"Germelwyn" (Glen Cove, New York)

USA / New York / Glen Cove / Glen Cove, New York
 residence, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast
Estate home designed c. 1896 in the Colonial Revival style by C.P.H. Gilbert for Leonard J. Busby {industrialist, merchant, financier}. Busby served as president of the Staten Island Milling Co., director of R.S. Holt & Co. flower exporters and director of Corn Exchange Bank. The estate was subsequently owned by Busby's son-in-law Thomas Lonsdale Leeming, Sr. who continued to call it "Germelwyn". Now the North Shore Day School and Camp.

www.oldlongisland.com/2008/08/germelwyn.html
www.northshoredayschool.com/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Long_Island)
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Coordinates:   40°52'47"N   73°38'33"W

Comments

  • Actually built circa 1896. Later owned by Busby's daughter, Gertrude Busby (Mrs. Thomas) Leeming.The Thomas leeming Compnay owned the distribution rights to Ben Gay and later Paquin hand cream.
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