"Homewood" (Flower Hill, New York)

USA / New York / Flower Hill / Flower Hill, New York
 residence, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast
Homewood, Edward M. Lapham estate. In 1923, Sir Gilbert and Lady Eliott, Miss Adelaide Vincent Smith, and Miss Nellora Reeder founded the private Harbor School on Bayview Avenue. Since a long established local public school bore the same name, in 1924, the name of the school was changed to the Vincent Smith School, in honor of Miss Smith the Principal and cofounder. In 1927, Sir Gilbert and Lady Eliott purchased part of the Lapham Estate and built the original two-story building. Mrs. Lapham, who was Anna Willets, passed in 1956, and the school took over the rest of the property in the 1960's.

The residence was retained but rebuilt in 2019 to a brick Colonial design.

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Coordinates:   40°48'55"N   73°40'54"W
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