The Parrish Art Museum - East End Stories

• The village of Sag Harbor was originally occupied by the Algonquin Indians. The English created their first permanent settlements in the area in 1730, and by 1760 Sag Harbor had begun to establish itself as a successful whaling port. During its most prosperous period in the early nineteenth century the town’s seaport was second in importance only to New York City. By 1850 the whaling industry as a whole had declined as a result of the discoveries of gold and petroleum elsewhere in the country as well as the relative scarcity of the whale. In place of whaling, Sag Harbor residents turned to such industries as watch-making, pottery, and bottling. The last of these left the area in the 1980s. Over the years Sag Harbor has attracted such notable authors as John Steinbeck and E. L. Doctorow. The town’s sites that have connections to the old whaling district are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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• Stephen Antonakos (lives in 1987 – )
• Margo Barnes (visited 1975 – 1979)
• Orlando Hand Bears (lived in 1811 – 1851)
• George Wesley Bellows (visited 1904 – )
• Henry [Josh] Billings (lived in 1945 – 1955)
• Lee Bontecou (visited 1971 – 1974)
• Annie Cooper Boyd
• Alexander Brook (lived in 1947 – 1980)
• Vija Celmins (lives in 1998 – )
• John Chamberlain (lived in 1992 – 1995)
• Louisa Chase (lived in 1984 – 1991)
• James Croak
• Janet Culbertson (visited 1962 – 1972)
• Janet Culbertson (visited 1930 – 1939)
• Paul Davis (lives in 1966 – )
• Carroll Dunham (lived in 1986 – 1998)
• Jimmy Ernst (lived in 1980 – )
• Eric Fischl (lived in 1986 – 1999)
• Hubbard Latham Fordham (lived in 1794)
• Ralph Gibson
• Nan Goldin (lived in 1997 – 2000)
• April Gornik (lived in 1986 – 1999)
• Edward Lamson Henry (visited 1870 – 1889)
• Nancy Holt (lived in 1989 – 1994)
• Gina Knee (lived in 1947 – 1982)
• Donald Lipski (lived in 1998 – 2006)
• Rima Mardoyan-Smyth (lives in 1980 – )
• Gordon Matta-Clark (visited 1975)
• Mercedes Matter (lived in 1982 – 2001)
• Warren Neidich (lived in 1997 – 2003)
• Roy W. Nicholson (lives in 1977 – )
• Abraham Rattner (visited 1940 – 1952)
• Abraham Rattner (lived in 1952 – 1972)
• Abraham Rattner (had a studio in 1952 – 1972)
• Dan Rizzi (lives in 1985 – )
• Susan Rothenberg (lived in 1983 – 1994)
• Susan Rowland (lives in 1982 – )
• Louis Schanker (lived in 1949 – 1975)
• Peter Selz (lived in 1964 – 1966)
• Cindy Sherman (lived in 2000 – )
• Ned Smyth (lived in 1989)
• Alan Sonfist (lived in 1989 – )
• Keith Sonnier (lived in 1980 – 1989)
• Niles Spencer (visited 1948)
• Niles Spencer (lived in 1949 – 1952)
• Tony [Newton Haydn] Stubbing (lived in 1962 – 1974)
• Donald Sultan (lives in 1989 – )
• Kevin Teare (lives in 1994)
• Frank Wimberley (lives in 1971 – )

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• Long Island Railroad Extends Eastward, 1872

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