Proposed New Versailles at Manhasset Development

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Proposed site of the New Versailles at Manhasset which was developed by a syndicate headed by J. Stuart Blackton/New Versailles Incorporated at 52 Vanderbilt Avenue in New York City. They had planned to build a 200 acre complex of duplex apartments styled as chateaus. It unfortunately fizzled out with the start of WWI.

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Coordinates:   40°49'21"N   73°41'49"W
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