"Rockfields"

USA / New York / Rye Brook / Indian Spring Road, 1
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Rockfields, built c.1900 designed by Noel & Miller, for financier James Stillman Rockefeller as a wedding gift to his bride Nancy Carnegie. The 14,000 sq ft Georgian colonial manor went through an historic preservation renovation, finished in late 2008. The 11+ acre estate includes carriage house and pool house.

James S. Rockefeller born in 1902, the grandson of William G. Rockefeller and the great-nephew of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. James Stillman Rockefeller graduated from Yale University in 1924. He captained the eight-man crew with coxswain to win the gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
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Coordinates:   41°2'21"N   73°39'6"W
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