If a house were an official greeter for the West Meadow region, then it would surely be the Gamecock Cottage, a simple structure that stands guard over the wetlands at the head of West Meadow Creek. Although originally constructed on Cedar Beach in 1864, it was moved in the 1880s to the southerly tip of West Meadow beach where it was used to store boats. It was acquired by the Melville family in the 1930s and eventually became the responsibility of the Ward Melville Heritage Organization and is now owned by Brookhaven Town. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

See the newly renovated Gamecock Cottage in our drone video by Nathan Levinton.

Take a tubing trip on West Meadow Creek – Cool and Slow

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Gamecock Cottage in Winter, 2008

Gamecock Cottage from Sand Street Beach, October 2025

Gamecock, November 2020