Researching Chicken Hill:
Stories, Artifacts, & Photographs Needed
| The Rhodes Committee has been working on the preparation of an exhibit about Chicken Hill, Setauket. Chicken Hill is the name of a 1 square mile area that surrounds the Methodist Church at Main Street and Route 25a. At present, we are focusing on the 1930 to 1950 time period for the exhibit. At that time, Chicken Hill was characterized by its multi-ethnicity; it included Lithuanians, Polish, Italians, African Americans, Native Americans, Jews, Catholics and Protestants. Our ultimate hope is to develop a more complete history to include the nineteenth and twentieth century. | |
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For this exhibit, we are in need of photographs and artifacts from this area. If you know of photographs, we will copy and return them to their owners. Artifacts will also be returned after the exhibit closes. We would also like to interview anyone that lived in the area to collect their remembrances. If you can help the committee please contact Karen Martin, Society Archivist, at (631) 751-4775, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday. |
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