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The Southampton History Museum has owned Conscience Point since 1910, which it dedicated shortly thereafter as the honorary landing point of English settlers on Long Island in 1640. But representatives of the Conscience Point Shellfish Hatchery say they have found documents that seem to indicate the museum does not in fact own the southern portion of the property that contains the the Southampton Town Trustees boat ramp and the small hatchery building. MICHAEL WRIGHT
The Southampton History Museum has owned Conscience Point since 1910, which it dedicated shortly thereafter as the honorary landing point of English settlers on Long Island in 1640. But representatives of the Conscience Point Shellfish Hatchery say they have found documents that seem to indicate the museum does not in fact own the southern portion of the property that contains the the Southampton Town Trustees boat ramp and the small hatchery building. MICHAEL WRIGHT
A surveyors map from 1925 shows the Conscience Point property being two separate parcels, one owned by the town and the other by the Southampton Colonial Society. Representatives of the Conscience Point Shellfish Hatchery plan to use the deed as evidence that the Southampton History Museum cannot evict the hatchery. COURTESY TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON
Michael Wright on Feb 5, 2025