The BrickHouse Brewery building, at the corner of Havens Avenue and Main Street, is the oldest commercial building in Patchogue. It was built around 1850 as a dry goods store, and was operated by John S. Havens until 1914, when James G. Shand purchased it.
How the building looked as Shand’s, before we purchased it from the Shand family in 1995.The photo at right shows how the building looked as Shand’s, before we purchased it from the Shand family in 1995. The family operated a hardware store here until 1990. The sign you see was revealed after we removed several layers of paint from the building, during a renovation.