Walk the Original Settlement area in Setauket and other Brookhaven, NY Things to Do Tips

PHOTO: CAROLINE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT THE VILLAGE GREEN IN SETAUKET WAS BUILT IN 1729 AND IS THE SECOND OLDEST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION IN AMERICA.
[NOTE: The oldest is Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, VA]

[NOTE: Walking tour pamphlets, booklets, and books on the Original Settlement area are available at Three Village Historical Society Headquarters, 93 North County Road, Setauket and at the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library.]

[NOTE: Walking tours programs and tours are conducted in the Original Settlement area by the Three Village Historical Society. Tours of the historic churches are conducted by the two churches on the Village Green.

The Caroline Church is a good place to start your exploration of the original settlement area of the Town of Brookhaven in Setauket. It is located on the northern side of the Setauket Village green. On the east is the 1812 Setauket Presbyterian Church. The graveyard of the church dates to the beginning of the settlement in 1655. On the south is the 1892, Queen Anne style, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library.

From here you can walk north along Bates Road to the Three Village Garden Club Sanctuary which runs down to Conscience Bay.

From here you can also walk west along Main St., with its historic houses to the Setauket Mill Pond, the Frank Melville Memorial Park, the Setauket Neighborhood House and the Greek revival Setauket Post Office with its Latrobe-style corn cob capitals.

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Phone: 631-941-4245
Address: Main Street Setauket at the Village Green
Directions: Setauket Original Settlement Historic District
Website: www.carolinechurch.org
Other Contact: www.tvhs.org

The National Park Service tour of the home is wonderful, informative and interesting. A real treat for adults and children. The house has all kinds of nooks and crannies and shows how people lived in three centuries.

After the tour be sure to explore the estate and don't miss the graveyard where generations of Floyds are buried as well as some of the slaves that worked the estate in the 18th century.

The William Floyd Estate grounds are open 9am - 4:30pm; late May - early Sept., Fri.- Sun. & Holiday Mondays 11am - 4:30pm; Call for seasonal information. Admission: Free; Handicapped accessible; Call for special arrangements.

Special Programs-Education programs available for fourth grade school groups. Please call for reservations.
Exhibits are available throughout the house, including historical photographs of the William Floyd Estate and the Floyd family. House is filled with furnishings accumulated by 8 generations of Floyd family members.

The William Floyd Estate is a separate unit of Fire Island National Seashore. William Floyd was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Guided house tours and other interpretive programs (seasonal) are available, including access to grounds and trails. Estate includes 12 outbuildings and a cemetery.

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Phone: (631) 399-2030.
Address: 245 Park Drive, Mastic Beach, NY 11951
Directions: The estate is located in Mastic Beach. The best way to reach it by car is to take the William Floyd Parkway, south past Montauk Hwy and follow the signs (Initial left turn off William Floyd Pkwy) to the estate.
Website: http://www.nps.gov/fiis/pphtml/facilities.html