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Gurney's Inn is a Long Island oceanfront resort, in Montauk, New York. Gurney's Inn. U.S. President Richard Nixon wrote his acceptance speech at the Skippers Cottage at Gurney's Inn. [1] The oceanfront resort includes a seawater pool [2] and group accommodations for weddings, business meetings and other events.
This Montauk, Long Island, beach house designed by Robert McKinley — whose effortless chic aesthetic includes the Surf Lodge and Ruschmeyers — has found a buyer.. The home, high on a bluff ...
Montauk Manor is a historic resort hotel located in the hamlet of Montauk in Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island. It was built in 1926 by Carl G. Fisher and is a four-story, 140 decorated condominium apartments [ 2 ] in the Tudor Revival style.
The Caleb Bragg Estate, in the unincorporated village of Montauk, New York, was built in 1929. It was designed by Walker & Gillette. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. In 1987, the estate included seven contributing buildings, one other contributing structure, and one contributing site. [1]
It was the largest body of freshwater on Long Island, more than double the size of Lake Ronkonkoma. In 1927, real estate developer Carl Fisher blasted a gap on the northern shoreline to connect the lake to Block Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. [1] [2] Fisher intended to develop the new port of Montauk into the "Miami Beach of the North". [3]
It is located in southern Nassau County [6] on Jones Beach Island, a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Wantagh State Parkway, and Ocean Parkway. The park was created during Robert Moses' administration as President of the Long Island State Park Commission as part of the development of parkways on Long Island ...
1990 – Billy Joel's song "The Downeaster Alexa", from his album Storm Front, tells the story of a Long Island fisherman's journey from Montauk through Block Island Sound on his ship. 2003 – Long Island indie rock band Brand New describes a shipwreck – a metaphor for a romantic break-up – off the tip of Montauk Point in the final song ...
The Montauk Association Historic District is a 100-acre (40 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is a complex of large Shingle style cottages for wealthy New York City families' summer use, designed by McKim, Mead and White within a site plan designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1881.