisited the United States as a young boy, and then re-turned with his family for good in the late 1870s.

Minden, Home off Mr. & Mrs. John E. Berwind, 1912

Pre-1915 Aerial shot of Minden

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On October 28, 1886, Emile married Lillie GertrudeMathey at the Eglise du Saint-Espirt, in New York City.The Twyefforts resided in Manhattan, and raised a largefamily of four sons, Clarence, Raymond, Herbert, andAllen and two daughters, Beatrice and Lillian. At a timewhen ready-to-wear clothes were not yet mainstsrean, themerchant tailors were able to take advantage of the mar-ket, offering quality fabrics and stylish cuts at more af-fordable prices – just under custom tailoring.

In the mid 1890s, the Twyefforts purchased an existinghome on Ocean Road. By 1897, Mr. Twyeffort had madehis wealth and hired Charles H. Woodhull of Patchogueto build his dream home on the eastern part of his prop-erty fronting Sagg Pond. A large barn, 48 by 24 feet, wasadded to the property in May of 1898.

Emile was a founder of the Bridgehampton Club and heand his extended family were active members since its in-ception in 1900. While other golfers were teeing-up at thenext fairway, the Twyefforts were known to change theiroutfits on the back nine(I’m not sure there was ever a backnine at B-hampton Club. How about making it ‘known tochange their outfits between rounds.) Thus they weretheir own best customers! This didn’t hurt their game; itwas well known that the Twyefforts could hold their ownon the links. In September of 1907, Clarence won the sil-ver-cup given by Mrs. Rose Esterbrook Carter over othermembers, including Carters, Pecks, Kahles and Worths.

Also instrumental in organization of the BridgehamptonNational Bank in 1909, Emile sat on its Board of Directorsuntil his death in May of 1925. He was a very active mem-ber of the Republican Party and was an ardent supporterof the future presidential candidate, and summer resident,New York Governor Charles E. Hughes.

After their mother, Lillie, died in 1944, the Twyeffortsiblings and spouses shared Rusticana. Leaving no heirs,they sold the estate in 1955 and later made a monetary giftto the Presbyterian Church and reverted their shareholderstock in the Bridgehampton Club back to the club.

Rusticana stillstands on theedge of SaggPond off OceanRoad in itsentire originalsplendor.

Quimby, Wiley and Mills Compound

Inventor and well respected patent expert, Edward Everett(E.E.) Quimby was first introduced to Bridgehamptonafter an excursion on the Long Island railroad broughthim to the end of the line in Bridgehampton in the late1880s. A carriage ride down Ocean Road to the beach anda night in an old farmhouse was all it took. He returnedthe next summer with his family, and it was reported inthe Sag Harbor Express, April 26, 1888, that he rented thePalmer Cottage and did so for several years afterward.

E.E. (1831-1902) was born in Maine and married CynthiaRoot (1833-1912) from Massachusetts around 1855. Cynthiahailed from the Root family of musical performers(similar to the Von Trapp Family). The pair settled downin Orange, New Jersey, and raised their family of six,F. Morrow, Minnie, Annie, William, Kate, and Cynthia,who died young.

Twyefforts ready for Tennis at the Bridgehampton Club c.1900

Rusticana, Home of the Emile Twyef-fort Family, 1910

Quimby Compound

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E.E. was making great strides in the world of inventions.He devised a lightening rod system for rooftop mountingin New York City, and a screw machine used by theAmerican Screw Company. He was involved in high pro-file patent cases, at Bell Telephone and the Harvey SteelProcess. In 1894, E.E. had the opportunity to purchase 32acres of prime real estate on the east of Ocean Road ex-tending to the edge of Sagg Pond from the estate of B.F.Sandford. Here he built the first of many summer homes.As E.E. and Cynthia’s family grew to include in-laws andgrandchildren, he parceled off the acreage and fivehomes were built over the next 15 years to form the fam-ily enclave.

Son William E., manufacturer of electric goods marriedGrace Tingue on September 1, 1900. They had four chil-dren and built a home a bit back from Sagg Pond.

Daughter Kate Quimby married William O. Wiley, abook publisher, had two daughters Cynthia and Julie, andbuilt the summer home “Half Acre,” next door to E.E in1902. William Wiley’s brother Charles got into the familyact and built a house as well.

On the lot furthest in from Sagg Pond, daughter Minniebuilt her home with husband, Charles J. Mills, a pub-lisher, and their three children.

After all the children had built their respective homes,E.E. tore down his original cottage and built Annesdenaround 1900, for his daughter Annie.

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Anneden, c.1905

Edward Everett Quimby and two of his grandsons, c.1900

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by Ann Sandford

Ernestine Rose was an only child, born to farmer StephenRose and to Anna Chatfield in 1880 in Hay Ground, a set-tlement considered part of Bridgehampton at the time.From these seemingly modest roots, she would grow up tobecome a city librarian, War Service librarian, professor,author, president of her state library association, member ofthe Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and, inretirement, a civic-minded leader in her beloved home-town. I first encountered “Miss Rose,” her legacy, that is,when I began to research my history of Bridgehampton,Grandfather Lived Here.[1] At that time I was struck by herwork in community-building and that recognition helpedme to recall that in the 1950s, I had greeted her on MainStreet, listening as she and my mother dissected some tid-bit of local history. These memories stuck with me. Thenext time I noticed her, five years ago, she was on film.Made by the United States Information Service in 1950,“Problems of a Small Community” featured Rose, alongwith other Bridgehampton notables. I then found myselfreading about her in articles in the New York Times archiveon the Internet.

Still, her life remained a mere curiosity to me, until achance meeting with Averell Geus, the East Hampton townhistorian. I mentioned my findings about Rose to her andthen I listened to Averell’s remarkable story: in 2005, on atip, she had learned about a dumpster on Wainscott MainStreet in front of Rose’s long-deceased, first cousin’sfarmhouse. Averell proceeded to locate this dumpster andremove everything that appeared salvageable, includingRose’s papers, the family’s photographs, and other artifacts,put there by cousins who were cleaning out the attic, ready-ing the house for sale. Averell gave these treasures from thedumpster to me, in trust, a year or so ago. After many years,I realized that Ernestine Rose deserved further study.

