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

Wereholme / Scully Estate 3

Wereholme / Scully Estate 3

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.

Main Entrance Turret

Main Entrance Turret

The building is sometimes known as the Scully Estate or the Weeks Estate.  It is now home to the Suffolk County Environmental Center and the Seatuck Environmental Association.

Sign

Sign

The property has recently undergone extensive renovations, but maintains most of it’s charm.

Inside turret

Inside rear turret

Including 3 turrets.

Sleeping porch turret

Sleeping porch turret

Leaded Glass Windows.

Window detail main entrance turret

Window detail main entrance turret

And, a sweeping staircase.

Staircase

Staircase

Some garden restoration is being done as well.

Walled Garden from 2nd Floor Window

Walled Garden from 2nd Floor Window

Take a visit, you won’t be disappointed!

For more photos of Wereholme, visit my Flickr site.

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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.

Tucker Mill Inn

For years it has served as the administration building for Southampton College, now SUNY Stony Brook at Southampton.  The large antenna in the background is for a radio station.

Tucker Mill Inn from the Side

This view of the chimney and windows shows some signature details that Grosvenor Atterbury was known for.

Detail Chimney

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