Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in East Hampton (United States). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: John Lyon Gardiner Mill Cottage, Hook Windmill, and Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. Also, be sure to include Jewish Center of the Hamptons in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in East Hampton (New York).
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John Lyon Gardiner Mill Cottage
The mill cottage on the Lion Gardiner farm at 36 James Lane on the landmarked East Hampton Village green has become a museum displaying 19th and early-20th-century landscape paintings. It is a contributing structure on the NRHP East Hampton Village District, replacing the original cottage on the lot situated with the windmill and Rev James historic marker.[1]
Hook Windmill
Building in East Hampton, New York. Hook Windmill, also known as Old Hook Mill, is a historic windmill on North Main Street in East Hampton, New York. It was built in 1806 and operated regularly until 1908. One of the most complete of the existing windmills on Long Island, the windmill was sold to the town of East Hampton in 1922. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and is part of the North Main Street Historic District. The mill was renamed the "Old Hook Mill" and is open daily to visitors. The Windmill is among the 11 other surviving 18th and early 19th century wind-powered gristmills located on Long Island. It was built by Nathaniel Dominy V, a well-known East Hampton craftsman.[2]
Address: North Main St, 11937 East Hampton (The Hamptons)
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
Museum in the Springs, New York. In November 1945, Jackson Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner moved to what is now known as the Pollock-Krasner House and Studio in Springs in the town of East Hampton on Long Island, New York. The wood-frame house on 1.56 acres with a nearby barn is on Accobonac Creek.[3]
Address: 830 Springs Fireplace Rd, 11937-1512 East Hampton (The Hamptons)
Jewish Center of the Hamptons
Synagogue in East Hampton, New York. Gates of the Grove, the sanctuary of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, is a synagogue designed by noted architect Norman Jaffe and built in East Hampton, New York in 1989. It has been called a masterpiece.
The cedar shingled synagogue won the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture excellence in design award. Jaffe called on Kabbalistic symbolism, the famed light of the Hamptons, and local vernacular traditions to create a contemporary religious space that uses architecture to shape spiritual experience. New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger described it as "a building that is at once a gentle tent and a powerful monument, at once a civic presence that celebrates community and a place of quiet meditation that honors solitude".[4]
Address: 44 Woods Ln, 11937-3248 East Hampton (The Hamptons)
Pantigo Windmill
The Pantigo Windmill on James Lane in Easthampton, New York is a smock mill with eight sides, bearing a weathervane on top with 1771 punched through it. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as a contributing property of the East Hampton Village District.[5]
Amagansett Beach & Bicycle
Beach, Bike tours, Gear rental, Kayaking, Outdoor activities, Tours, Bike shop
Address: 1 Cross Hwy, 11930-2179 Amagansett (The Hamptons)
East Hampton
Village on Long Island, New York. The Village of East Hampton is a village in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is located in the town of East Hampton on the South Fork of eastern Long Island. The population was 1,083 at the time of the 2010 census, 251 less than in the year 2000. It is a center of the summer resort and upscale locality at the East End of Long Island known as The Hamptons and is generally considered one of the area's two most prestigious communities.[6]
The Leiber Collection
Specialty museum, Museum
Address: 446 Old Stone Hwy, 11937-3191 East Hampton (The Hamptons)
Wainscott
Census-designated place on Long Island, New York. Wainscott is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet with the same name in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the South Fork of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP population was 650. The CDP was created for the 2000 census.[7]
Stephen Sherrill House
Stephen Sherrill House is a historic home located at East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1857 and is a frame Greek Revival / Italianate residence. It is a two-story, gable front, side entrance residence with a three bay wide front facade. Also on the property is the former kitchen wing believed to date to 1802 and moved to its present location in 1927, and a wind pump tower.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[8]
East Hampton Village District
East Hampton Village District is a historic district in East Hampton, New York.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Its boundaries were increased in 1988.
Contributing properties include what is known as the John Howard Payne House (a.k.a.; "Home Sweet Home") and the Thomas Moran House, a National Historic Landmark.
The Pantigo Windmill and the Gardiner mill, two of the east end's New England-style smock windmills, are also included.
Nest to the 1926 flagpole on the village green is a large rock with a plaque installed on it, marking the historic district. The Green slopes up to the South End Cemetery, which was the site of the historic Town Church. It was a thatched roofed structure that was demolished. Near its former site is a memorial to Lion Gardiner, whose grave is 30 feet away. Historical markers about the church are located on both James Lane and Pondview Lane. Further along is the town pond. This oval constitutes the original boundaries of the historic district.
It was expanded to include, on the other side of James Lane, Tuthill House, Mulford Farmhouse, Home Sweet Home (associated with writer John Howard Payne), St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Rectory, the replica of the John Lyon Gardiner Mill Cottage, Gardiner Mill, The Rev. Thomas James historical marker- first pastor of the town church, (1661-1692) and the Thomas Moran House. The trees on side of the street by Mulford homestead are all separately marked with a stone with a name/date shield.[9]