The Avery Homestead is hosting what they hope will be an annual Fall Fest.
Suffolk County Parks Department and the Greater Patchogue Historical Society join County Executive Ed Romaine and Legislator Dominick Thorne to offer a whole host of family fun. Admission is free so you have no excuse not to come out an enjoy the festivities.
Join with your friends and neighbors for a fun day of activities, shopping, and historic exploration. There will be antique, collectable, and craft vendors along with children's games and house and barn tours. The Little Red Shed will be also be open.
Fall Festival is happening Saturday, November 1, 10-4 pm at Avery Homestead County Park, 29 S. Country Road, East Patchogue.
Jim Roselle, President, Greater Patchogue Historical Society, said “When the park was acquired, the County came to us and said they would responsible for restoration and upkeep, and we would manage all the events. During the summer we had music at the barn and next up after Fall Fest is a Christmas tree lighting the first week of December.”
Avery Homestead’s oldest structure is a ca. 1820 house where generations of Averys were born and raised. This structure is being restored.
According to Preservation Long Island, “The land itself has deep colonial roots via the Averys, who are patrilineal descendants of Humphrey Avery (1699–1788) of Connecticut. Humphrey Avery originally purchased the homestead land—along with most of what is now Patchogue and Blue Point in 1752.
Spanning from Bellport to Blue Point along the Great South Bay to the middle of the island, the land comprised a large tract acquired by Connecticut Governor John Winthrop Jr. in 1664 from Tobacus, an Unkechaug sachem. Humphrey Avery Jr. (1725–1789) was among the first Averys to permanently settle in the Patchogue area.