The Edwards Homestead was built by Matthew Edwards c.1785, and remained in the Edwards family until 1948 when its last Edwards owner, Clarissa, left the house to the Sayville Historical Society.  It was not the first house built in Sayville but it is the oldest existing today.  The house is now part of a museum complex run by the Society and is located on the northeast corner of Collins Avenue and Edwards Street.
Undated photograph from the collection of Sayville Library.