THE WELL

BEFORE THE INSTALLATION OF PERSONAL WELLS DRILLED ON BUILDING LOTS THE ONLY SOURCE OF WATER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS HEADING DOWN TO ‘THE WELL’ . THE REMAINS OF THE WATER HAND PUMP CAN BE FOUND JUST ABOVE THE ENTRANCE TO THE STEPS LEADING TO THE BEACH BUT IS HIDDEN BEHIND 40 YEARS OF OVERGROWTH. THE PRESENCE OF THE WATER WELL HERE LED TO THE BEACH’S NAME “THE WELL” BY THE LOCALS. THE WELL IS A NAME THAT HAS FADED THROUGH THE DECADES AS THE ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD HABITANTS HAVE PASSED ON AND THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY OUT OF TOWNERS. ORAL HISTORY IF NOT PASSED DOWN WILL BE LOST WITH TIME. IN NAMING OUR HOME ‘THE WELL’ I HOPE TO HELP PASS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE NAME.

 
Montauk Beach with a few people , ocean waves, sandy shore, green hillside with houses, and a staircase leading to the houses.
Sailboat on the ocean with some bushes in the foreground under a clear sky.
A view of a beach with green shrubs and trees on a hillside, houses at the top, and people on small boats near the shore in the water.
A large group of ducks floating on a calm, gray body of water in a foggy or overcast setting.
People fishing on the sandy beach with waves crashing, houses on the hill in the background.
A hawk perched on top of a weathered wooden post against a plain, overcast sky.
Large ocean waves rolling in with some birds flying overhead, black and white photo with a sign in the foreground.
People walking with a dog on a sandy beach with white snow in the foreground, and ocean waves crashing on the shore under a cloudy sky.
A large flock of seagulls flying over the ocean with the horizon in the background.
A boat on the ocean with some trees in the foreground.
Full moon in a dark sky over a body of water, with some silhouetted vegetation in the foreground.
Sailboat with white sails on a gray ocean under overcast sky, with blurred bushes in the foreground.

OUR HOME IS LOCATED FOOTSTEPS AWAY FROM A PRIVATE OCEAN BEACH AND A MILE TO THE WEST LIES THE VILLAGE OF MONTAUK