East Hampton House and Garden Tour Is November 25

East Hampton Historical Society’s 38th annual House & Garden Tour is coming up Thanksgiving weekend, celebrating East Hampton architecture while supporting the historical society’s preservation and educational initiatives.

“Drenched in history, pedigree, and local lore, this year’s tour is sure to inspire, delight and invite appreciation for the stewardship of some of our most charming properties,” the society states.

Grey Gardens, the iconic home that was once home to Little Edie and Big Edie Beale and the subject of a 1975 documentary as well as a 2009 HBO movie, will be among the five stops on the self-guided tour. Located on West End Road in the Georgica neighborhood, the home was later owned by Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn of The Washington Post, who in turn sold it to fashion designer Liz Lange, who restored the home with the help of decorator Mark D. Sikes.

Also on the tour is a 1960 modernist cottage by New York City architect and sportsman Alexander “Sandy” McIlvaine in the Village of East Hampton with large pane glass windows overlooking Wiborg Beach. The current owner is Ted Hartley, who’s been a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, investment banker, actor and film producer. He shared the home with his late wife, actress and businesswoman Dina Merrill, who died in 2017.

A three-story manor on Main Street in East Hampton Village dates back to 1799 and was the postmaster’s house, where mail was distributed to residents, according to the historical society. It was the first shingle-style house in the village and the second gambrel roof on a Long Island house.

Two of the original Devon Colony homes are included in the tour: Windy Dune and The Procter House.

Devon Colony was formed at the turn of the 20th century by four wealthy businessmen from Cincinnati — Richmond Levering, William Cooper Procter, Joseph Rawson Jr. and William Stanhope Rowe — after Levering and Procter came up with the idea for a residential enclave while on a 1906 hunting trip in the area, known as the Amagansett Highlands because of its location 90 feet above sea level, with Gardiners Bay to the north and the ocean to the south, according to the historical society. They built grand stucco houses and two smaller ones, founding the Devon Colony. Because their wealth came largely from Procter & Gamble, famous for Ivory soap, the Devon Colony was irreverently nicknamed “Soap Hill.”

The tour is scheduled for Saturday, November 25, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Tickets to the 2023 East Hampton House & Garden Tour are $85 in advance and $100 on the day of the tour. Or for $250, guests can attend a cocktail party at the Maidstone Club on Friday, November 24, as well as the tour the following day. Purchase tickets by visiting easthamptonhistory.org or calling 631-324-6850. Tickets will also be available at the Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, on Friday, November 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, November 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.