Editing Coram, New York (section)

== History ==
Coram is the oldest settlement in the central part of the town of Brookhaven. Its early name was "Wincoram", perhaps the name of a Native American who lived in the area as late as 1703. The first European settler in the area was likely William Satterly, who sought permission to open a tavern to cater to travelers in 1677.<ref name="shaw1947">[http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/coram/sintro.htm History of Coram] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615111225/http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/coram/sintro.htm |date=June 15, 2011 }}, by Osborn Shaw, Brookhaven Town Historian (1947), Longwood's Journey website, Retrieved October 22, 2009</ref>
[[File:Coram-ny-city-photo.jpg|275px|thumb|The NRHP-listed Lester H. Davis House on the northeast corner of Mount Sinai-Coram and Middle Country Roads.]]
During the [[American Revolutionary War]], [[Benjamin Tallmadge]] with his contingent of Light Dragoons arrived and he with 12 [[Culper Ring]] men captured and burned 300 tons of hay the British were storing for winter to feed their horses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=2549374&pageId=2806633|title=Burning of the Hay (Longwood Public Library)}}</ref>   George Washington, on hearing the news, sent the following letter to Tallmadge:
I have received with much pleasure the report of your successful enterprise upon fort St. George, and was pleased with the destruction of the hay at Coram, which must be severely felt by the enemy at this time. I beg you to accept my thanks for your spirited execution of this business. Annually Coram celebrates the event in October.

From 1784 to 1885, Coram served as the meeting place for the Town of Brookhaven government, using the [[Davis Town Meeting House]] for much of that period.<ref name="davis1">[http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/coram/ldavis.htm The Lester Davis Home (Longwood Public Library)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603225138/http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/coram/ldavis.htm |date=June 3, 2009 }}, Retrieved October 22, 2009</ref> The Davis House, built in the 1750s, was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookhaven (town), New York|National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001 and is the oldest existing structure in Coram.
<!--Near the southern border with Medford, Coram was the home of the Medford Sanitorium, a Tuberculosis Sanitorium for Working Men and Women from 1909 through the 1940's-->

A small airport, known as Coram Airport existed in Coram until 1984; the land is now part of a county park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/2886391/Coram-Airport-Site|title=Coram Airport (Site)|website=wikimapia.org}}</ref>