Greater Port Jefferson Historical Society

The Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson was founded in 1967. Its purpose is to discover, preserve and disseminate knowledge about the history of the Greater Port Jefferson area. Public meetings with historical presentations are held throughout the year. An annual fund raising auction is held in the fall and an Antiques and Gardens Show and Sale is held in the spring. The Society also prepares annual exhibits and displays in the Mather House Museum. Our photographs and documents are available to researchers by appointment.

The Port Jefferson Historical Society resides at the Mather House Museum.  Inside you will find information about Long Island History and the shipbuilding industry that once flourished on these New York shores.  The museums consists of the main home of John Mather with antiques, furniture, paintings by William Davis of boats, boat building and ship yards of the Bayles and Willse family. The outbuilding consists of a country store, butcher and barber shop, sail loft, diorama, ship models, ships tools, and clock building with clocks from a local persons’ years of clock collecting.  Also featured are the gardens surrounding the property, containing an herb and perennial garden.  There are exhibits of toys, dolls, quilts. You may do research of local areas like Port Jefferson Station and Mt. Sinai, NY through maps, documents, genealogy and walking tours. Each fall we have an outdoor country auction.

P.O. Box 586 or 115 Prospect Street
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
(631) 473-2665
www.portjeffhistorical.org