Shelter Island Historical Society Archives

06.20.2021 Around the Island

Father’s Day memory

For Father’s Day the Shelter Island Historical Society has released a photo from its archives taken circa 1912 with the caption: “The Friday evening ferry arriving to the Island...

06.15.2021 Real Estate

Living history on a South Midway Road estate: Legendary ‘Kemah’ is for sale

It’s 23 acres of Shelter Island history, from the time the Native people lived on it and used it as an access point for drinking water from Fresh Pond....

06.10.2021 News

From a potato field to the skies: The birth and growing pains of Shelter Island aviation

After Island historian Edward Shillingburg was asked to take part in a presentation at the Shelter Island Historical Society in August, a document in the Society’s archives surfaced on...

06.08.2021 Around the Island

History sleuths work on solving a mystery: Where did Jonathan Nicoll Havens live?

BY KAREN KIAER In preparation for the second Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) self-guided July 4th tour of the historic Presbyterian Cemetery, DAR members Honorary Regent Joy Bowditch-Bausman...

05.25.2021 Around the Island

Farmers Market opens anew: Rules relaxed since last summer

A widely popular sign that the summer season is around the corner is the opening of Havens Farmers Market at the Shelter Island History Center on Route 114, Saturday,...

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Father’s Day memory

Living history on a South Midway Road estate: Legendary ‘Kemah’ is for sale

From a potato field to the skies: The birth and growing pains of Shelter Island aviation

History sleuths work on solving a mystery: Where did Jonathan Nicoll Havens live?

Farmers Market opens anew: Rules relaxed since last summer