Egypt Lane

Egypt Lane runs through East Hampton Village from its north end near Pantigo Road south toward the ocean. It changes character along the way: early houses on village lots at the north end, the Hook stream wetlands in the middle, and golf land and estate property toward the shore. Each stretch is its own market.

The lane lies in the Incorporated Village of East Hampton. It connects to Huntting Lane by the bridge over the Hook stream built when Huntting Lane opened in 1893, and to Further Lane toward the ocean.

The north end: relocated early houses

The 1988 National Register nomination records a concentration of early houses at this end of the lane. The Egypt Lane Historic District, between David's Lane and Pondview Lane, holds three eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century vernacular houses that were moved to Egypt Lane between 1900 and 1930, among them Rowdy Hall at 111, moved from Main Street to Gay Lane in 1895 and then to Egypt Lane in 1925, and the Dickerson House at 129. The nomination values the group both as rare surviving early houses and as a record of early twentieth-century antiquarian collecting.

Elsewhere on the lane the nomination lists, as individual components, the Barnes-Hassam House, the c. 1750 Conklin-Eldredge House and the 1876 George Eldredge House at 84 Egypt Lane, and it places the east side of the lane's northern end inside the Pantigo Road Historic District.

These are National Register designations. Village review applies only where the Village has designated a landmark or district under Village Code chapter 176, or where the Design Review Board weighs the setting of one within 100 feet. Moved buildings raise their own diligence: foundations, framing and additions often date from the move, not the house.

The middle: the Hook wetlands

Mid-lane, the Hook stream crosses toward Hook Pond. Historic accounts describe the overflow forming a swampy stretch along Fithian and Egypt Lanes, now a Village-owned wetland preserve. Parcels that back onto it gain permanent open space and wildlife; they also carry wetland setbacks, groundwater and drainage questions.

The south end: estate land toward the ocean

Toward the ocean the lane runs beside Maidstone Club golf land on its east side. The nomination lists the 1922 William Jenny House at 140 Egypt Lane, by Polhemus and Coffin, as an example of the English-revival estate houses built near the ocean in the 1920s.

Egypt Beach is one of the Village's five permit beaches. A Village permit is required to park there from May 15 to September 15.

Questions to settle before contract

• Which stretch is the parcel on, and does the comparable set match that stretch?
• Is the house in the Egypt Lane or Pantigo Road National Register district, an individual component, or a Village landmark?
• If the house was moved, what survives from the original, and are the foundation and additions permitted?
• Does the parcel meet the Hook wetlands, and what setbacks apply?
• What lies on the adjacent land, who owns it, and is the outlook protected by easement or only by present use?
• Which Village zoning district applies, and what floor area remains?

Nearby

Huntting Lane and Dunemere Lane share the Hook Pond landscape. Further Lane carries the estate band east toward Amagansett. The East Hampton Village guide covers the Village as a whole.

Considering Egypt Lane?

Request a private pricing review for a specific Egypt Lane property from The Roebling Research Desk, organized around the stretch of the lane, historic status and building history, wetland and coastal position, approvals and the comparables that actually compete.