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Yaphank's Historical Sign


Yaphank Presbyterian Church Built in 1851
1851. The property for the church was given by James H. Weeks and his wife in 1851. It was erected during the year and  dedicated on Christmas Day. Until 1871 it was officially a chapel, governed by the Middle Island Presbytery. The Yaphank Church was recognized as such in 1871. It's tower was erected in 1870.
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/yaphank/walk.htm

Yaphank Presbyterian Church Built in 1851

Yaphank Presbyterian Church Built in 1851

Yaphank Presbyterian Church Sign

The Manse for the Yaphank Presbyterian Church Built in 1851


Yaphank Firehouse


Black Rock Traven in Yaphank Long Island

Carman's River Delicatessen in Yaphank Long Island New York

Sign on Yaphank Common about the village of Yaphank http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/yaphank/walk.htm

Swezey Avey House in Yaphank LI NY      
circa 1873. This was Van Rennsaler Swezey's home. He and his brother Daniel operated the Swezey Mills on the Upper Lake near this house. It was in the Swezey family until it was sold in 1965 to Brookhaven Town. http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/yaphank/walk.htm

Yaphank Commons corner of Main street and Yaphank-Middle Island Road
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/yaphank/walk.htm

Yaphank Commons corner of Main street and Yaphank-Middle Island Road
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/yaphank/walk.htm

Hawkins Family Cemetery in Yaphank
Members of the Hawkins family are buried here. Gravestones date back to 1794
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/yaphank/walk.htm

Hawkins Family Cemetery in Yaphank old sign

Hawkins Family Cemetery in Yaphank where there are graves that date back to 1794


Hawkins Family Cemetery in Yaphank sign.


New York Telephone Company's Yaphank Garage,


Mill Delicatessen in Yaphank Long Island New York


Yaphank's Walk in Barber shop


Upper Lake in Yaphank Long Island


Mill House Inn on Upper Lake in Yaphank


Sign on Upper Lake in Yaphank that reads: Willow Lake
Original site of Swezey's Mill built under a grant from the town trustees to Capt. Robert Robertson in 1739. He built the first grist saw mills in what is now Yaphank. The mill pond that was formed became know as Willow Lake.

Brook running from Upper Lake Yaphank



The Mill House Inn is a Restaurant on the Upper Lake in Yaphank

The Mill House Inn is a Restaurant on the Upper Lake in Yaphank


Brook running from Upper Lake Yaphank


Yaphank Presbyterian Church Grave Yard
Yaphank Presbyterian Church Built in 1851
1851. The property for the church was given by James H. Weeks and his wife in 1851. It was erected during the year and  dedicated on Christmas Day. Until 1871 it was officially a chapel, governed by the Middle Island Presbytery. The Yaphank Church was recognized as such in 1871. It's tower was erected in 1870.


Yaphank Presbyterian Church Grave Yard

New York Telephone Central Office for Yaphank Area  (Yaphank CO)
New York Telephone Company was a Division of AT&T, NYNEX, Bell Atlantic and now Verizon

Little Red Farm stand on Middle Island Road


Little Red Farm stand on Middle Island Road


Little Red Farm stand on Middle Island Road flowers for sale.


Sign about Lower or Lily Lake of Yaphank
This is the site of the Homan-Gerard Mills. John Homan was first granted permission to build a sawmill here in 1762. The mill prospered and in 1771 Daniel Homan built another grist mill. In 1820 Daniel Homan Jr. received permission to build a third mill. In 1821 Hawkins and Gerard bought these mills, tore down two of them and built an large mill. The mills burned in 1918.

Town of Brookhaven Historic Trail Information sign

The only early Victorian home in the area. Formerly the home of Robert Hewlett Hawkins, born in Yaphank in 1817.The house remained in the Hawkins family until 1887 It is now owned by Suffolk County and is part of the Parks Department Historic Trust. It is now under restoration by the County in conjunction with the Yaphank Historical Society

The only early Victorian home in the area with a beautiful fence around it with some nice flowers climbing on it.


The only early Victorian home in the area These older houses have a lot of more style than more modern houses.

Suffolk County Offices in Yaphank

Suffolk County Police HQ in Yaphank

Yaphank Gas Station with old type pumps

It is believed that there has always been some type of store at this location. An 1873 map also shows one of these buildings as the Floyd House, possibly a cousin to William Floyd


Formerly the site of an octagon schoolhouse that was moved down the street and used as a fire house. This building was used from 1926 to the 1960's as a school. It then housed the library until 1971 and now serves as a district office.


A rustic Yaphank House.


Arson investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that gutted a historic Yaphank church early Sunday morning. Yaphank Fire Department Chief Chris Austin said nine departments, including some 75 firefighters responded to the blaze about 2 a.m. at Yaphank Presbyterian Church.


Fire rages through Yaphank Presbyterian Church Built in 1851

Northside View of the Yaphank Presbyterian Church after the Fire gutted the inside. The fire started from the basement when a heating pipe failed.

Yaphank Library behind the Presbyterian Church


Rear of Yaphank Presbyterian Church after the Fire gutted the inside. The fire started from the basement when a heating pipe failed.


Southside of Yaphank Presbyterian Church after the Fire gutted the inside. The fire started from the basement when a heating pipe failed.

Front of Yaphank Presbyterian Church after the Fire gutted the inside. The fire started from the basement when a heating pipe failed.


Northside of Yaphank Presbyterian Church after the Fire gutted the inside. The fire started from the basement when a heating pipe failed.


the front yard of Yaphank Presbyterian Church after the Fire gutted the church

I visited the site of this church in March of 2017 and the church is gone it is a shame that this ironic church was not restored. 


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