Here are my findings—and a few speculative thoughts.Although her father “seems to have been absent,” as oneresearcher has suggested,[2] Ernestine had role models in

The Multicultural Ideal andSocial Activism of Ernestine Rose(1880-1961)

Ernestine Rose; c. 1898 and probably a portrait at the timeof her graduation from the Bridgehampton Academy

Rose House, Hay Ground, built c. 1730; photo dates from c.1880; demolished. Currently is the site of Water Mill Lumber.

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the professions on her mother’s side of the family. AnnaChatfield Rose (1859-1916), whose ancestors fought in theAmerican Revolution, had become a teacher and in 1891,the principal of the District Nine School on Ocean Road inBridgehampton. The future librarian and professor waseleven.[3] Her uncle, a brother of Anna, Justice HenryChatfield (1866-1912), practiced law throughout Southamp-ton town. He served as the first president of the Bridge-hampton National Bank, 1910-1912, and as president of theBoard of Education from 1908 to 1912, when he passedaway. Given the family’s emphasis on education, it is notsurprising that Ernestine would graduate from the privateBridgehampton Academy (1859-1907), where she pursued acourse in the liberal arts, and from Wesleyan University,which she attended along with three other young womenfrom Bridgehampton, also academy graduates.[4] One ofthem, May Van Scoy, became the librarian at the HamptonLibrary just before World War I. Upon her graduation fromcollege, Ernestine trained at the New York State LibrarySchool in Albany, where she received her degree in 1904.

Four years later, now twenty-eight, the young librarianaccepted a position that would crystallize the direction ofher thinking and her leadership activities for the next halfcentury: she became the librarian of a “Carnegie library,”at the branch of the New York Public Library known as the“polyglot” library, according to the New York Times, andlocated in a largely Chinese neighborhood on the LowerEast Side of Manhattan. There, in 1911, she began to addbooks in Chinese, mostly on science, in order to augmentthe collection that already included works in manylanguages. She was among the earliest public librarians todo so. At other branches where she served, she exhibitedthe works of local artists.[5] In 1917, the year the UnitedStates entered World War I, Rose became a publishedwriter, documenting her more than ten years of experiencein New York’s branch libraries.

The book, Bridging the Gulf, Work with the Russian Jewsand Other Newcomers, argued that a library must bringdifferent ethnic groups together, not to “Americanize”them, but to serve as the vehicle for implementing what wetoday would call a multicultural vision. A library staff mustunderstand the “history, traditions, and literature of eachnationality that the library expects to serve” and it must offer“friendly service,” in a non-patronizing environment.Serving her Jewish patrons, she wrote: “One must be asfamiliar with Jewish holidays as with Christian.”[6] ButWorld War I interrupted Ernestine’s work, and her writing.Like other Americans, she felt called to serve and accepteda series of war-related jobs as a member of the American

Library Association’s (ALA) Library War Service, whichdistributed books to soldiers in army camps and hospitals,stateside and abroad.

In Paris during the “demobi-lization period,” as her 1919passport application states,Rose organized separatelibrary services for blacksoldiers, required undersegregation. The highlight ofthat year in Europe, however,was her work in organizingthe soldiers’ library for theAmerican Army of Occupa-tion in Coblenz, in Ger-many’s Rhine Valley.Artifacts from this periodform the identifiable core ofthe surviving Wainscott farm-house, attic collection—amap, watercolor book, andher photos of the Americanlibrary, its staff, the war’s destruction. Upon her returnfrom Europe in 1920, these experiences—work with AfricanAmericans in Paris, with soldiers from many ethnic back-grounds, and her earlier successes in immigrant neighbor-hoods—qualified her as an ideal candidate to lead the 135thStreet Branch of the New York Public Library, known asthe Harlem branch.

During the ensuing decade of the 1920s, the start of theHarlem Renaissance, this institutional reformer becamethe first librarian in a major city to assemble an integratedprofessional staff. She was also one who fought racism: ina 1921 article entitled “Serving New York’s Black City,” astill growing neighborhood of about 150,000 people, Roseargued that a library, integrated into its community, servedas an “entrance into American life” for its patrons. It couldcreate “a bridge…between races” and promote “mutualunderstanding.” Her staff would serve as the model. Whileacknowledging the heritage of slavery, the reality ofpresent day “social ostracism” from whites, and economichardship, she posed the dilemma for “negroes:” in Harlemas a whole, living a “separate life” from whites impededblacks’ own advancement.[7] The following year, evenmore boldly, she published her article, “Where White andBlack Meet.” She outlined her library’s activities, whichwere available to everyone. Among them: evening bookdiscussions and lectures advised by a committee comprising“people of the neighborhood,” and art events to “stimulate

Ernestine at the ALA-sponsored Soldiers’Library in Coblenz,Germany, 1919

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race consciousness.” The “most serious duty” of the library,however, was to lead “intellectual thought”—through bookclubs, publishing book reviews, story hours for children.Books, Rose argued, are the “medium of progress.”[8] Herfriend Langston Hughes would have agreed. Reflecting onthe Harlem where he settled in the early 1920s, the AfricanAmerican poet wrote, forty years later, that Rose was “awarm and wonderful librarian…[who] made newcomersfeel welcome.”[9]

Not surprisingly, Rose also began to work to acquiredocuments and artifacts pertaining to African American cul-ture for the Harlem branch. She worked with the NationalUrban League to secure funds from the Carnegie Corpora-tion, and in 1926, materials collected by Arthur Schomburg,an African American from Puerto Rico, were purchased.[10]Today, those items form the core of the largest archive of itskind in the world, the Schomburg Center for Research inBlack Culture, located in a complex on the northwestcorner of 135th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard whichincorporates the original (1905) branch library building. In1925, Rose had predicted the expansion and growing valueof the collection because it was located in Harlem, whichshe called the “greatest Negro city in the world."[11]

The energetic Miss Rose continued to add recognition andaccomplishment to her career. By 1933, she was president ofthe New York [State] Library Association, about the time thatthe Schomburg Center was hosting a WPA writer’s project.In 1939, as chairman of the ALA’s Adult Education Board,she presented the first Library Bill of Rights to the annualconference. Its tenets reflected Rose’s life’s work, including

the statement that a community’s interests, regardless of raceor nationality, should guide the purchase of library books.[12]A year later, The American Negro Theatre was founded,with performances held in the basement of the 135th StreetBranch. Although she retired in 1942—succeeded by theAfrican American assistant librarian—Rose continued hercareer as an associate in library service at the Institute onLibrary Services in Hospitals. At the close of World War II,she began to lead projects in the field of bibliotherapy, thecurative use of books. As she had done throughout hercareer, Rose also continued to teach library science, mainlyat the Columbia University School of Library Science.

