Since it was created in 1969, the Post Morrow Foundation has worked to protect and preserve the rural, cultural and historic heritage of Brookhaven Hamlet. The following is a list of various properties and projects of the Foundation.

1) The Morrow Homestead

Mrs. Morrow's home has been preserved and maintained as the Foundation's headquarters. Housing many of the families antiques and a small collection of paintings by Frederick Kost, a turn of the century impressionist painter and resident of the Hamlet, the house serves as an office and houses the Fire Place Heritage Archives. There are currently 4,000 feet of trails on the property that are open to the public. On the same property, the Annex serves the community as a meeting place for various civic groups as well as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The local chapter of the Herb Society of America has established a perennial herb garden on the grounds for educational purposes.

2) Beaver Dam Creek

The Foundation has preserved and protected 62 acres along the Creek below Beaver Dam Road. Traditionally the Creek has served as a protected estuary for boating and fishing. Stocked with Brown Trout the Creek is one of the few remaining unpolluted streams of the South Shore Estuary.

Upper Beaver Dam Creek
North of Beaver Dam Road to the south side of Montauk Highway the creek is surrounded by houses and developed land. The Foundation has been able to acquire and preserve approximately 6 acres which include several parcels between Montauk and Beaver Dam Road including the property just north of Beaver Dam Road on either side of the Creek. The headwaters North of Montauk Highway where the Creek originates is critical to the health of Beaver Dam Creek. The Foundation has purchased a parcel which was the old Arnold Bread Store and before that a gas station. This property has been restored with plantings of native grasses which should restore the original vegetation. Several other parcels which were delineated on old file maps have been purchased by the Foundation helping to assure the future health of the Creek.

Fireplace Boat Basin
A small boat basin on Beaver Dam Creek which provides summer dockage for approximately 40 boats. Under private ownership and operation for 50 years, this purchase by the Foundation will continue the current low-key operation of this boat basin for local residents and prevent a more aggressive development of this key property on the Creek.

3)The Tooker House

In 1994 the Foundation purchased this small cottage directly on Beaver Dam Creek which it plans to convert to a nature observatory for use in conjunction with student organizations from Bellport High School.

4) The Brook Store

Originally built in 1742 and replaced in 1872 the Brook Store was purchased and preserved to maintain the center of the community which includes a small town park and the memorial park at the intersection of South Country Road and Fire Place Neck road.

5) Edgar Avenue

The Foundation secured 10 acres along Edgar Avenue to maintain the rural character of the area. Plans are being developed to establish a native garden/arboretum on the property with trails and informational signs to promote the use of native plantings by residents.

6) The Fire Place Heritage Collection

This collection of photographs, manuscripts, family records and records of local community groups is available to the public for research and review by appointment. The collection is focused on local cultural and historical material of the Hamlet. The Foundation is currently undertaking an oral history project to document the stories and recollections of local residents of the Hamlet.

7) The Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge

The Foundation worked with local civic and community organizations to assist the US Fish and Wildlife Service in securing additional property around the perimeter of the Refuge. Contributing to the purchase of Southaven Properties and buying five outholdings for the Service, the Foundation has helped to preserve forever 217 acres of very important land for the Refuge.

8) Wetland Restoration Initiative

Working together with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Foundation has restored a valuable wetland area of the Creek. This restored wetland will provide much-needed habitat for migratory birds, mammals and other wildlife. The wetland will improve the natural aesthetics of Beaver Dam Creek and will enhance local waterways by serving as a natural filtering system and flood prevention zone.

9) Newey/Tooker/Starke Boatyard

This boatyard, on Carmans River and adjacent to the Brookhaven Village Association's Squassux Landing, has been in continuous operation for over 100 years. Captain Sam Newey began to build boats there in 1900 and the boatyard has been the focal point of boating on the Carmans River for the duration of the 20th Century. The Foundation has plans to restore the tradition of wooden boatbuilding and develop a wooden boatbuilding center within the operation of the boatyard.

10) Hedges Creek

36 acres of woodland and wetland encompassing Hedges Creek just north of South Country Road was purchased by the Foundation through a bargain sale from the Fuoco family of East Patchogue. The Foundation subsequently sold the property to Suffolk County through its Greenways Open Space program. This parcel of land will protect a special tributary to the Great South Bay and increased the County preserve in this area to over 60 acres.

11) Lohmann's Farm

In a partnership with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lohmann, Suffolk County and the Foundation, a 49-acre working farm located on Beaver Dam Creek was preserved. Purchased with a combination of Foundation support, private donations, Suffolk County Greenways open space program funding and the Suffolk County Farmland Protection Program, this property will continue to be actively farmed and will provide protection for a large stretch of the shoreline of Beaver Dam Creek. The action also added 15 acres to the Dennis Puleston Nature Preserve, increasing it to approximately 50 acres.