The Southampton Cottages of Gin Lane: The Original Hamptons Summer Colony

By Sally Spanburgh

Founded in 1640 on the eastern end of Long Island, Southampton is New York's oldest English settlement. In its seaside scenes and structures, it still exudes importance and historicism. Nowhere is this grandeur more evident than among the residences associated with its original summer cottagers. Many of these splendid homes have graced the village's estate area since the 1880s and have been frequented by names still famous today, such as Gloria Vanderbilt and Henry Ford II. They survived Long Island's devastating hurricane in 1938 and witnessed the ebb and flow of trends in style, culture and design. Local author Sally Spanburgh uses her historical and architectural expertise to tell the stories behind the construction, preservation and lives of these historic structures, beginning with those found on the exclusive Gin Lane.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Apr 23, 2012
• ISBN: 9781614234500

Sally Spanburgh

Sally Spanburgh lives in Southampton Village and is actively engaged in local historic preservation. She is chairperson of Southampton's Landmarks and Historic Districts Board. Previously, she was employed with architectural firms in New York City and Southampton. She has a master's in architecture from Syracuse University, studied preservation at Columbia Universty, and has a bachelor's of science in environmental design from Syracuse. Her first book, The Southampton Cottages of Gin Lane, was published in 2012.

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