East Hampton House & Garden Tour Kicked Off With A Cocktail Party At Maidstone Club

A kick-off Cocktail Party on the evening of Friday, November 25, welcomed the highly anticipated East Hampton House & Garden Tour to benefit the East Hampton Historical Society. This annual event, now in its 37th year, was held at the historic Maidstone Club, ringing in the East End holiday season in style!

The Cocktail Party was well attended by history buffs, local dignitaries, architects, interior designers, home enthusiasts, and design aficionados. Distinguished guests included Media Sponsor HC&G’s Kendell Cronstrom and Alejandro Saralegui, Alan Patricof, Howard Williams and Eric Gunhus, Dianne Benson and Lys A. Marigold, Interior Designers Tom Samet and Nathan Wold, and Barbara Ostrom, East Hampton Historical Society Executive Director Stephen Long, members of the Board of Trustees, including President Michael Clifford, Vice President Hilary Osborn Malecki, Treasurer Arthur “Tiger” Graham, House & Garden Tour Committee Chairs Joseph Aversano, James Blauvelt, and Dale Ellen Leff, and Committee members including Annette Cumming, Leah and Alain Lebec, Jan Willem Bergen Henegouwen, Mary Jane and Charles Brock, Coco Shean, among others.

The following day, the East Hampton Historical Society hosted the 2022 House & Garden Tour, showcasing some of the finest examples of architecture in the East End. Guests explored five spectacular East Hampton properties spanning five centuries. This year’s tour offered a one-time-only glimpse inside some of East Hampton’s most storied residences. With over 800 attendees, the East Hampton House & Garden Tour enjoyed the biggest attendance in their 37-year history.

“The House & Garden Tour is one of our most important fundraisers,” said Event Chairman Joseph Aversano, “and all proceeds will support the East Hampton Historical Society’s museums and vital educational programming for hundreds of students each month.”