Fort Hill Estate
Fort Hill Estate is a historic estate located at Lloyd Harbor in Suffolk County, New York. The estate home is a monumental brick and limestone Tudor Revival style structure built as a summer home in 1879, and enlarged in 1900. It is a three-story mansion with an irregular, asymmetrical and sprawling plan which is roughly "C" shaped. It features a conical tower built as part of the original structure, designed by McKim, Mead, and White. Also on the estate are a formal garden, a water tower, a superintendent's house, two garages, and a cottage.[2]
Fort Hill Estate | |
 South side of the estate | |
   | |
| Location | Fort Hill Dr., Lloyd Harbor, New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°55′4″N 73°29′19″W |
| Area | 22.8 acres (9.2 ha) |
| Built | 1879 |
| Architect | McKim, Mead & Bigelow; Boring & Tilton |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000599[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 02, 1988 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
Media related to Fort Hill Estate (Lloyd Harbor, New York) at Wikimedia Commons
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Robert D. Kuhn (March 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fort Hill Estate". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 18 photos".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.