Sag Harbor, New York
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Sag Harbor is an incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on eastern Long Island. The village developed as a working port on Gardin
Aerial view of the village in 2025
Umbrella House – the oldest extant house in Sag Harbor – housed British troops during the American Revolution. It was hit by cannon fire during the War of 1812.
Old Whaler's Church with the 185-foot Egyptian revival steeple intact. The steeple was destroyed in a 1938 hurricane and has yet to be restored.
Old Whaler's Church and Old Burial Ground. The burial ground is the former site of a British fort that was attacked by Patriots in Meigs Raid during the Revolutionary War.
Colson Whitehead
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Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead is an American novelist. He is the author of ten novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad, for which he won the 2016 National Book Award
Sag Harbor, New York
…and educator Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944) was born in Sag Harbour on February 27, 1869, to parents of African and Montauk descent. Noted author Colson Whitehead wrote the book Sag Harbor about his childhood in the area. After the Second World War, African-Americans started to settle in what became the neighborhoods…
Whitehead in 2014
Whitehead at the 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival