Our History

In August 1906, two sisters initiated religious services at what they called Mission St. Ann’s, in the parlor of their home on Bridge Lane, near Ocean Road in Bridgehampton. Quickly sensing the need for more space, several worshippers arranged, in early 1907, to have the clubhouse of a failed golf club moved near the sisters’ house and equipped with a wooden cross on its peak.

The first service at the new chapel was held on June 30, 1907, under the direction of Samuel Fish, a 25-year-old man who had just completed his theological training and was ordained a priest a year later.

By the end of summer 1907, it had become clear that a more central location for the chapel would be desirable, and a public house/boarding house known as Atlantic House, located on the acre adjacent to where St. Ann’s now stands on Montauk Highway, was purchased. Winter services were conducted there, while summer services continued at the clubhouse chapel on Bridge Lane.

In 1908, the clubhouse chapel was moved to the Atlantic House property and, after renovations that continued until 1910, became what remains the core of the Church today.

In 1913, the former Atlantic House was torn down, and a newly donated rectory was moved to the property, where it stands today near the Church.

A parish house was donated and moved to the parcel in 1915. These 3 buildings have been renovated and expanded over the course of more than a century, but still make up the campus of St. Ann’s, Bridgehampton.