Hallockville Museum Farm held its annual Fleece and Fiber Festival Saturday, featuring artisans offering handmade items for sale, plus demonstrations of shearing, spinning and weaving, live music, children’s activities and “fiber-focused” tours of the Hallock Homestead.
Hallockville Museum Farm was created to preserve and interpret the history of farming on the North Fork. It began with the preservation of the Hallock Homestead, which dates back to 1765. Ezra Hallock bought the farm and lived in the house sometime after the American Revolution, according to the organization. His descendants lived in the homestead until 1979. Because many Hallockville family members lived along Sound Avenue by the end of the 19th century, locals called the area “Hallockville.”
The museum offers interior and exterior exhibits about life on a North Fork farm in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. For information about its exhibits and hours of operation, visit Hallockville.org.
RiverheadLOCAL photos by Emil Breitenbach Jr.
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