In 1946, Miss Rose returned to Bridgehampton, where shehad purchased an 1880s-era house on Lumber Lane. Everthe activist, she helped organize the Community Councilduring this emerging Cold War period. The communityelected representatives from local organizations to thecouncil. It came, for many, to symbolize American demo-cratic ideals. Led by a committee which included Rose,the council’s work was to resolve practical problems, suchas improving the living conditions of black migrant labor-ers who lived in the “poorer neighborhoods” along theBridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike.

Ernestine Rose led in creating other civic organizations aswell. She founded the Bridgehampton Women’s Associa-tion in 1949,[13] published her second book, The PublicLibrary in American Life, in 1954, and became co-chair ofthe Bridgehampton Tercentenary Committee that sameyear. Older local residents have fond memories of the pag-eant she wrote and produced for the celebration. It was

called “Our Goodly Heritage—APageant of Life in BridgehamptonOver 300 Years” and its sentimentalstyle stands in stark contrast to Rose’sanalytic library essays. She began,“We bring you a tale of our East End,when the land was new….” Per-formances drew enormous crowds inlate July 1956 to the “SagaponackVillage Green,” as the Timesreported—and I remember. [14]Perhaps she was motivated to writein this style by childhood memoriesof a poem about Columbus that shehad recited in 1892 during Bridge-hampton’s celebration of the 400thanniversary of the discovery of Amer-ica.[15] In any case, the sense of

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history and of past cultures that she communicated, andher leadership of the Tercentenary, led to her election asthe first president ofthe Bridgehampton Historical Societyin 1956. She was seventy-six.

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In her library career of forty years, Rose redefined themeaning of branch libraries to neighborhoods within theNew York Public Library system in the largest metropoli-tan area in the world. Through the programs she sup-ported, her activities in professional organizations,teaching, and her writings, she worked to improve people’slives through access to books. Her people were immigrants,African Americans, soldiers, the sick, and her students atColumbia University and elsewhere. Given her particularfocus on the first two of these groups, immigrants andAfrican Americans, I became curious about possiblesources for her moral impulse toward social activism. I sug-gest that one source rests with the family and community inwhich she was raised.

A unique photograph from the dumpster shows Ernestine’suncle, Judge Henry Chatfield, and his family in a formalportrait with an African American family—parents and sixchildren—taken, I believe, around 1910. The feelingprojected is of mutual respect and affection. This photobelonged to Ernestine who kept it all of her life. Moreover,as a girl in rural Bridgehampton, she would have knownsome among the blacks who had journeyed north after theCivil War, just as she might have interacted with someamong the small group of Irish immigrants that settled inthe hamlet in the late nineteenth century to work on the

farms.[16] Experiences with diversity, I suggest, coupledwith her family’s positive attitudes toward ethnic groupsmay go far to account for Rose’s fierce commitment to so-cial equality in her adult life.

Despite her reform impulse and many accomplishments,two authors, commenting on her impact from the perspec-tive of the 1980s, note that Ernestine Rose’s legacy haddimmed since the height of her career in the 1920s and ‘30swhen she was widely known within American library cir-cles. When I searched the Suffolk County Library Cata-log earlier this year, neither of her books was listed,including in the Hampton Library’s catalog. Much of theproblem rests, I believe, in the nature of institutional re-form, as opposed, say, to political and social reforms whichimpact a broader spectrum of the citizenry and are oftenwidely publicized through the media. In addition, her mul-ticultural ideal may have become even less attractive tomembers of minority groups during the cultural upheavalsof the 1960s than it was during the period between the twoworld wars. Obviously, a reassessment is overdue. [17]

On the occasion of her library retirement in 1942 and at hermemorial service in 1961, this champion of social uplift wasproudly honored in ceremonies at the Branch, a plaque be-stowed upon retirement, testimonials of gratitude delivered.In 1956, the South Fork Civic Conference presented MissRose with its annual award for “outstanding public service”for her leadership of the Tercentenary celebration.[18] !

For footnotes on this article please see the BridghemaptonHistorical Society website:www.bridgehamptonhistoricalsociety.org

Lumber Lane House where she vacationed and lived duringthe 1940s.

Chatfield family with African American family friends, c. 1910

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The Beebe Windmill is named after its first owner whoselast name was sometimes spelled as Beebee. It may becoincidence that the carved cap on top of the windmill,called an ogee, resembles a bee hive.

This windmill is one of only eleven remaining on LongIsland, and was originally constructed in Sag Harbor in1820 by Pardon Tabor, a local woodworker, and SamuelSchellinger, a local millwright, for Lester Beebe, a retiredwhaler and shipbuilder. When completed it was the talleststructure in Sag Harbor

The Beebe Windmill is an example of a “smock mill”with a stone foundation and four story tower which isexceptionally large for a windmill. The gristmill (a build-ing in which grain is ground into flour) is considered oneof Long Island’s more recent mills. Its cast-iron gears,fantail (the first on Long Island) and combination of woodand iron shafting and cog-work make the Beebe Windmillunique as it is the only surviving mill with that combina-tion of characteristics.

Following Beebe’s death, the windmill was sold in 1837 toJudge Abraham T. Rose and Richard Gelston and wasmoved to Mill Hill, now known as the Triangle Commonsbehind the Main Street restaurant in Bridgehamptonnamed One Ocean Road. Over the next forty-five yearsthe mill was sold and relocated several more times.

In 1882 John A Sandford purchased it and relocated it nearthe Bridgehampton railroad station. There he installed asteam engine enabling the mill to operate even if the windwas not strong enough. The mill next was purchased bythe Park Commissioner with the intention of moving it toProspect Park in Brooklyn. However, he was unable totransport the mill by train, as was his intention, because ofthe many bridges along the railroad line. In 1899 the millwas purchased by Oliver Osborne who moved it to thenorth side of the tracks, near the present Agway.

