Hither Lane
Hither Lane, at East Hampton Village's north end, holds a c.1725-50 house on the National Register and the site of Grosvenor Atterbury's 1899 Rice house.
Hither Lane is a residential street at the north end of East Hampton Village. It is a quieter, more inland market than the ocean-side estate lanes, and its record is older than most of them.
The 1988 National Register nomination lists the Percy Hammond House on Hither Lane, dated c. 1725-1750, as an individual component. It is one of seven early houses the nomination found on residential streets at the Village's north end, most of them on small lots in neighborhoods built up in the twentieth century.
The lane was also the site of Grosvenor Atterbury's second East Hampton commission. According to the East Hampton Library's Long Island Collection, Dr. Clarence Rice built the house in 1899 to Atterbury's design, with low towers, eyebrow windows, several porches and views of Hook Pond and the ocean. It later passed to David W. McCord. It burned to the ground on July 21, 1920, and the McCords rebuilt on the property by 1925. The surviving house should not be attributed to Atterbury without plans or permits.
What applies here
National Register listing does not, on its own, bring Village review. Village landmark designation and the four local historic districts under Village Code chapter 176 do. A buyer of an early house should establish what is original, what was rebuilt and what the Village has designated.
Questions to settle before contract
- Is the whole parcel inside the Village, and which Village zoning district applies?
- Is the house the Percy Hammond House or another early structure, and is it a Village landmark?
- If the house claims a named architect, do plans or permits support the attribution?
- What alterations and accessory buildings have certificates of occupancy?
Nearby
Toilsome Lane holds two more early houses on the Village's northwest side. The East Hampton Village guide covers the Village as a whole, and the East Hampton Town guide covers the unincorporated areas beyond the Village line.
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Recorded sales
Recorded sales through July 2026
8 recorded arm’s-length sales of 7 distinct properties since October 2016 (7 house, 1 land).
2 single-parcel house sales in 2023–2025 — too few for a range or median; listed below.
| Sale date | Address | Type | Recorded price | Beds (roll) | Built (roll) | Flood zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2026 | 42 Hither Lane | House | $20,000,000 | — | — | X |
| Feb 7, 2025 | 21 Hither Lane | House | $10,750,000 | — | — | X |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 9 Hither Lane | House | $24,950,000 | — | — | X |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 8 Hither Lane | House | $21,000,000 | — | — | X |
| Mar 25, 2021 | 9 Hither Lane | House | $6,412,500 | — | — | X |
| Dec 21, 2020 | 33 Hither Lane | House | $19,000,000 | — | — | X |
| Oct 18, 2017 | 53 Hither Lane | Land | $5,600,000 | — | — | X |
| Jun 29, 2017 | 59 Hither Lane | House | $10,555,000 | — | — | X |
Sale date is the date of sale on the transfer form. Beds and year built come from the assessment roll where it records them. Source: New York State real property transfer record (form RP-5217, filed with every deed), arm's-length sales as flagged by the state. These figures are a separate series from the Roebling Index, which is built from published market reports. How these tables are built.
Flood and coastal exposure
0 of 32 residential and vacant parcels sit in FEMA’s 1% annual-chance flood area (zones VE, AE, A or AO), where a mortgage from a federally regulated or insured lender requires flood insurance on the building.
| FEMA zone | Parcels | What it means for an owner |
|---|---|---|
| X — minimal flood hazard | 32 | Outside the mapped flood areas. Flood insurance is not federally required. Flooding can still happen from heavy rain and drainage. |
Loans. In zones VE, AE, A and AO, any mortgage made, insured or bought by a federally regulated lender, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA or VA requires flood insurance on the building for the life of the loan. A lender can require it in zone X as well. A cash buyer is not required to insure.
Premiums. Since 2021 the National Flood Insurance Program prices each house on its own features (elevation, distance to water, cost to rebuild), so the zone is a starting point, not the price. Private flood policies are an alternative. An elevation certificate is the document every insurer asks for.
Renovating. In the 1% flood area, if work on a house costs half or more of the building’s market value, or a storm damages it that badly, the whole house must be brought up to current flood rules, which usually means raising it. Plan a renovation budget against that line.
Zone at each tax parcel’s center point; part of a parcel can sit in a different zone. Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (Suffolk County, map 36103C), retrieved 2026-11-12; flood insurance rate map panels effective Sep 25, 2009. A parcel-level determination needs the current map panel, any Letter of Map Revision or Amendment, and an elevation certificate. State coastal erosion hazard areas are mapped separately and are not shown here. Flood and coastal-erosion guide.
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What buying, owning or selling here costs.
Peconic Bay CPF, mansion tax, title, MRT.
NY transfer tax, commission, attorney.
Taxes, flood and wind coverage, septic, upkeep.
Sell now, or rent the seasons and sell later.
A summer rental against owning the house.
Federal, NY, NYC and the nonresident payment.
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