East Hampton Village District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

East Hampton, New York The Town of East Hampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town in the state of New York. At the time of the 2020 United States census, it had a total ...

. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1974. Its boundaries were increased in 1988. Contributing properties include what is known as the

John Howard Payne John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 – April 10, 1852) was an American actor, poet, playwright, and author who had nearly two decades of a theatrical career and success in London. He is today most remembered as the creator of "Home! Sweet Home ...

House (a.k.a.; "Home Sweet Home") and the

Thomas Moran House The Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran House is a historic house museum at 229 Main Street in East Hampton, New York. Built in 1884, it was the home of Mary Nimmo Moran and Thomas Moran, both accomplished painters of the nineteenth century. The ho ...

, a

National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...

. The

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 contributin ...

and the Gardiner mill, two of the east end's New England-style

smock windmill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This type ...

s, are also included. Next 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 Lion Gardiner (1599–1663) was an English engineer and colonist who founded the first English settlement in New York, acquiring land on eastern Long Island. He had been working in the Netherlands and was hired to construct fortifications on the ...

, whose grave is 30 feet away. Historical markers about the Rev. Thomas James, first church minister 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 Mulford Farm in East Hampton, Long Island, New York, is one of America's most significant, intact English colonial farmsteads. The farmhouse was built in 1680 by High Sheriff Josiah Hobart, an important early official of the first New York Roy ...

, Home Sweet Home (associated with writer

), St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Rectory, the replica of the

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 ...

, Gardiner Mill, The Rev. Thomas James historical marker- first pastor of the town church, (1651-1698) and the

. The trees on side of the street by Mulford homestead are all separately marked with a stone with a name/date shield. File:MulfordFarmstead 20180916 072857.jpg, Mulford Farm in East Hampton File:PantigoWindmill at HomeSweetHome 20180916 072921.jpg, English colonial farmsteads; the Pantigo Windmill abuts the farm. File:MulfordFarmstead 20180916 072932.jpg, Mulford Farm colonial farmsteads. File:PantigoMill 20180916 073000.jpg, Farm in East Hampton, Long Island File:MulfordFarmWindmillHS 6913.jpg, Pantigo Windmill File:East Hampton Village district 20180916 073158~2.jpg, NRHP contributing structures and markers on the green File:Arbor Seats 20180916 073010.jpg, Seats outside Mulford Farm File:ArborSeats 6907.jpg, The street was lined with memorial markers and contemplation benches. File:Village Commons Landmark NRHP 20180916 073141.jpg, Mulford Farm is within the Village District File:MulfordFarmstead 20180916 073219.jpg, Mulford Farm privy is in center/left File:MulfordFarmstead 6910.jpg, Home Sweet Home Museum File:HSH door knocker 20180916 074522.jpg, NRHP contributing structures on the green File:Pantigo Windmill and St.Lukes Church 20180916 073703.jpg, Pantigo Mill and St Lukes church File:Gardiners windmill and graves 20180916 115815.jpg, Gardiner Mill File:Replica saltbox home and gardiner mill 20180916 075229.jpg, Gardiner mill and replica saltbox house File:Saltbox replica 20180916 075455.jpg, Replica of John Lyon Gardiner Cottage File:Replica Saltbox home 20180916 080354.jpg, Rear view File:Graveyard church historical marker 20180916 080017.jpg, NRHP contributing structures and markers on the green File:South End Cemetery 20180916 075436.jpg, South End Cemetery File:Thomas Payne historic marker 20180916 075603.jpg, Rev Thomas James, noted as first pastor File:Gardiner Mill 20180916 075239.jpg, Gardiner Mill, 1804 File:TownChurch Historical Marker PondviewLn6938.jpg, Town Church HM File:Moran-house.jpg,

, a

File:St.Lukes rectory 20180916 074924.jpg, NRHP St. Lukes Rectory File:Arbor tree 20180916 074000~2.jpg, Contributing structures and markers on the green, tree marker File:Village green flag 20180916 113138.jpg, “This Flag Pole dedicated to the Village of East Hampton in memory of George Lodowick McAlpin, 1856-1922, by members of his family, July 4, 1926.” — Plaque. File:St. Lukes Church and Rectory 20180916.jpg, St. Lukes Episcopal - Entrance hall and bell tower File:HSH St Lukes 20180916.jpg, The foreground sign is at the entrance to the Home Sweet Home museum; the building in background is St. Luke's Church File:St. Lukes Church Episcopalian services board 20180916.jpg, Services billboard File:Moran Nimmo house 20200830 084750.jpg, Residence and studio of artist Thomas Moran; operated as house museum File:Clinton-Academy01.jpg, Clinton Academy - c.1784 First academy chartered in New York state File:Town Pond01.jpg, Town Pond from the west File:Town school house 02.jpg, Town school house, inside view File:Town school house 01.jpg, Town school house, rear view File:NRHP Contributing property desk with quill 02.jpg, Contributing property, desk with quill 02

References

External links

Amagansett Historic Sites and East Hampton Village Historic District (East Hampton Chamber of Commerce)East Hampton Historical Society
{{Registered Historic Places Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts in Suffolk County, New York East Hampton (village), New York National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York