In 1914 the windmill was purchased by the ReverendRobert Davis, and then in 1915 by John Berwind whomoved it to his property “Minden.” In 1935 John Berwind’swidow had the windmill moved to its final spot, where itnow stands. Not long after that, the property and windmillwere willed by the Berwind estate to the Town ofSouthampton in memory of John E. Berwind. In 1978 itwas listed on the National Register of Historic Places, andsubsequently received landmark status by the Town ofSouthampton.

The Bridgehampton Historical Society serves as the“Keeper of the Keys” of the Beebe Windmill. The wind-mill is owned by the Town of Southampton and recentlyhas undergone restoration to its sails. BHHS makes thewindmill available for self-guided tours several timesduring the summer and by special appointment through-out the year !

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by John Eilertsen

Collecting oral histories by asking people to share theirmemories of life in Bridgehampton is a wonderful way to learnthe history of our community that seldom gets written about.As Aldous Huxley once said, “Every man’s memory is his privateliterature.” Frank and Joan Raynor took the time to share withus a portion of their memories about life in Bridgehampton.

“I was born in Southampton but I married a local boy fromBridgehampton in 1952,” Joan Raynor told me one summerday in 2006, “and after we were married we lived for sevenyears on Mitchells Lane. It was wonderful.” She and herhusband Frank were sitting with me in the Historical Society’slibrary, where Frank was sharing his memories of life inBridgehampton.

That local boy, Frank Raynor, was born in a farm houseon Mitchells Lane on February 24, 1931 and grew up in Bridge-hampton. His parents and grandparents were still farmingwhen he was a youngster, and Frank recalled life as a farm boy.

Frank recalls, “I was born early in the day, and when I wasgrowing up I remember hearing that on that day the neigh-bors looked over and saw all the lights on at our house, so theyknew their neighbors had a new baby. There were only sevenhouses on Mitchells Lane back then and it stayed that way foranother thirty years after I was born, until the 1960’s.”

“We were farmers, and we not only farmed potatoes but wehad a second cash crop consisting of cauliflower, brusselsprouts, broccoli and so forth. My grandfather and father hadgotten a tractor in the 1920’s but they still kept their horse upto the 1930’s. My grandfather wanted to keep him in case of anemergency, but the only thing we used the horse for was toplow the garden. And I got to ride him bareback all over thefarm. And one of my first memories was when I was four or fiveyears old and my grandfather and I went out in the fields tospread the manure. It was wintertime and I was so cold andwanted to go back inside, but my grandfather wasn’t havingany part of that.”

“The last horse we had was Blackie and when he died he diedin his stall and we had a heck of a time trying to get him out.And we got permission to bury him on Butter Lane, which wasall woods back then, I often think about the people who builta house there, and I wonder whether they came acrossBlackie’s bones.”

“We had quite a few chickens, sometimes as many as 300 andmostly Rhode Island Reds, and hogs. The only thing myfather would not have was a milk cow because you would betied to milking it every day. We were very self-sufficient.I never knew that there was a Great Depression. We hadeverything right there.

Life in Bridgehampton was quiet back then, Frank recalls, andone of his favorite pastimes was fishing and boating at Long Pondbehind what is now the Bridgehampton Commons ShoppingPlaza. “We didn’t have to worry too much in those days about theGame Warden.” When he would catch a string of perch with hisbamboo fishing pole and nothing but worms as bait, Frank wouldsometimes share the fish with the hired help who lived on his par-ents’ farm. “They would often pan fry the fish, or pickle them.”

Long Pond was also a good spot to go hunting. “At that time,it was all ducks. If anyone shot a goose, well, everybody had tocome see it. Seeing a goose was a rare event. The geese’s flightpattern around here changed in the 1960’s or ‘70’s, and nowgeese are common, but not back then. It was all ducks—BlackDuck, Pintail and Wood Duck. And anything you shot inthose days, you ate. Plenty of pheasants were around, too. Thatwas all pond shooting, really bad- weather shooting, when theducks came into the pond.”

It was rare to see deer back then, too. Even when picking blue-berries up on the moraine that lies just north of ScuttleholeRoad, after a forest fire had cleared away brush and trees andleft open meadows where blueberries flourished, folks wouldhardly ever see a deer. Frank said “I don’t think I ever saw adeer up there all the time we were picking blueberries.”

Frank’s grandfather was a butcher and owned Schenck’s MeatMarket, located on Main Street by the bank. “He wouldbutcher calves and steers and I was allowed to see that. Andthere was an old belief, maybe it was German, that when youbutchered a calf or a steer you would drink a little of the blood.And he would do that. It was surprising to me, to see him drinkthat blood. He believed that it was very healthful.”

Frank remembered a man with a truck who came around tocollect the fat and scraps of the butchered animals. It was anopen truck, full of stink and flies. “My cousin, who used tovisit from New Jersey, and I would climb into the back of thetruck just to see what was in there. It was just something alittle boy would have to do.”

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But things changed. In the 1960’s houses started to appear inwhat had been open fields and wooded lots. Besides theincrease in people and traffic, the deer population exploded.Joan recalled one experience with hungry deer.

In the 1980’s, Frank and Joan had settled into a home onMecox Road, and Frank kept a 3,000 square foot garden.“Frank loved to do his gardening, and we raised our ownproduce out of it. And one night, Frank comes in and says,‘You know, Joan, tomorrow I think that you can pick the peas,they’re ready.’ Well, the next morning, Frank goes out to thegarden to check things out and soon comes back in the houseand says, ‘Well I don’t think you need to bother.’ The deer gotthere and they must have heard him as he came in the doorand said they were ready to pick ‘cause they ate everything andjust left four-inch shoots.”

Frank also remembered the “Blue Laws” when all businesseswere closed on Sunday. “My grandmother was the daughter ofa Methodist minister and she believed in not doing too muchon Sunday. And if I wanted to go outside as a six or seven yearold, I had to go out the south side of our house and stay out ofher sight to do things.”

One Sunday his father took him up to Rose Hill Road inWater Mill, and the area was all woods on the west side. “And

there were roads running back into those woods. And lo andbehold, back in those woods there was a clearing, and theWhite Eagles and the Blue Sox were playing a game out ofsight. The White Eagles was the Polish team here and theBlue Sox was the rest of us.”

Sand lot baseball was a favorite pastime in Bridgehampton,and Frank played with the Blue sox. “People would come andwatch, and we would pass the hat to collect money for our uni-forms and equipment. But when television came, local gameslost their following. It was gone.”

