"The Hill"
| mansion / manor house / villa, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
USA /
New York /
Eatons Neck /
World
/ USA
/ New York
/ Eatons Neck
World / United States / New York
residence, mansion / manor house / villa, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
Estate home designed for and by Harry Ellingwood Donnell {architect, industrialist} c. 1902 and built by Randall & Miller Construction Co. Donnell was a member of the Hunt & Hunt architectural firm and president of S.S. Hepworth Machine Co. The 33-room Tudor mansion was the focal point of a sprawling 200-acre summer estate as a gift to his wife, Ruth Attmore Robinson. Theodore Roosevelt was a frequent guest and Rube Goldberg drew cartoons in the library.
In 1934, Donnell lost his fortune in the depression and sold some of the outbuildings and land and he transferred remaining ownership to his daughter in 1954. In 1964, the house was sold to John Lang for $25,000. The house transferred hands several times until it was purchased in 1997 by Edward A.T. Carr at an auction from Robert Garlach for $373,000. He completed restoration of the house to the original design by Donnell which was awarded the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities annual preservation award in 2000. The home is currently used as a bed and breakfast contained on 5 acres with the rest of the estate having been subdivided and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgc98hhldEc
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_E._Donnell
In 1934, Donnell lost his fortune in the depression and sold some of the outbuildings and land and he transferred remaining ownership to his daughter in 1954. In 1964, the house was sold to John Lang for $25,000. The house transferred hands several times until it was purchased in 1997 by Edward A.T. Carr at an auction from Robert Garlach for $373,000. He completed restoration of the house to the original design by Donnell which was awarded the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities annual preservation award in 2000. The home is currently used as a bed and breakfast contained on 5 acres with the rest of the estate having been subdivided and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgc98hhldEc
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_E._Donnell
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_E._Donnell_House
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°56'3"N 73°23'19"W
- Donnell Estate (1902 - 1927) 0.9 km
- Sandpiper Farm 1.6 km
- Walter Hines Page, II Residence 10 km
- "Uplands " 10 km
- Uplands Farm Sanctuary 10 km
- Oheka Castle - Auxilliary Driveways 12 km
- Otto H. Kahn Estate - Oheka Castle 12 km
- Oheka Castle - Main Drive 13 km
- Battle Row Campground 20 km
- Bethpage State Park 21 km
- Eatons Neck, New York 0.8 km
- Sarah Ruppert Water Bird Park Preserve 2 km
- Northport Bay 2.1 km
- Huntington Bay 2.8 km
- Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge 4.1 km
- Centerport, New York 4.6 km
- Lloyd Harbor Equestrian Center 6.7 km
- Caumsett State Historic Park 7 km
- Town of Huntington 8.9 km
- Nassau County, New York 27 km
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