Built in 1888, it is the oldest surviving boat from the Great South Bay oyster fleet, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006.

On Saturday, April 7, 1888, Elisha Saxton launched his brand new working sloop, Priscilla on the Patchogue River.

By 1963, the oyster beds were completely exhausted or covered with silt from storms and hurricanes of the previous decades.

Her owner, John Woodside, sailed Priscilla several times to the Bahamas and to Maine.

In 1986, she participated in the Parade of Tall Ships at the Salute to the Statue of Liberty Fourth of July Celebration in New York Harbor, receiving featured television coverage by WABC-TV.