Mulford Farm in East Hampton,

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, is one of America's most significant, intact

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farmsteads. The farmhouse was built in 1680 by High Sheriff Josiah Hobart, an important early official of the first New York Royal Province government. Samuel "Fish Hook" Mulford bought the property in 1712 after Hobart's death. He had the barn built in 1721.''East Hampton Historical Society News'', Volume 16, Number 1, 1992 The property is listed as a contributing property of the

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, a historic district listed on the

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. The Mulford Farm site has been interpreted as the year 1790, and includes the house, barn, spinning dependency,

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and garden. It is owned by the East Hampton Historical Society and operated as a

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. Next to it is a colonial house museum, called "Home Sweet Home" for its association with songwriter

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, who spent time as a child there at what was his grandfather's house. 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 ...

is located behind it. The Mulford Farm museum is located at 10 James Lane, East Hampton, New York, accessible by Montauk Highway. It is open from

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weekend through

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, which is on the NRHP File:MulfordFarmstead 20180916 073219.jpg, Mulford Farm privy is in center/left File:MulfordFarmstead 6910.jpg, Home Sweet Home Museum, associated with writer

and his song

References

External links

East Hampton Historical Society: Mulford Farm
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Museums in Suffolk County, New York East Hampton (village), New York Living museums in New York (state) Farm museums in New York (state) Houses completed in 1680 National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York 1680 establishments in the Province of New York Buildings and structures in Suffolk County, New York Farmhouses in the United States {{NewYork-museum-stub