As it was expected to do, the East Hampton Town Board voted on Tuesday to acquire the Julius D. Parsons Homestead, nearly 11 acres in Springs, using community preservation fund money.
The parcels, at 803 and 807 Springs-Fireplace Road, partially within the Springs Historic District, were owned by Parsons’s descendants, who agreed to sell them to the town for $5 million. They include the 1880 farmhouse of Julius Dayton Parsons, who also ran the Springs General Store, a circa-1880 two-story barn, a small family cemetery, and a cottage that was moved from the other side of the road, which an 1873 atlas identified as the residence of Henry Mitchell, believed to have been part Native American.
The purpose of the acquisition is the preservation of historic property, open space, and agricultural lands, and recreation.
Also on Tuesday, the board voted to amend the zoning code to designate the homestead a historic landmark
