Artemas Ward Garden Party Benefit for the Shelter Island History Museum

Please join us at stunning and recently restored Shorewood Manor, originally built in 1892 by legendary inventor and advertising mogul Artemas Ward. The evening will benefit the Shelter Island History Museum.

In 1883, Ward, the great-grandson and namesake of Revolutionary War General Artemas Ward, took Sapolio, “a cake of greasy, gritty soap and put it in almost every grocery store in the U.S.,” according to Time magazine. He went on to manage commercial investments, including the establishment of groundbreaking transit advertising, vending machines and a car company.

Shorewood Farm was Ward’s stately 200-acre summer home, where he added buildings for pigs, chickens and horses; a dairy barn, creamery and a pheasant-breeding center. In 1910, this avid yachtsman, built a huge Gothic Revival boathouse of poured concrete and later, a large Italian-style garden. He died a multimillionaire at the age of 76 in 1925. (For more information on Artemas Ward, please see the SIHM website article by Mary Fran Gleason at https://www.shelterislandhistorical.org/the-soap-the-salesman-and-the-sailor.html)

At our fundraiser, enjoy refreshments, local bites from All Seasons Catering, live music by Erich Carey and the Constituency, as well as historical photos of the property from our archives.

Individual tickets are $275.

We also offer two sponsorship levels:

"History Major" — $1,000. This includes 1 event ticket plus recognition on the SIHM website and event materials.

"Honorary Archivist" — $5,000. This includes 2 event tickets, recognition on the SIHM website and event materials, and a brass name plate installed at Havens House.

SPONSORS:

HISTORY MAJOR - Lily Hoffman

HONORARY ARCHIVIST - Richard Hogan