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'Applegarth' (Centre Island, New York)

USA / New York / Centre Island / Centre Island, New York
 residence, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast, historical layer / disappeared object

"Applegarth", a renowned Elizabethan style house built in 1892 to a design by Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen once stood on this spot. Originally built for Charles Whitman Wetmore and his wife Elizabeth Bisland on the former Samuel Weeks farm, "Applegarth" was designed to preserve an existing ancient orchard with the home built so as not to disturb the many old trees on the 60+ acre site.

Elizabeth Bisland was a pioneering woman journalist who came to fame as a literary editor and reporter for the New York newspaper Cosmopolitan. Bisland and the Cosmopolitan ventured to beat another pioneering woman reporter, Nellie Bly, in a race around the world in 1889. Bly won the race by four days. Although both women accomplished the goal, Elizabeth received little recognition and soon disappeared into obscurity, while Nellie received a place in history as the person who broke Phileas Fogg’s record.

Applegarth was sold by the Wetmore family in October 1909 to William H. Nichols. The house was demolished in the 1940s and the property was subdivided, with new homes, mainly post World War II vintage, built on lots of between 3 and 15 acres.
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Coordinates:   40°54'41"N   73°31'21"W
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