MODESTY (Sloop)
About MODESTY (Sloop)
Modesty was an oyster sloop built in 1923 by The Wood and Chute Shipyard of Greenport, Long Island, and is now located at the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville, New York.
Modeled after the catboat Honest, which was built in 1892 by Jelle Dykstra on the west bank of Greens Creek in West Sayville, Modesty was built as a gaff-rigged sloop, but retained the extreme beam of a catboat. For auxiliary power, a two-cylinder Gaffga gasoline engine was installed.
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PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 100 MB · National Archives↗2001 to today
- 2001Added to the National Register of Historic Places
- 2001Named a National Historic Landmark
- 2026On the Register for 25 years
Make it a walk: 3 landmarks in about 5 minutes
84 West Ave, Long Island Maritime Museum, Islip · about 0 miles on foot, as the crow flies
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Priscilla (Long Island Sound Oyster Sloop)Structure · next door - 3
Rudolph Oyster HouseEarly 20th Century Marine Commercial · next door
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Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75316083 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.