A Faux-Elizabethan East Hampton Playhouse Is for Sale

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 buy it for the architecture [A Faux-Elizabethan East Hampton Playhouse Is for Sale]( It was turned into a vacation home by a series of theater-obsessed owners. Photo: Gavin Zeigler/Sothbys There are houses we build to live in, with all their dull necessities, and then there are “[follies](,” whimsical outbuildings built specifically for pleasure. Marie Antoinette escaped from the back of Versailles to her [faux farmhouse](. British landowners dotted their estates with tiny castles. And in 1917, a Gilded Age family that lived on 50 acres of prime East Hampton land built the Playhouse behind their mansion. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [How a Floating Pool in the East River Would Actually Work A scientist explains how the Plus Pool would make the East River clean enough to swim in.]( By Clio Chang [Why Are We Still Making Unshaded Playgrounds? The city’s newest park at Pier 42 is leaving kids scorching in the sun.]( By Yessenia Funes [The Cold Picnic Couple Have a Very Chill Catskills Farmhouse Its four bedrooms, pond, and forest are more than enough space for their daughters and their dogs to roam.]( By Wendy Goodman [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved