Dick Cavett Selling His Beloved Tick Hall in the Hamptons for $62M

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Few homes in the United States are as storied, or as beloved, as Tick Hall, the beachfront estate belonging to iconic talk show host Dick Cavett. Now it’s time to turn the page on the Montauk, NY, home’s illustrious history, as Cavett has put the property on the market for $62 million.

The TV legend told the Wall Street Journal that he’s letting it go because it’s also time to turn the page on his own history. “I’ve loved every day here, but now it’s time to open a new chapter,” he said.

The estate was originally called the Orr House, after its first owner, Alexander Orr, who purchased the house in the 1880s. Built by Stanford White, it was one of the famed “Seven Sisters,” seven shingle-style homes in a Montauk community with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park. Tick Hall is the last of the Seven Sisters still standing.

The shingled home sits on a bluff overlooking the ocean.

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A subsequent owner, Harrison Tweed, who was a well-known Wall Street lawyer, gave Tick Hall its name, after the annoying little arachnids common to the East Coast.

Tweed and his family expanded the home, installing electricity and plumbing, as well as a bell tower, kitchen, and extra bedrooms and bathrooms, among other amenities.

In the 1960s, Cavett and his wife, actress Carrie Nye, bought the seven-bedroom, five-bath home directly from Tweed, who was 91 at the time. This is the first time the house has been on the open market in its 135-year history.

Staircase with elaborately milled wood railing

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Cavett and Nye lived there until 1997, when a fire destroyed the home. The couple decided to build an exact replica of the home, but they had to go by photos and memory, because the prior home’s plans hadn’t been preserved.

Fully restored living room

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Parlor

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A documentary, “From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall,” was made in 2003 about the restoration. Nye died of lung cancer in 2006, and in 2007, Cavett sold over 70 acres nearby for $18 million.

The porch at Tick Hall

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Now the bluff-top estate includes 20 acres and features 900 feet of Atlantic frontage in the Montauk Moorlands. The 7,000-square-foot home features a path to a private cove known to locals as Cavett’s Cove, which is “the most private sandy beach on the East End,” according to listing agents Tim Davis and Karen Kelly of the Corcoran Group.

The property includes 900 feet of ocean frontage

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The grounds also include two other water features: a freshwater pond and a swimming pool.

Freshwater pond

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Cavett hosted an array of TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. The 80-year-old is now married to Martha Rogers, and while the couple keep an apartment in Manhattan, they consider Tick Hall their primary residence. Cavett says it’s his fondest hope that the new owners cherish it as much as he does.

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