A 19th-Century Hamptons Cottage Can Be Yours for $18.5 Million.

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In one of the more rarefied areas of Southampton, New York, a 140-plus-year-old cottage in a serene park-like setting has come to market for the first time in more than three decades with an asking price of $18.5 million. Known as Clover Top and offering a delectable taste of the Hamptons from a slower, less flashy bygone era, the rambling residence is part of a discreet enclave known as Fair Lea.

In 1874, Alfred Nelson and his wife Emily Fairlee Ogden, he a New…