Neoteric Fine Art presents "Benjamin Barnes' 'Shady Cottage'" Haunted House

Neoteric Fine Art presents 'Benjamin Barnes' 'Shady Cottage'

    Neoteric Fine Art invites you to Benjamin Barnes 'Shady Cottage', a "haunted house" based on the actual true history of the gallery's building, 208 Main St, Amagansett. The 'Shady Cottage' will be an interactive experience featuring many historical and infamous Amagansett personalities and an interwoven mystery, coupled with SHOCK and TERROR!!! Food and libations will be served in the parlor!  Costumes encouraged!

Admission is $10.

Thursday, October 31st, 7-9pm
Friday, November 1st, 8-11pm


About Benjamin Barnes and the 'Shady Cottage':

Benjamin Barnes was the justice of the peace in Amagansett in the early 20th century, and his home on Main Street was also a boarding house known at 'Shady Cottage', probably due to the proximity of several large trees on the property. In the summer, the house would play host to well-to-do visitors from Manhattan on summer holiday. As justice of the peace, one of Benjamin's primary concerns was prosecuting those who violated the town excise laws on liquor. Even in pre-prohibition days alcohol and its subsequent trafficking was vehemently opposed by the townsfolk of the small hamlet, and especially by the summer colony. One day, Barnes found a notice tacked to a tree outside his property with the resemblance of a black hand print and the words "we will do the rest". This was a recognized death threat, and direct intimidation for the justice to lay off of his relentless pursuit of those selling liquor illegally. The members of the summer colony offered up a substantial reward for the capture of the author of the notice. The 'Shady Cottage' takes this true history one step further and imagines the justices cold-blooded murder in his own home by an unknown assailant, as well as the mysterious goings on within the shadowy interior…

For a little background history to set the stage, check out this actual New York Times article published in 1906!: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F7091EFB3E5E12738DDDA00894DD405B868CF1D3

$10 Admission / $5 Members