"Underhill Farm"/"Killingworth" (Lattingtown, New York)

USA / New York / Matinecock / Lattingtown, New York
 residence, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast
Built for the chairman of US Steel Myron C. Taylor c. 1922. Harrie Thomas Lindeberg redid a pre-civil war house originally built by one of Taylor's Underhill ancestors into 20th-century Eclectic mix with 10 bedrooms, 2 libraries, a 47" long solarium, and a music room, all overlooking a 6 acre lake and 65 acres of meadow and woodlands. "baronial living". Once the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and now a private home.

www.oldlongisland.com/2009/09/when-underhill-farm-was-f...
www.flickr.com/photos/olmsted_archives/albums/721576823...
www.bing.com/maps/explore/default.aspx#/4v6y37zp8bjpr1m...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_Mansions
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Coordinates:   40°53'41"N   73°34'51"W

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  • Did a cool explore here in October of '06. Place was empty, looks like the owner is going to restore it. There is a chapel attached to the house that was brought over from England and reconstructed here by the Underhill family, the chapel was built sometime in the 1600's if I remember correctly. The pool house has a crest on it that says "Lundy Bros.", is it something to do with the Brooklyn Restaurant Lundys?
  • I am an Underhill decendent living in New Brunswick, Canada,and was wondering if anyone knows who owns the estate now
  • I grew up on the estate (Vebeliunas family) and my family owned it for 25 years until the year 2006 at which time it was sold by my father. I believe the new owner was a mutual fund manager that started renovations but stopped further improvements shortly thereafter. It was a great place to grow up as a child. Rytas Vebeliunas rytas@rytas.com
  • I used to live in the servant's quarters....wonderful place!
  • We bought the house in late Nov. 2014 and are going to restore it. No glitz but hopefully some former glory.
  • The city had caused some delays.
  • Does anyone know if there is a connection between the Lundys restaurant and this property?
  • Yes.
  • No one has abandoned any plans of restoration and there is no bad luck. There are files and files of history on the happy habitation of the property with a house on it since 1670 (and much farther back by native peoples who farmed Corn Creek). But life does intervene --also, as you point out, restoration is time consuming and costly. Having plans drawn and getting permits takes a long time. It took over a year to get permission and trench in the utilities (which have now been completed), it took another year to fix the roof, and put in septic systems. Window restoration and repair of the shed for storage of building materials get underway this week. Meanwhile pool cabana-- has also been restored but NOTHING is rented out (nor has it ever been since before 2005). We are currently on the property actually. Evidently it's easier to be hateful than helpful.
  • The Lundy restaurant sign was brought in by a previous owner after purchasing the brooklyn property for development. There is no direct connection between the house and Lundy.
  • @ KMS: Thank you so much for that info. I've been wondering about that for 16 years lol
  • @ Metahuge: Good luck with this wonderful home. Even though it was in a marginally dilapidated state when I visited it back in the mid 2000's I could tell it was special place. If you would be so kind as to share a pic or two of the chapel I would greatly appreciate it. My email address is sizedeep1@aol.com
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