WALKING HISTORY

Returning This Spring

Walk Through History With Us:

  • Barn Architecture of the North Fork with Zack Studenroth & Richard Wines
    April 13, 10:00 – 11:30 pm

  • Native Trees of the East End with Mary Laura Lamont
    May 11, 10:00 am – 11:30 pm

  • Historical Farm Equipment with Dale Moyer & Richard Wines
    June 1, 10:00 am – 11:30 pm

  • Plants are Good Medicine! with Toni Kaste
    June 22, 10:00 am – 11:30 pm

Pricing

$0 for Hallockville Members
$10 for non-members

  • Barn Architecture of the North Fork

    Explore Hallockville’s pre-revolutionary Homestead Barn and its 1937 Naugles Barn with historians Zach Studenroth and Richard Wines.  Learn about the architectural styles, construction techniques and functionality of different elements of the barns.  See how these buildings – one built by descendants of the North Fork’s original Puritan settlers and the other by Polish-Lithuanian immigrants – evolved over time to meet the changing needs of Long Island agriculture.  Led by historians Zach Studenroth and Richard Wines

  • Native Trees of the East End

    The old Hallock homestead is home to many varieties of trees. Participants will examine tree buds, fruits, barks and leaves and learn to spot the differences and identifying traits of trees.  Hands-on inspection of wood samples will reveal the differences between the weights and colors of various woods. The presenter will also explain how specific woods have been used by people through the ages. The tour will be led by Hallock State Park Preserve Naturalist Mary Laura Lamont.

  • Historical Farm Equipment

    Tour the grounds and the barns to view our diverse collection of original farm equipment. Learn how they were used on the farm back in the day and compare them to what is used in the present day. Historians Dale Moyer and Richard Wines will share stories of how the items were acquired or found before being added to our exhibits.

  • Plants Are Good Medicine!

    Come stroll around the Hallockville campus and see what’s growing in our gardens, on pathways and even in nooks and crannies. While many people consider weeds to be a nuisance, most actually have beneficial, medicinal uses. Certified Nutritional Counselor Toni Kaste will lead this unique tour.

Meet Our Guides

Dale Moyer

Dale Moyer

Dale Moyer is presently an agricultural consultant, after retiring from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, where he coordinated and supervised the association and led agriculture and environmental programs. His education background is extensive, focused on Environmental Science and Horticulture. Dale has received many honors including Citizen of the Year from the Long Island Farm Bureau. Dale has been active at Hallockville Museum Farm since 2016 working primarily on the buildings and grounds and is currently the Co-President of the Board of Directors.

Toni Kaste

Toni Kaste

Toni is a homesteader/hobby farmer in Eastern Suffolk County. She has been a Certified Nutritional Counselor (CNC) since 2011. Her nutritional studies include herbs and alternative practices. She has a profound love of gardening and “weeds” and herbs. She is a reenactor of historical crafts, life skills and music. She enjoy teaching environmental preservation to future generations while honoring the past.

Mary Laura Lamont

Mary Laura Lamont

Mary Laura Lamont is a retired Federal Ranger- 40 years- William Floyd Estate, Fire Island National Seashore, Naturalist (now) at Hallock State Park Preserve, Educational Chairperson for the Long Island Botanical Society (over 30 years), Current Board Member Suffolk County Historical Society, Current Board Member Yaphank Historical Society, Former Science/Nature writer for Fire Island Tide and Fire Island News, Former Compiler for 20 years of Orient Christmas Bird Count.

Zach Studenroth

Zach Studenroth

Zachary N. Studenroth has been actively preserving historic buildings on Long Island since 1976. Formerly Preservation Director for the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (now Preservation Long Island), he has devoted his professional career to the study and analysis of historic buildings including important dwellings, churches, mills, and barns. He was awarded Preservation Long Island’s prestigious “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2018 for over forty years of service to the preservation field.
Historic structure reports and nominations to the National Register of Historic Places are his specialty. Buildings and structures of all types – Colonial-era homesteads, important 19th-century period houses, and churches, historic burying grounds, and 20th-century landmarks like the Big Duck – have provided him with a rich and diverse field of study. Each historical resource is unique and embodies a human story, one worth researching and retelling. Through his advocacy and study of the region’s historic architecture, he has helped to preserve numerous buildings and structures which are now restored and open to the public.

Richard Wines

Richard Wines

Richard Wines was educated at Yale, Harvard, and Brown, where he earned a Ph.D. in history. Since retiring from a career as a Wall Street investor relations consultant in 2000, he has devoted his time to historic preservation and land preservation projects in Riverhead. He is a past president of Hallockville Museum Farm where he was responsible for a number of restoration projects. Since 2001, he has served as chair of the Riverhead Landmarks Preservation Commission. He is also a member of the Riverhead Farmland Preservation Committee, has worked on the Riverhead Master Plan, and worked on the creation of three new parks in Riverhead: Hallock State Park Preserve, the county North Fork Preserve in Northville, and the new Sharper’s Hill project in Jamesport. He is currently writing a book on “The Hallocks and their Sound Avenue World.” Over the past two decades, he has been responsible for 21 special exhibits at Hallockville Museum Farm.