Charles Addams Home Sagaponack

Sagaponack, once home to Charles Addams, the famous illustrator, cartoonist and Addams Family creator and his wife, Marilyn “Tee” Addams, now houses the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation, founded by Ms. Addams in 1999.  The couple moved into the home in 1985 and referred to as “The Swamp.” The rambling, cedar shingle, ranch-style bungalow is set on 4.5 acres in the Sagaponack woods.

There are some unusual things at the house, namely Ms. Addams’s impressive collection of stuffed and mounted wildlife. There is also the pet cemetery in the front yard, the final resting place of beloved pets & the unlikely location where the couple held their wedding ceremony in 1980 and where it is rumored that Mr. Addams’s cremated remains are buried.

The house today is furnished to closely replicate how it was when the couple lived there. The rustic home is filled with Mr. Addams’s creations, Victoriana, objects given by friends and fans, the many stuffed and mounted animals, and photographs of animals in the wild.

In Mr. Addams’s personal study and office. Some of the many collectibles in that room include: an antique drafting table where Mr. Addams drew; a stuffed mongoose in battle with a cobra given to him as a gift; stuffed birds encased in a glass globe; and delicately painted Addams Family-themed eggs from 1966. Right off the study is the cedar archival closet, which holds originals of Mr. Addams’s famous works.

Tee’s favorite room was referred to as “the bird room.” That space, which offers a view of the woods, also includes: a photograph of a cheetah taken by Ms. Addams in Africa, ostrich and emu eggs, papier mâché-inspired heads of members of the Addams Family created out of linen and made for performers of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1965 and needlepoints of the famous illustrated Addamses, made by Sloan Simpson, an ex-girlfriend of Mr. Addams, dated 1965.

Sources: 

“It's a Museum, a Real Screa-Um: The Addams Family House.” 27 East, 15 Apr. 2010, https://www.27east.com/home-garden/its-a-museum-a-real-screa-um-the-addams-family-house-2-1395648