ARTIFACTSLI- DECOYS, STERLING, ART AND MORE

This lovely Stonybrook Home sits on 3 acres of land surrounded by 12 acres of state lane. First built in 1794 by Jedediah Williamson, it remained in the family for two generations until it was sold in 1951 to a family named Ploch. Mr. Ploch headed a Manhattan bank. And, in his later years, a bank in Stony Brook. He was an avid collector of historical items, including a chess set that Benjiam Franklin once gifted to a local family. Agnes Ploch, his wife, was a local historian who belonged to the three-village garden club. It has been said that,...