When I go to the eastern end of Long Island to do a bit of flounder fishing, I always stay at the Willow Hill House Bed & Breakfast, in Southold, which is in the heart of the North Fork with its wineries and beaches. The house was built in the mid-1800s by a whaling ship's captain.
The host, Jack, used to work as an engineer for the Long Island Rail Road. The hostess, Gayle, is an artist, and the walls of the house are covered with her paintings (her studio is in the house and open to view) and a couple hundred pictures of their extensive family. Across the street from the house is an old cemetery. Around the corner on Ackerly Pond road, is the Ackerly Pond Vineyard and the Osprey's Dominion Vineyard as well as the Town Doctor's House built in 1726.
On the Long Island Sound in Southold there is an old lighthouse, called Horton's Point. There are a number of lighthouse on the east end and I recommend this site if you are interested virtually visiting them.
The Southold Historical Society has saved some of the area's significant old structures. To take a trip back in time, you need only to take a short stroll down Maple Lane.
The site at Maple Lane includes amongst other structures, the Thomas Moore House - Constructed around 1750 by Samuel Landon. The Moore House contains displays of pre-industrial artifacts, and illustrates life before that age.
The Millinery Shop - Setup as a "hat shop," this structure displays numerous hats that would have been made or sold by local milliners.
And the Long Print Shop & Downs Carriage Shop - Built in 1840.
5 comments:
The lighthouse in the center of that website is awesome, Iggy. Love those lighthouse pics. So many of them there. Makes me want to hit that shore sometime soon to take a look in person.
I think I would like to go to the east coast just to see the architecture...There are old houses like that in the south but for some reason the ones up on the east coast have more of a beauty to me
Those lighthouses were stunning. It kinda makes me wanna see if I can find another couple of those lighthouse pieces to paint again...
That B&B looks cute. I'll have to mention a trip up that way sometime to hubby.
My brother would love to visit there.
I absolutely love staying at Bed & Breakfasts. That one looks especially inviting. The whole area sounds fascinating.
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