Southampton Village
- The village of Southampton was founded in 1640, making it one of the oldest English settlements in New York. For the first two centuries after the settlers’ arrival, Southampton residents’ primary occupations were fishing, farming, whaling, and raising ducks. By the mid-nineteenth century Southampton had begun to attract a population of seasonal residents, though no official summer houses were built until 1879. This growth, greatly encouraged by the expansion of the railroad, led to the construction of the town library as well as The Parrish Art Museum near the end of the 1800s. Today Southampton boasts many historic estates from that period, as well as popular shops, restaurants, and beaches.
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Related People
- Mary Abbott (lives in 1950 – )
- Grosvenor Atterbury
- Tina Barney (visited 1945 – )
- Jennifer Bartlett (visited 1975)
- Jonathan Becker (visited 1960 – )
- Dawoud Bey (visited 1999)
- Katherinne Cotheal Budd (visited 1896)
- Francesco Clemente (lived in 1988)
- James de Pasquale (lived in 1965 – 1976)
- Frederick Childe Hassam (visited 1919)
- Henry Koehler (lives in 1950 – )
- Bruce Nauman (lived in 1968)
- Samuel Parrish
- Richard Prince (lives in 1981 – )
- Larry Rivers (lived in 1953 – 2002)
- Gary Simmons (lived in 2005 – )
- Pegeen Vail (lived in 1943)
Related Objects
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- John Button, Southampton, 1958
Photograph © 2010 John Jonas Gruen
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- Paton Miller working in Fairfield Porter's former studio
Photograph © 2010 Jonathan Becker
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- Tri-Parrish, 1999
Photograph by Steven Tucker
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- First Presbyterian Church, Meeting House Lane and South Main Street, Southampton
The William Merritt Chase Archives, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Jackson Chase Storm