The Thomas Halsey Homestead

 

Thomas Halsey and his family, along with eight other Puritan families, left Lynn, Massachusetts, seeking religious freedom.  They landed in Southampton in 1640 and settled on Old Town Road. Thomas Halsey and his wife, Elizabeth, homesteaded this property in 1648.  This saltbox-style house was built beginning in 1680.

The Halsey home is filled with 17th and 18th century furnishings, donated by local families. The kitchen has an early wide fireplace used for cooking and is surrounded by open hearth cooking tools. The collection of William and Mary furniture is of note as is a high chest, circa 1700, by Nathaniel Dominys, a local cabinetmaker. The first restoration was supervised in 1959 by Henry Francis duPont of the Winterthur Museum. In the backyard is a Colonial revival-style garden that replicates an 18th century herb garden, a perennial border and an apple orchard — Southampton Historical Museums

Open July to mid-October, 11-4 pm or by appointment.

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April 15, 2017

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Halsey Homestead, May 3, 2013.

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Halsey House Interiors, June 28, 2018

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June 11, 2019

 

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Halsey House views September, 2015

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Halsey House, 2016

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A Property of the Southampton Historical Museums and Research Center.

www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org

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Photographs, except archival postcard — courtesy of Southampton Historical Museum — copyright Jeff Heatley.

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