As with all of us, Frank’s childhood memories are an impor-tant part of his life and of Bridgehampton’s history. Heremembers the Italian organ grinder who came to Bridge-hampton by train in the summertime with a monkey, and hismother telling him “Don’t you get near that monkey, he haslice.” And Frank remembers Mr. Goldstein, who came aroundwith a van full of clothes “from suits to bib overhauls, and youwent in the van to look around.”

Frank’s memories are alive with the sights and soundsand smells of life in Bridgehampton. The archives of theHistorical Society are richer for his willingness to share thosememories. !

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by Sally Spanburgh

The Bridgehampton Historical Society was pleased to hostan exhibit upon the Bridgehampton National Bank’s 100thAnniversary from June 7th to June 18th. This vibrantcommunity institution officially became 100 years old onFebruary 19th, 2010. Although the bank has grown impres-sively over the years, some things have not changed. “Acommunity bank is not defined by size, but by mission. Wewill always be a community bank. Our mission today ismuch the same as 100 years ago. We take in local depositsand invest them back into our neighborhoods,” says KevinM. O’Connor, current President and CEO.

In 1895 The Bridgehampton News published an articledescribing discussions among local business men aboutestablishing a bank and went on to express many reasonswhy they believed it to be a good idea. “Several places ofless importance have a bank. It would prove a greatconvenience to all and, undoubtedly, profitable to thestockholders,” the newspaper opined. The discussions wenton for years.

In November 1909 a public meeting took place in Fire-men’s Hall (later the First Baptist Church, and presentlythe Dan Flavin Institute on Corwith Avenue) regarding theestablishment of a new bank with 50 men in attendance.“George Clarence Topping was elected Chairman andElmer J. Thomson Secretary of the meeting. A motion wasmade by Henry H. Chatfield and seconded by TheodoreF. Haines, “That we establish a National Bank to be locatedin Bridgehampton, to do a general banking business, hav-ing a capital of $25,000, consisting of 250 shares of $100each.” This motion was carried and it was agreed to sell theshares at $105 each, the $5 per share to be used for organi-zation expenses.” 1 A month later eleven members of theBoard of Directors were chosen who subsequently electedHenry H. Chatfield as President, G. Clarence Topping asVice-President, and Elmer J. Thomson as Cashier. Bridge-hampton National Bank was federally chartered in 1910 andjoined the Federal Reserve System in 1914.

The bank was originally located in the one-story easternportion of the Ernest C. Loper Store on Main Street

(Montauk Highway), now Starbucks. That building, builtcirca 1903, was originally much more modest looking. Thebank bought it in 1920, and renovated it between 1925 – 1931,adding a second story to the eastern portion, re-facing it withdressier brick, and re-styling it into its present Neoclassicalstyle. The west side was leased to the post office and the up-stairs contained a five-room apartment. In 1997 the bankbuilt their present headquarters at 2200 Montauk Highway.

So who were these original initiators of the bank’sestablishment and subsequently their elected officers?Henry H. Chatfield (1865-1912) was a descendant ofmultiple generations of Bridgehampton Chatfields, an at-torney, and later a judge in Southampton. He served as thebank’s first president from 1910-1912 as well as the Presidentof the Bridgehampton Board of Education from 1908-1912.He lived in a Queen Anne style house built circa 1900 witha turret on the front at 2397 Main Street in Bridgehamptonwhich is occupied today as an antique and vintage clothingshop. George Clarence Topping (1844-1921) was a life-longresident of Sagaponack and a descendant of Thomas Top-ping, one of Southampton’s original settlers. He was amember of the Democratic Party, a lawyer, a judge, andserved on the Southampton Town Board as well as numer-ous other boards. In 1887 he married Mary K. Mulford andhad four children with her: three sons and a daughter.He owned property near the beach on Daniels Lane, andlived in the home previously owned by Elihu Howell onSagg Street. Elmer J. Thomson (1867-1926) was born inDelaware, New York, and married a relative of G. ClarenceTopping (another descendant of Thomas Topping), EdnaG. Topping (1868-1929), in 1893 in Bridgehampton. Theyhad one daughter, Lorraine born in 1895, and also lived onSagg Street in the old Lemuel Pierson house which datesback to well before the Revolution. He was killed when hiscar was struck by a train at a crossing early one autumnmorning. His passenger died also. “Both occupants werehurled more than 75 feet and the automobile was shat-tered…The momentum of the train carried it a quarter ofa mile beyond the crossing.” 2

Subsequent noteworthy presidents of the bank includedEugene Sayre (1869-1953) who was one of the originalboard members. He was born on Butter Lane and lived inBridgehampton all his life. And there was of course the

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legendary Merton Tyndall who held the president’sposition the longest to date, over fifty years. At one time theBridgehampton National Bank almost merged with TheLong Island Trust Company in Garden City, L.I. “MertonTyndall, president of Bridgehampton National, said in atelephone interview that Long Island Trust had “requestedus to discontinue it, because of a lot of sentiment in thisarea against it.” 3

The centennial anniversary exhibit here at the CorwithHouse was divided into two sections. The Main Entry Hallcontained the historic portion of the exhibit displayingdocuments such an original loan to John C. White to pur-chase the house and contents of property at 28 LockwoodAvenue from Roger E. Maran in 1937, official U.S. currencythey printed from 1910 to 1933 that included the name oftheir institution, an original deed of 1912 between AdelaideA., Mortimer H. and Melinda S. Cooper, and Mary H. andEdward Meyer to Herbert E. Cooper for two parcels ofland, one four acres and another 11 acres both on Job’s Lanein Mecox (Liber 827 of deeds, page 562), and detailedoriginal ledgers from the mid 1920s. The other half of theexhibit was displayed in the Dining Room area of theCorwith House, sometimes referred to as the Parlor as that’swhere we often hold the “Parlor Series” events. The itemson display in this room exemplified the banks ties to thecommunity via photographs of the beauty of the East Endand past magazine advertisements highlighting thosethey’ve financially assisted such as Christian Wolffer,deceased owner of Wolffer Estate Vineyards and Sag PondStables, in Sagaponack, and Anna Pump, with her daugh-ter, in purchasing all three of their businesses, Loaves andFishes Food Store, Loaves and Fishes Cook Shop, and TheBridgehampton Inn.

