Mary H. Rumsey Residence (Sands Point, New York)

 residence, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast, French Renaissance (architecture)

Estate home designed c. 1929 in the French Renaissance style for Mary Harriman Rumsey on the site of a former home of Ralph Hill Thomas. Rumsey and her husband, Charles C. Rumsey, had lived in Brookville until he was killed in an auto accident on Jehrico Tpke. in 1922. McKim, Mead & White was also commissioned to design a guesthouse and garage in the Tudor Revival style to match a tennis house from the earlier Thomas residence by Addison Mizner c. 1911 which was retained. She paid $25,000 in taxes alone to acquire the property (for comparison, a typical car only cost $1,500 at the time). She also lived at 136 East 79th Street in Manhattan.

Ms. Rumsey lived here until her death in 1934, at which point her children inherited the estate. The French chateau style was a perfect complement to the neighboring "Beacon Towers". Modern alterations were made by Derek Hopkins.

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