If the Hamptons had a mascot, it would be a windmill. Long Island is host to more windmills than anywhere else in the United States—and it’s safe to say that most of those are concentrated on the East End of the island, representing a pre-industrial time in our history.
Many of the windmills that still stand on the South Fork are historic buildings that were once operating windmills—and they’ve become such a major part of the Hamptons aesthetic that they often act as a backdrop to the East End’s landscape.
There are even homes built in the likeness of windmills—Robert Downey Jr. purchased the iconic windmill cottage in East Hampton earlier this year, originally built in 1885.
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