EAST HAMPTON HAS SOME EXCEPTIONALLY FINE 17th and 18th century buildings. Old-house nerd that I am, I’m eagerly awaiting the start of the two-month summer season when many of them are open to the public.
First on my list is the humble Miss Amelia’s Cottage in nearby Amagansett. Built in 1725, it’s named for Mary Amelia Schellinger (1841-1930), who was born and died there. She was a descendant of Amagansett’s founders, Abraham and Jacob Schellinger, who left New Amsterdam (New York) for parts east when it was taken over by the English in the 1660s.
The little white cottage is full of period furnishings and artifacts. (Until it opens in July, I content myself with peeking in the window.)
It’s part of a compound that includes a barn clad in vertical cedar boards, a carriage house museum with 28 horse-drawn vehicles (red building, bottom) and another cottage undergoing restoration, all set in a broad meadow.
You can actually get a feel for what the area must have been like when Montauk Highway, now whizzing with cars, was a dirt lane.
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That is awesome that some of these old houses will be open to the public.
Miss Amelia’s Cottage is going on my must-see-this-summer list, if I get up the energy to mosey over the the South fork from our North Fork weekend house! Just found your blog thru Julia’s Hooked On Houses blog, and I will be back! We live in NJ but my family has a Southold beach house –trying to give it a mini makeover this summer!
Thanks
Cass
First time here. I’m really going to like your blog.
That barn is GORGEOUS
I do love peeking thru windows too §:-))
Adrenaline kicks makes more exciting! Isn’t it?
Yeah— old houses are really wonderful. Just imagining what happened inside their for 500 yrs ago.
What a historical feelings.
Have a wonderful week-end! Enjoy!!!
xoxo
I love this! Thanks for sharing it. Wish I lived close enough to see it myself, but this is the next-best thing. :-)
Beautiful in it’s simplicity, and such character too.
Thanks for sharing.