The exhibit opened the evening of Saturday, June 5th witha lavish reception under one of those beautiful circus-likeSperry tents complete with hanging chandeliers in theinterior. It was a warm spring evening complete with music,refreshments and many notable dignitaries. Here at theCorwith House, the exhibit ran for two weeks. The Bridge-hampton Historical Society was proud to partner with thisnational community institution highlighting its past,present, and future contributions and relevancy in today’sbanking environment. !

Footnotes:(1) 25th Anniversary, The Bridgehampton National Bank

(2) New York Times, Nov. 23, 1926

(3) New York Times, Sept. 14, 1963

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by John Eilertsen

You may have noticed that something is happening at theNathaniel Rogers House on the corner of Montauk Highwayand Ocean Road here in Bridgehampton. Scaffolding has beenerected and we have removed the four 170- year old two-storiedGreek Revival columns from the front porch for restoration laterthis year. Even more exciting, the bidding process is about tobegin that will lead to the commencement of Phase One of theexterior restoration.

We expect the Southampton Town Board to authorize the TownClerk to advertise a “Notice To Bidders” at their August 2ndTown Board Meeting, with the actual bidding process openingon August 19th. The Town Clerk will accept bids fromqualified contractors until Wednesday, September 15th at 2 pm.On that day, the sealed bids will be opened and within a week,after references are checked, the winning contractor will beannounced. Work will begin shortly after.

This current activity follows the Historical Society’s prolongedbut successful maneuvering through the intricacies of New YorkState and Town of Southampton rules and regulations whileoverseeing multiple phases of architects’ plans and drawings,exhaustive engineers’ probing and reports, a wood expert’sanalysis and multiple State and Town reviews.

The Nathaniel Rogers House is one of the best examples ofGreek Revival architecture on Long Island, and is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places. All restoration work on thestructure must comply with the strictest princi-ples of preservation and restoration philosophy,and must adhere to the stringent requirementsof New York State’s Office of Parks, Recreationand Historic Preservation. In addition, all workmust confirm to the Secretary of the Interior’sPreservation and Restoration Guidelines.

Phase One work will begin with carefullyexcavating the perimeter of the foundation forshoring, repointing of mortar joints on brickand stonework and installing perimeter drains.New foundations for the four front porchcolumns will be installed.

The entire roofing system will also be removedand rebuilt with new lead-coated copperroofing, built-in gutters and new copper down-spouts. All chimneys will be restored. New

wood railings, balusters and fascia and soffit trim will be in-stalled, and wood trim throughout the exterior will be restoredor repaired. Wood siding will be repaired or replaced, and allsiding and trim work will be painted.

Interior flooring will be carefully removed and stored for re-installation, and failed plaster walls and ceilings will be removedin order to allow access for framing for restoration and repair. Allframing will be restored or repaired.

Four “add alternates” are included in the Request For Bids whichwill allow us to add additional work within this phase if the totalbids come within budget. The additional work would includerestoration of all windows, dismantling and reconstruction of thesouth wing, restoration of the west porch brick floor and columns,and restoration and re-installation of the four front columns.If this work is not included in Phase One, it will be scheduledfor Phase Two in 2011, along with rebuilding the cupola andrestoring all exterior doors and shutters. In either case, we expectthat all exterior work on the house will be completed bySummer 2011. Then we will begin restoration of the interior!

The Historical Society is very grateful to all those who havesupported the Nathaniel Rogers House Restoration Project. Weare also grateful to the Town of Southampton for both theirfunding and institutional support, and to New York State’sOffice of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for theirfunding support. !

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseRestoration Project Gets Underway!

The Nathaniel Rogers House, photo copyright 2010 Davis A. Gaffga

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New BHHS ArchivesEstablishedIn late May this year, BHHS and the Town of Southampton en-tered into a stewardship agreement for the building just east ofthe Nathaniel Rogers House on Montauk Highway. Jack Mus-nicki had built and occupied the building for his gardeningbusiness, and it was later occupied by Marder’s for their busi-ness. In recent years it has stood empty and was part of the landsurrounding the Nathaiel Rogers House that was purchased bythe Town from Jim Hopping in 2003.

The Hamptons Library moved into the building while they wererenovating their own building, and they made substantial im-provements to the structure. Now that they’ve moved back intotheir own library building, it has become the BHHS Archives.

The second floor of the building will be dedicated to our his-toric documents, photographs, genealogical records and library.Later this summer it will be open to the public for research andstudy on a part-time basis and by appointment.

Art Exhibit and ShowOpens at ArchivesFrom July 3 through September 7 the Archives’ first floor willhouse an exciting art exhibition and sale, with a portion of theproceeds benefitting BHHS.

An opening reception was held on July 3 and over a hundredwell-wishers and a few buyers visited the opening organized byguest curator Cynthia Loewen.

The summer-long show presents the work of very talented artistscalled the Bell’Arte Group whose members consist of groupfounder Anna Franklin, Mary Milne, Bob Schwarz, LynnMartell, Georjana Macri and Cynthia Loewen.

Also on exhibit is the work of Mary Gardner (BHHS’s MuseumAdministrator) with her series in watercolor named “Stones.”

Every two weeks guest curator Loewen has scheduled a series ofvisiting artists to be featured in the show.

It promises to be a summer of fine art and culture. Come andenjoy fine art!

The BHHS Archives is located at 2539-A Montauk Highway(east of the monument) in Bridgehampton.

Drawing by Jan Hird Pokorny Associates

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Up to $1,000,000New York StateTown of Southampton

Up to $100,000Allan Morrow Foundation, Inc.

