"The Point" (Kings Point, New York) | LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast

 residence, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast, historical layer / disappeared object

Land originally built on by John Alsop King Jr., son of New York Governor John Alsop King, of the prominent New York family. King purchased the land from George Hewlett in 1851 and commissioned Alexander Jackson Davis to build an Italianate residence in 1894. Around the turn of the last century, the estate was purchased by Richard N.L. Church {industrialist}. Church was an heir and partner to the Church and Dwight Co., household products manufacturer of Arm & Hammer baking soda.

The 14-acre property includes nine structures, namely a Tudor-style Courtyard House fashioned from the former stable and chauffeur's apartment, the main estate house, the Silo (a former cow barn), the Orchard House (a modern shingle house on the site of the chicken coop), the caretaker's cottage, a converted Boathouse, and the Pavilion (a former pool house). Also, a vineyard, lily pond, tennis and squash courts, pools, horse paddock, gymnasium, greenhouse, formal gardens.

It was purchased in 1951 by Herman Brickman {attorney, union arbitrator} from a developer who wanted to subdivide the property and made it his family compound. In 1979, they made the estate a cooperative for tax purposes but litigated to dissolve. The last owner of record was John Handler who died there in 2008. The home was last on the market in 2010. It was purchased by a group of doctors who intend to subdivide the estate and demolish the main home. It was eventually demolished in 2018 after being somewhat of an iconic, ruinous urban exploration site for several years.

Photos - tinyurl.com/3lk52wv
www.oldlongisland.com/2011/03/point.html
www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/nyregion/26family.html
www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/realestate/24lizo.html?refer...
digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/...



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