The H-shaped Horace Gifford shown in this listing photo is now up for sale.
Photo: Kendall Gregory/Compass
A thoughtfully renovated Horace Gifford in the Fire Island Pines is on the market just in time for peak season. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom house previously owned by fashion designer Derek Lam is priced at $2.995 million.
Gifford designed the original structure in 1965 for interior designer Yale Burge. After Burge’s death in 1972, Angelo Donghia, Burge’s mentee and partner at Burge-Donghia Interiors, bought the house and brought Gifford back to expand its footprint. (It was apparently an acrimonious pairing.) According to Architectural Digest, Lam, who sold the property in 2022, was looking for a house inspired by a “cedar sake box,” which seems to be exactly what he found.
The living room featured in this listing photo opens up to the back deck with a private walkway to the beach.
Photo: Kendall Gregory/Compass
The primary bedroom has a Noguchi lamp hanging over the bed, as shown in this listing photo.
Photo: Kendall Gregory/Compass
After Lam bought the property in the mid-2010s, he worked with architect and interior designer Neal Beckstedt to fancy it up while maintaining the original structure’s clean lines. Today, it stands at 2,000 square feet with white cedar everywhere, black slate flooring, and Noguchi lamps hanging above the primary bed. The bathroom is encased with polycarbonate walls to let in light but keep out prying eyes. A mahogany deck connects to a private walkway straight to the ocean.
Not a bad way to spend the summer.
Update, June 30, 5:00 p.m.: An earlier version of this article stated Derek Lam is the house’s current owner. Lam sold the property in 2022 to its current owners.
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