In 2000, the couple divorced. Norton afterward lived much of the time in New York. In February 2001, a fire caused by faulty wiring destroyed the Martha's Vineyard home; Norton had it rebuilt to almost exactly as it was before the fire. Meanwhile, he began a relationship with New York financier Gwen Adams. She was an "Islander" and also lived in the area. Since then, the couple spend ten weeks of summer in the Corbin-Norton House annually. In May 2007 they married in a church in nearby Edgartown; the ceremony was performed on the island by their neighbor, Henry Louis Gates Jr., a scholar and author.