Amid Some Confusion, East Hampton Town Board Holds Hearing on Osborn Homestead Landmark Designation

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Carolyn Logan Gluck of the Wainscott Heritage Project urged the East Hampton Town Board to designate the entire Osborn parcel and all of its existing structures as historic. CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Carolyn Logan Gluck of the Wainscott Heritage Project urged the East Hampton Town Board to designate the entire Osborn parcel and all of its existing structures as historic. CHRISTOPHER WALSH

The view from Wainscott Main Street in a photograph taken around 1960. RICHARD CONKLIN

The view from Wainscott Main Street in a photograph taken around 1960. RICHARD CONKLIN

An 1891 photograph by Wallace G. Levison depicts the Osborn homestead in Wainscott. TIME/LIFE

An 1891 photograph by Wallace G. Levison depicts the Osborn homestead in Wainscott. TIME/LIFE

Mary Louisa Osborn, left, and Amy Conklin Osborn on the porch of the 1904 Louisa Edwards Osborn Main House, in a photo taken around 1920. COURTESY HILARY OSBORN MALECKI

Mary Louisa Osborn, left, and Amy Conklin Osborn on the porch of the 1904 Louisa Edwards Osborn Main House, in a photo taken around 1920. COURTESY HILARY OSBORN MALECKI

Christopher Walsh on Dec 10, 2024
Days before the December 11 closing on East Hampton Town’s landmark $56 million acquisition of the 30-acre parcel at 66 Wainscott Main Street in Wainscott, the Town Board held a... more

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