Amelia Cottage Museum Explained

Miss Amelia's Cottage
Location:N side Main St., at the jct. of Windmill La., Town of East Hampton, Amagansett, New York
Coordinates:40.9739°N -72.1442°W
Built:1725
Architecture:Colonial, Post-medieval English
Added:February 25, 1994
Refnum:94000070

The Amelia Cottage Museum, sometimes referred to as Miss Amelia's Cottage & Roy Lester Carriage House, on Montauk Highway in Amagansett, New York, is operated by the Amagansett Historical Association as a museum of family life in Amagansett over three centuries.[1] The house was built in 1725 for Catherine Schellinger and moved to its current location in 1794. The last known occupant, Mary Amelia Schellinger, was born in the house in 1841 and lived there until about a year before she died in 1930. Thirty Schellinger children are believed to have been born in this house.[2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suffolk County Historical Sites. 2008-05-13. Newsday.
  2. Web site: Towards the End . 2008-05-13 . Joan Reminick . Newsday . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513034356/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-hsee4%2C0%2C7957781.story . 13 May 2008 . live .
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Miss Amelia's Cottage. January 1994. 2010-02-20 . Peter D. Shaver. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying nine photos.