Looking Back Before Hampton Bays Was Hampton Bays: Good Ground On Main Street - 27 East

Looking Back Before Hampton Bays Was Hampton Bays: Good Ground On Main Street

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An ad looking for customers in 1911.  COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

An ad looking for customers in 1911. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Good Ground Market in the 1920s.   COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Good Ground Market in the 1920s. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A postcard from Main Street dating back to when it was still called Good Ground.    COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A postcard from Main Street dating back to when it was still called Good Ground. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Main Street postcard. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Main Street postcard. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Main Street, Hampton Bays in the 1950s.   COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Main Street, Hampton Bays in the 1950s. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Skidmore's in 1910,  when Hampton Bays was still Good Ground.    COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Skidmore's in 1910, when Hampton Bays was still Good Ground. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Domenic Alberti’s Boot and Shoe Maker’s Shop
Circa 1910, Collection F. Oldeack  COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Domenic Alberti’s Boot and Shoe Maker’s Shop Circa 1910, Collection F. Oldeack COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Hornbeck & Son Piano Studio, seen in this 1935 postcard,  is still a music shop.   COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Hornbeck & Son Piano Studio, seen in this 1935 postcard, is still a music shop. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Hampton Bays United Methodist Church & Rectory, Circa early 1900s   COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Hampton Bays United Methodist Church & Rectory, Circa early 1900s COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Good Ground Methodist Church, 1879.     COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Good Ground Methodist Church, 1879. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A woodcutting of the Prosper King House.     COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A woodcutting of the Prosper King House. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The former Good Ground Market is now home to the Good Ground Antique Center.  DANA SHAW

The former Good Ground Market is now home to the Good Ground Antique Center. DANA SHAW

The view of Main Street looking east in 2022. DANA SHAW

The view of Main Street looking east in 2022. DANA SHAW

Main Street looking east in the early 1900s.  COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Main Street looking east in the early 1900s. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Domenic Alberti’s Boot and Shoe Maker’s Shop
Circa 1910, Collection F. Oldeack  COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Domenic Alberti’s Boot and Shoe Maker’s Shop Circa 1910, Collection F. Oldeack COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Kitty Merrill on Aug 30, 2022
Hampton Bays wasn’t always called Hampton Bays. For centuries, it went by the moniker Good Ground. Then, in 1922, town officials and community members, looking to cash in on the... more

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