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Parts of the original parcel, which was approximately 64,000 acres (260 km 2) of land, are preserved in bits and pieces: 127 acres (0.51 km 2) and the main house and buildings are called the Manor of St. George and located in Shirley; 35 acres (0.14 km 2) and another house are called the Longwood Estate and located in Ridge; and 35 acres (0.14 ...
Terra Holdings, founded in 1995, is a parent company of several previously acquired real estate brokerage firms that focus on real estate in the New York City and Manhattan area. The company was established in 1995 and has since acquired Brown Harris Stevens, Feathered Nest, and Halstead Property. It also has a service arm known as the ...
Ridge is located at the northwestern end of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens and is referred to by a sign in the center of the hamlet as the "Gateway to the Pine Barrens". [ 4 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 13.3 square miles (34.5 km 2 ), of which 13.2 square miles (34.2 km 2 ) is land and 0.077 ...
William "Tangier" Smith (February 2, 1655 – February 18, 1705) was a governor of Tangier, on the coast of Morocco, and an early settler of New York who owned more than 50 miles (80 km) of Atlantic Ocean waterfront property in central Long Island in New York State, in what is called the Manor of St. George. In 1701, he was Acting Governor of ...
Manorville in 1931. The hamlet of Manorville was a small farming community for many years. The area of the hamlet once laid within the huge tract of land known as Manor St. George, [2] a land grant given to Col. William "Tangier" Smith in 1693 for recognition of his service as governor of Tangier in Morocco.
The hamlet's name comes from the Hewlett family. George Hewlett, the first Hewlett to settle in the area, was born in England in 1634. [3] [4] He was part of an English community which emigrated to Long Island - by way of Connecticut - and negotiated treaties with the Dutch governors and native inhabitants to establish a population center in what is now Hempstead.
The Battle of Fort St. George (or Fort George) was the culmination of a Continental Army raiding expedition led by Benjamin Tallmadge against a fortified Loyalist outpost and storage depot at the Manor St. George on the south coast of Long Island on November 23, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. Tallmadge's raid was successful; the ...
The grounds contain two castle-like buildings; Hempstead House is the main house (approx 50,000 square feet), and a larger house known as Castle Gould (approx 100,000 square feet). The main house measures 225 ft long (69 m), 135 ft wide (41 m) and has three floors containing 40 rooms, punctuated by an 80-foot tower (24 m). [2]