The Advent of the East End Artists’ Colony
Stop 7: Albert and Adele Herter build The Creeks on Georgica Pond, 1899
The artistic couple Albert and Adele Herter, both children of wealthy socialites, received 75 acres on Georgica Pond as a wedding gift. They commissioned Grosvenor Atterbury to design the extravagant Mediterranean style villa known as The Creeks. The house became central to civic, social and cultural happenings in the East Hampton community for decades and was later owned by the artist Alfonso Ossorio.
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- Albert Herter Costume Soiree at The Creeks, 1909
Photograph courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
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- The Creeks, Entrance Facade with "The Garden of the Sun" ca. 1900
Photograph courtesy Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums, Long Island Studies Institute Collection, Hempstead, New York
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- Dining Room, The Creeks ca. 1900
Photograph courtesy Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums, Long Island Studies Institute Collection, Hempstead, New York