Up to $50,000Stephen & Nancy GreenPeter R. & Cynthia K. KelloggH. Kevin MiserocchiRobert MorrowLeonard RiggioDan ShedrickJonathan & Lizzie TischGerrit Vreeland

Up to $25,000Atlantic Golf ClubChuck & Norma BairdHarvey AuerbachPaul BrennanMarvin & Dianna ChudnoffMartha FritzBeverly & Leandro GalbanRichard & Zena GilbertRichard GoldbergCharles LloydWilliam MackArthur NagleFred & Cissy RitzAndrew SteffanThomas TuftNicholas VerbitskyRaymond Wesnofske

Up to $10,000Warren & Lillian AndersonBridgehampton National BankCliff FosterFredric GaronzikAlbert E. & Bernadette McCoyMargaret F. McCoyJohn A. & Carey MillardMoore FoundationFrank MoriJohn & Judith MusnickiDavid SilfenGarry & Margaret SouthernJohn & Carol Stacks

Up to $5,000Alan and Arlene AldaBruce & Anne BabcockBridgehampton Lions ClubFred & Nora CammannLeonard DavenportAnthony DeeringFrederick & Diana ElghanayanJohn HorvitzHurst FoundationJane IselinMichael KochanaszFrancine E. LynchAndrea & Doug MadaioJ. Steven ManolisJoan & John McLaughlinNaomi PaleyOtis & Nancy PearsallWarren & Barbara PhillipsHarvey L. RadlerKathryn ReisArthur & Deborah RomaineSaner Family FoundationF.J. B. SchmeltzerLowell SchulmanJim & Julia ShellyBarbara SlifkaFrederick StelleDennis SuskindJames W. & Julia B. SykesLorenzo & Danielle WeismanWinston-Salem Foundation

Up to $500Barbara AlbrightGeorge & Anne BairdWilliam BourneBruce & Martha BroughamKenneth H. BuchananJulie P. BurmeisterCarrie CrowleyAaron M. & Judy F. DanielsRobert & Eileen EssayGarry FredricksonFred Doss & John GickingKevin & Cheryl HurleyStephen G. JonesIan & Phyllis MacPhersonMatthew MallowBrooke & Daniel NeidichJohn RockwellHarry E. & Carolyn SchmidtFrank Schroeder

Up to $100Jenice DelanoRaemary & John DuryeaMary & William GroffIn Memory of Mrs. Raymond HatchThomas C. HillsMs. Barney L. JonesLong Island Studies CouncilJohn Michell & David KaplanJeffrey D. MansfieldPatrick Rulon MillerNatalie NaylorGirard F. & Martha Worth OberrenderDr. Stanley & Susan SacknerSamuel's FoundationRobert ScheinbergCharlotte Rogers SmithBridget A. StavropoulosDiane Johnson WadeLauren & Andrew Weisenfeld

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$2,500 and upBruce M. BabcockThe Riggio Foundation

$1,000 and upBeverly GalbanPeter W. GonzalezMartin GrussGeorge A. HambrechtJohn R. Hearst, Jr.John A. & Carey MillardRobert MorrowArthur & Deborah RomaineGerrit VreelandDavid Walentas

$500 and upBridgehampton National BankFrederic G. & Nora F. CammannEdmund R. & Phyllis B. DavisQuince EvansTony & Beth Galban FoundationWilliam HymanAndrea E. & Douglas D. MadaioMarders LandscapingH. Kevin MiserocchiPeter ReussBlanche W. & Robert E. SiegfriedBarbara SlifkaJohn F. & Carol StacksAndrew P. & Patsy SteffanTee & Charles Addams FoundationLynn Thommen

$250 and upAlan & Arlene AldaLillian C. AndersonChristie BrinkleyDiane & James BurkeMichael & Shelley CarrAlfred H. & Mildred B. ConklinCooper Family Foundation Inc.Wahleah DavisRichard A. & Susan P. FriedmanMartha S. & Frederick M. FritzGolden PearHabermann Koehn FoundationCatherine E. HandJohn B. HoffmannJeffrey P. & Betty Sue HughesKevin & Cheryl HurleyBarbara M. & Richard S. LaneSamuel F. LekShahara Ahmad-LlewellynMichael LongacreE. Blair McCaslinMiaco LLC

Nagle Family FoundationSteven N. Rappaport & Judith A. GarsonRubin-Henry Family FoundationAndrew Sabin Family FoundationDr. Axel StawskiLynne TarnopolSandra B. TaylorJoseph W. Tyree Landscape Design, Inc.Jeffrey Vogel

$100 and upBruce M. BabcockJoseph Edmonds & Margaret Brand BaffordCharles F. & Norma White BairdRobert H.B. & Dorothy T. BaldwinElizabeth Thornton BartonDouglas BaxterJoseph P. & Dolores BerhalterDr. T. R. BirdwellPaul BrennanGail Maran BrocketR. Bruce & Martha M. BroughamDean BrownKenneth H. BuchananWalter & Beryl BuchholzJulie P. BurmeisterWendy L. ButlerGabriel P. & Jerilyn CaprioLarry & Jody CarlsonKevin ConcaghBenjamin H. ConklinLaurin Copen AntiquesCarrie & William Terry CrowleyDaniels Family Foundation, Inc.Leonard & Gail DavenportJenice J. & Richard K. DelanoCarol & Michael DeVitoHonnor & R. Meade DorseyColette Smith DouglasElizabeth & Donald C. EbelHenry & Sandra W. EckhardtKathryn Fee, ArchitectFirst Baptist Church of BridgehamptonRuth FoleyShelly Dunn & Vincent P. FremontJeff FriedmanEarl D. & Catherine I. GandelThomas H. GeismarRobert & Lois Geller FoundationMarilyn J. & Saul GinsbergJohn A. & Suzanne F. GoldenLouis Callmann Goldschmidt Family FoundationStuart GoodeMark & Elizabeth GormleyJoanne & Thomas GougeRenate C. GreinerLouise Guarneri

OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS(as of July 15, 2010)

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Douglas M. & Amy S. HalseyMorton I. & Joan F. HamburgJean R. HeldDorothy S. HinesHorticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, Ltd.Stephen G. JonesJ. S. Plumbing & Heating, LLCCarl E. KaplanAudrey S. KatzSidney & Helaine LernerMarjorie R. LudlowIan K. & Phyllis P. MacPhersonMargaret F. McCoyW. F. McCoy Petroleum ProductsBrian & Pamela McIverCathleen G. MillerPriscilla P. MillerWalter Curtis Jones & Mary B. MolloyDenis P. & Carol A. KelleherJ.G. Kilpatric & Harry NeyensHenrik & Elaine Taylor KrogiusJoseph V. & Dolores B. KuchPingree W. LouchheimJay C. LubellMarjorie R. LudlowFrancine E. LynchMorgan & Geri MacWhinnieMatthew J. Mallow & Ellen CheslerNancy H. McCaffreyHelaine & Charles McKenneyBarbara O. MeyerWalter R. Miller, Jr.Louise E. MoosMorgan Auto Supply, Inc.Neal & Amanda MoszkowskiMary M. Mulvihill & Maryann Mulvihill-DeckerGeorge B. & Elinor MunroeJack & Judy MusnickiDaniel M. Neidich & Brooke Garber FoundationRobert W. & Jane J. OberrenderRima OgrinNancy OrshefskyRobert C. & Joan OsbornePaler Foundation, Inc.Naomi & Stuart PaleyPeter C. PapademetriouGeorge & Antonia P. PaviaOtis Pratt & Nancy B. PearsallPerennial Charm NurseryTheodore T. PettusJames M. & Jennifer PikeJan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc.Cynthia B. PolhemusQueen of the Most Holy Rosary R.C. ChurchElise QuimbyJacqueline ReaKathryn F. ReisJudith A. SanerThomas E. & Nancy L. SayreS.C.A.N. Security CommunicationsMeriwether C. Schmid

