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"Idle Hour" country estate in Oakdale, Long Island, New York, was built in 1878–79 and destroyed by fire in 1899. A new "Idle Hour", designed by Hunt 's son Richard Howland Hunt , was built on the same property from 1900–01 of brick and marble in the English Country Style and is now part of the former Dowling College campus. [ 2 ]
Winfield Hall, like many other Long Island mansions, has ghostlore associated with it. [5] It is said that on the evening of May 2, 1917, as Edna Woolworth Hutton, Frank Woolworth's middle daughter, took her own life at The Plaza Hotel in New York City, while her father was at Winfield Hall hosting a party, a somewhat bizarre and unexplained incident occurred.
Massaro House, located on Petre Island in Lake Mahopac, New York. Massaro House is an architecturally significant residence on privately owned Petre Island in Lake Mahopac, New York, roughly 50 miles north of New York city. Inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the home's design and construction have had a complex and controversial history ...
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The late owner Max Schlienger built a model for a train system rivaling hyperloop on the 100-acre property, which has incredible views.
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Idle Hour is a former Vanderbilt estate that is located in Oakdale on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was completed in 1901 for William Kissam Vanderbilt . Once part of Dowling College , the mansion is one of the largest houses in the United States .
Greentree is a 400-acre (1.6 km 2) estate in Manhasset, on Long Island, New York. [1] The estate was constructed for businessman Payne Whitney in 1904 and was owned by members of the Whitney family for much of the 20th century. It is currently owned by the Greentree Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit organization.