Mather House Museum
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The Mather House Museum in Port Jefferson, New York
is local history museum complex that includes:
The house is the headquarters location for The Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson. The house is located at 115 Prospect Street in Port Jefferson.
Port Jefferson, New York
The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson is located in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2000 United States Census, the village population was 7,837...
is local history museum complex that includes:
- the mid 19th century period Mather House house with furnished rooms, and local history and decorative art exhibits
- a craft house with a display of toys, spinning wheelSpinning wheelA spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from natural or synthetic fibers. Spinning wheels appeared in Asia, probably in the 11th century, and very gradually replaced hand spinning with spindle and distaff...
s and quilts - a country store with items from a historic barber shopBarberA barber is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, and to shave or trim the beards of men. The place of work of a barber is generally called a barbershop....
, general storeGeneral storeA general store, general merchandise store, or village shop is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general...
and butcherButcherA butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat or any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments...
shop - a barn with shipbuildingShipbuildingShipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...
and sailmaking artifacts - a tool shed with shipbuilding and carpentry tools
- and a museum with antique clocks.
The house is the headquarters location for The Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson. The house is located at 115 Prospect Street in Port Jefferson.