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Brookwood Hall, East Islip NY

Brookwood Hall in East Islip, NY is a Neo-Georgian style mansion built in 1902 by the architects Delano and Aldrich. When I visited the mansion in late February 2011, the building was undergoing extensive and much needed renovations. The mansion … Continue reading

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Wereholme / Weeks Estate / Scully Estate / Seatuck Environmental Association, Islip NY

Wereholme is located in Islip, NY.  It was one of the last large homes that the Architect, Grosvenor Atterbury, completed on Long Island in  1917. The building is sometimes known as the Scully Estate or the Weeks Estate.  It is … Continue reading

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Southampton Windmill, Southampton NY

Ok, so it is not an historic house, per se, but it is said that this windmill hosted Tennessee Williams at one point, and he wrote one of this plays there.  Located near the Clafin Estate / Tucker Mill Inn is the … Continue reading

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Clafin Estate / Tucker Mill Inn / Southampton College, Southampton NY

This beautiful house was built in 1896 by the noted architect, Grosvenor Atterbury for Arthur B. Clafin.  The house also was known as the Tucker Mill Inn. For years it has served as the administration building for Southampton College, now … Continue reading

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