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Dick Cavett’s relationship with Montauk dates back to the 1960s, when he was working as a writer for Tonight Show host Johnny Carson. He, with his late wife Carrie Nye, rented Tick Hall, the eighth and last Montauk Association house built by Stanford
White in 1883, for a couple of summers. It was the family retreat of a friend of his from Yale Drama School, Barbette Tweed, whose grandfather owned it.
When the Tweeds wanted to sell Tick Hall, they approached Mr. Cavett and said, “If you really like the place, you ought to think about buying it,” Mr. Cavett recalled.
Tick Hall came with 20 acres around it, which the Tweed family had bought for $5 an acre in 1924, after they had bought the house. Mr. Cavett bought an additional... more
When the Tweeds wanted to sell Tick Hall, they approached Mr. Cavett and said, “If you really like the place, you ought to think about buying it,” Mr. Cavett recalled.
Tick Hall came with 20 acres around it, which the Tweed family had bought for $5 an acre in 1924, after they had bought the house. Mr. Cavett bought an additional... more