Mark SchwarzGloria F. & Alan Michael SiegelGarry & Margaret SouthernWilliam SquierBridget A. StavropoulosDimitri R. & Sophie SteinStella Show Management CompanyStelle ArchitectsRaymond S. & Carol StolzChristine & Joseph W. SwansonJames W. & Julia B. SykesJacqueline SzczepankowskiPrice & Hollis Steele ToppingJohn B. & Louisa S. TroubhJames S. & Julia J. VandermadeW. C. ESP, Inc.Fred T. WilfordPaul & Pamela WilsonWorld Pie RestaurantDolores Zebrowski

$50 and upBarbara Brown AlbrightStephen W. & Susan M. BairdDaniel D. BarryAndre & Paulette BerclazLewis & Amanda BermanWlater L. & Bina BernardKathleen & Eileen A. BoversNathan H. & Gloria P. BrownSusan D. & Donald F. BrownJoseph J. & Barbara A. ContiDavid H. & Nancy G. CoryHelena W. CrowleyKenneth David & Barbara Ellen DamieckiMalcolm & Ilene DavisNina C. Rosselli Del TurcoPhilippe L. & Edith M. De MontebelloReynolds E. DodsonEileen & Robert J. EssayJ. Kirkpatrick & Jan LeMessurier FlackClifford H. & Lee FosterGarry & Maryann FredricksonDavid B. & Jane Ellen GersteinMarshall J. GluckAlexander C. GoldsmithSara J. A. GordonS. Ashby & Patricia DeCarlo GranthamGregory Electric Shop of BridgehamptonR. Graham & Margaret H. GriffinPatrick J. GuarinoFrederick & Ruth H. GuyerJanice & Robert A. HansenFrederick C. Havemeyer IIIRichard G. HendricksonJanet B. & Richard H. HendricksonMerrall T. & Mary L. HildrethSusan HiltyWilliam C. & Jacqueline M. HoranJohn C. & Sandra HorvitzYves-Andre Istel

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Dr. Saran JonasMichael KochanaszDonald L. KreindlerDr. Stephen & Judith LevitanSandy & Timothy LewisHarvey B. LoomisGerald W. & Gay S. LynchRaymond C. LynchJeffrey D. MansfieldRobert D. & Anne K. MarshallPeter & Maria MatthiessenWilliam F. & Barbara B. McCoyJan H. H. & Priscilla C. MeyerRichard P. & Patricia H. MohlereHarry W. & Julia F. MumfordNatalie A. NaylorDaniel & Brooke Garber NeidichGirard F. & Martha Worth OberrenderElisabeth PeytonJohn & Catherine Dana PouschineEdward E. QuimbyPaul C. Raeder & Robert Holley, Jr.Kinnaman & Ramaekers Inc.Frederick W. & Evelyn B. RitzAlexander J. & Mary Lee RobertsonElizabeth E. RogersStanley C. SacknerAnn SandfordHarry E. & Dr. Carolyn W. SchmidtWendy M. SclightRosa ScottJane Bishop SeaburyJeffrey SellerSpencer E. & Susan R. ShermanLeland & Marion SmithMaxine R. StanleyB. Albert & Rebecca SternAnne L. & Robert StokvisBarbara & Richard F. StoneKathryn P. Szoka & Maryann CalendrilleJoseph W. & Debra M. TaylorTutto Bene, Ltd.Diane & Salvatore VaccaAnthony S. & Katherine K. VaccaroC. Edward Ward, Jr.Harold P. & Toby A. WeinbergerHenry WeisburgLauren & Andrew WeisenfeldJudy T. & George M. WheatleyJohn A. & Patricia J. WoodHilary Herrick WoodwardHelene & Manoucher Yektai

Up to $50Robert & Lynn Grossman BalabanCharles & Cathy BellowsAlda R. BenfieldSidney & Rose H. BermanGrania BrolinHuntting W. & Anne F. BrownJulia F. Cahill

Marilyn Clark & Jaime A. LopezBarbara ClarkeJoseph L. ColtRichard C. ConradJohn A. CoslickDr. Neal J. CroninCarol J. CrowleyEdith K. DavisDorothy DaytonJohn & Marie DegenStacy DermontRaemary C. & John C. DuryeaHenry T. FerlautoRuth F. FlemingBarbara White FordStanley D. FriedmanGuy Ladd FrostStephen Jay & Ilse GouldJohn A. GrecoRichard K. & Bard Rogers HamlenJoyce HamrahMarlene & Thomas HaresignDorothy J. & Albert S. HedgesMiriam F. Hedges & Ruth H. GuyerLucy A.C. HowardArline C. HusbandMichael T. JohnsonRoma KarpMary & George KirkhamPeter KlebnikovStephen J. & Elizabeth Whelan KotzJill LohrfinkPamela S. LordNancy & James LudlowKathrine R. McCoy ArchitectMickey B’s DeliEllen Jo MyersMonroe S. & Evelyn NadelMorgia D. NardyGirard F. & Martha Worth OberrenderRoxanne J. PaneroBarbara B. PersonSandra PowersSundy A. SchermeyerMarla W. SchwenkYvonne L. SeidlerLorraine & Jules ShermanSaul L. & Judith ShermanJohn A. & Bernadette A. SidebothamGeorge & Linda SiegelBarbara SkydelCharlotte Rogers SmithChristine Chew SmithHenry V. & Delores Q. StuebeMrs. Dale ToppingCarol TutundgyLaura Lea WestDorothy ZaykowskiLloyd P. Zuckerberg

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