An aerial view of the Main Road property. (Credit: Thomas J. McCarthy Real Estate)
Since 1913, members of the Ruland family have lived in a historic house on the corner of Mill Lane and Main Road in Mattituck, farming the land north of the house on both sides of the lane.
Before that going all the way back to 1736 the land had been farmed by members of the Wines family, which later married into the Ruland family. So for 285 years, ancestors of the Rulands and the Rulands themselves have lived on this farm.
This long history of living and working this handsome stretch of rich North Fork farmland allowed William Ruland to proudly post a sign in front of the house that proclaimed it a “bicentennial farm” when America celebrated its 200th birthday in 1976.