Caption on back of photograph reads: This photo shows the Old Shinnecock Church just prior to the hurricane of 1938, which severely damaged it. It once stood in Canoe Place, near Hampton Bays, on the site of the grave of Paul Cuffee, the Indian minister who was Wickham Cuffee's grandfather. This site is marked by a tablet placed there by the State of New York. Half of the building was split and skidded across the ice and brought to its present location on the reservation, while the other half is now used as a church in the Village of Hampton Bays. The Old Shinnecock School may be seen in the foreground. It serves as a clubhouse for young people now since, Shinnecock pupils all attend Southampton schools.