On North Main Street in East Hampton, NY, there once stood a building that housed several
generations of rural craftsmen, the Dominy family. First constructed in the 18th C, the house was
abandoned in the 1930’s, measured and photographed by the Historic American Building Survey, HABS,
in 1940, and torn down in 1941. Long ago, a small clock shop and a woodworking shop had been added to
the house. These timber framed shops were removed before demolition and relocated to a nearby property.
In 2016, the shops were gifted to East Hampton Village, which had determined to reconstruct the house on
the original site as a museum.
The Dominy family was known for more than just clock repairs and building furniture. The nearby Hook
Windmill, which is considered a landmark in East Hampton, was constructed by the Nathaniel Dominy in
- Because the Dominy House had been carefully documented, it was possible to recreate the timber
frame. Having recently completed the disassembly, repair and reconstruction of an 18th C barn frame for the
Mulford Farm of the East Hampton Historical Society, the New Jersey Barn Company was selected to
recreate the hewn oak timber frame of the Dominy House.
