Photo by Howie Guja
Post-Crowell House
This early Greek Revival style house with its unusual flat-top hip roof was built in 1833 by shipbuilder Hiram Post. The house has a stone foundation and cellar made from stones that were ballast aboard homebound Bellport ships. In some parts of the original house old square nails and wooden pegs used in its construction may still be seen. The last person to own this house was Miss Florence Crowell who deeded it to the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society in 1967. Over those 134 years several generations of only two families occupied this house although it has undergone several additions and alterations since its construction. The Society took possession of the house in 1974 upon the death of Miss Crowell, who with her sister and other civic minded Bellport residents, formed the historical society in 1958. The house is now known as the Post-Crowell House and is the centerpiece of the Society’s 2-acre complex of historic Bellport buildings that were either original to the property or have been moved to this site. The house had a complete exterior restoration in 2017. Future plans envision restoration of the interiors to a standard that will warrant the re-opening of the house to guided tours and receptions.
Thank you to all our members, friends and neighbors who contributed to the Post-Crowell Restoration Fund especially the Knapp-Swezey Foundation and the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
