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Historic Hamptons Windmill House For Sale
Feb 11, 2021
Windmill House
Historic Hamptons Windmill House For Sale – Priced at $11.5 million
Location: The Hamptons, Long Island, New York State, USA
Both a rare conversation piece and a charming small home, this former working windmill was converted into a home in the 1950s by Faberge cosmetics-founder, Samuel Rubin, now for sale priced at $11.5 million.

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The Windmill House is believed to have been built by the descendants of the first Dutch settlers in Amagansett: the brothers Abraham and Jacob Schellinger.

When New Amsterdam, at the tip of what is now Manhattan, was taken over by the British, Abraham and Jacob?s father moved the family to Amagansett. The family built the windmill approximately 200 years later to provide power for the next door apple orchard, which still exists today.
When Rubin bought and converted the windmill into a home in the 1950s, he had tennis courts and used the property to entertain friends. Though only 1,300 square feet with two bedrooms and one bath, the house sits on 5.3 acres and is only a few minutes to both Napeague Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

The ground floor opens to an 18? by 18? hexagonal living space with wide-plank hardwood floors and exposed-beam ceilings and a stairwell with a rope banister that leads to the upper levels. Also on the main level are...