Behind the Hedges: Southampton Jewel to Become McMansion

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OWNERS WANT TO MAKE THE JEWEL OF SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE A MCMANSION
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Don’t buy a historic home if you plan to ruin it with inappropriate renovations. (See: Congress Hall in East Hampton.) The house doesn’t work for you as is? Find something else and don’t destroy hundreds of years of history which can never be replaced. Mocomanto, dubbed “The Jewel of Southampton Village” in the Images of America book series, is the latest historic home to be threatened by inappropriate and over-elaborate renovation. Read more at BehindtheHedges.com