$50 for the Land, $25 for an Architect. Over a Century Later, This Home Is Asking Millions.

By E.B. SolomontFollow

April 9, 2025 4:00 pm ET

The Shingle-style Hamptons house dating back to the 1880s has poetry carved into the woodwork, including some by Shakespeare

In the early 1880s, Massachusetts clergyman Rev. Henry Turbell Rose wanted to build a summer cottage, so he paid his uncle $50 for a half acre of farmland in Water Mill, N.Y.

The Hamptons, the famous Long Island vacation destination that includes Water Mill, is now one of the most expensive areas in the country. The Shingle-style home Rose built—which is full of etchings he hand-carved into the wood paneling—is still standing and is coming on the market. The asking price? $14.25 million. LEARN MORE…

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