In the 19th century, a Freeport, New York developer who opposed all of Freeport being laid out in a grid, put up a Victorian house virtually overnight on a triangular plot at the corner of Lena Avenue and Wilson Place to spite the grid designers. The Freeport Spite House is still standing and occupied.
Freeport Spite House forced streets to divert
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By kjfitz @ 2010-08-05 09:21:13
Anonymous
@ 2015-07-16 10:23:14
What does the plaque say next to the house?
mlc1us
@ 2015-07-16 18:56:22
Here is a picture of it: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92927256@N04/9043918477