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Southampton History Museum Hosts Sold-Out
Halsey House Gala
On July 1, 2023, the Southampton History Museum held its
annual Halsey House Gala, kicking off the 4th of
July weekend. This year’s Gala Chair was philanthropist
Jean Shafiroff, and she was supported by Committee
Members Doug Halsey, Peter Hallock, Nancy Kane, Father
Patrick Edwards, President of the Board
of Trustees and honorary committee members Linda
Stabler-Talty, Willi Salm, Margaret & Drew Watson and David
Granville.
The event was sold-out with over 350 guests attending -- the
Hamptons most elegant and fun loving crowd including Martin
Shafiroff, Mayor Bill Manger, Rick Rose, Nancy
Stone, Lydia and Ruddy Touzet, Elyn Kronemeyer,
Sylvia Hemingway, Brian Brady, Shari Rivkind, Guy Clark and
many others. Funds raised will be used for a
wide range of educational programs forthe entire community,
and for stabilizing
Halsey House’s rapidly deteriorating foundation to preserve
it for future generations. The Gala also raises
money for the preservation of the Halsey House & Garden, the
oldest wood-frame home in the State of New York. The
pioneering Halsey Family settled on the property about 1648
and built a two-room home which was expanded over the years.
An outdoor exhibit titled IYA ALARO by
multidisciplinary artist Oluwaseyi (Shayee) Awoyomi who is
also a fifth-generation textile dryer from the Yoruba people
of Nigeria wasmounted and on display at Halsey House &
Garden to bring awareness to America’s shared past with
Africa and the dye plant indigo. The fifty-foot-long mural’s
creation was curated by Harlem Needle Arts, Inc. The
installation can be easily seen by walking or driving by
Halsey House, located at 249 South Main Street in
Southampton, NY.
The Countess von Salm-Hoogstraeten held a pre-gala recption
ather expansive estate in North Sea at her home which is the
historic Port of Missing Men, one of the last surviving
mansions of Southampton’s Gilded Age. Built by H.H. Rogers,
Jr., whose father, H.H. Rogers, Sr., was reported in 1910 to
be the wealthiest man in the U.S. Designed by John Pope
Russell to be a lavish hunting lodge on 2,000 acres, it has
breathtaking views of Scallop Pond and an interior unchanged
since the 1920s.
The Gala featured a raw bar by The Clamman, libations from
Herbert & Rist and the Top Hops Half Pint serving local beer
and Wolffer Summer in a Bottle Rose. Coverland kept the
music going and the guests dancing and a Silent Auction was
held as well. |
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The
Southampton History Museum was organized in 1898 and
incorporated in 1910. In its early days, the Museum
collected and exhibited historical objects and documents
relating to the history and development of Southampton,
organized pageants and gave lectures on antiques. By 1960
the Rogers Mansion property had expanded to include 12
historic structures including an 1830 one-room schoolhouse,
an 1825 barn and a 19th century paint store, among others.
The Mansion is the main administrative center for the
organization and is open year-round. Today the Museum's
mission is to preserve and promote the history and culture
of the Town of Southampton by engaging and inspiring diverse
audiences. It does this through the management of 4 separate
properties with 14 historic buildings that contain changing
exhibits on historic topics, a research center and
educational programs for schoolchildren and adults.
The Southampton History Museum preserves and promotes the
history and culture of Southampton by
engaging diverse audiences in our shared heritage.
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