Plandome Manor, New York

The Village of Plandome Manor incorporated in 1931.[2] Like the villages of Plandome and Plandome Heights to its south, Plandome Manor derives its name from the Latin 'Planus Domus', meaning plain, or level home.[2] The manor house of Matthias Nicoll who was an early mayor of New York City and among the first generation of the Nicoll family on Long Island, was a wood-frame home built in the 1670s, and one of the first homesteads in this area of Cow Neck, the namesake of the Cow Neck Peninsula (also known as the Manhasset/Port Washington Peninsula). The manor itself was torn down in 1998 and replaced with another estate.[3]

Author Frances H. Burnett, author of The Secret Garden, built her home, Fairseat, in Plandome Park in 1908, and lived there until her death in 1924.[4] Burnett's son, Vivian, and his wife Constance, had erected a home nearby on Bayview Road after their marriage. Following Frances Burnett's death, her nephew, publisher Archer P. Fahnestock moved into Fairseat, but the home burned down leaving only the stucco carriage house and garden intact. In 1940, Fahnestock sold it to Leroy Grumman.[4]

U.S. Census map of Plandome Manor.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), of which 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²), or 13.56%, is water – including Leeds Pond in the northeastern part of the village.

Plandome Manor is located within the Leeds Pond Subwatershed (part of the Manhasset Bay Watershed), and is located within the larger Long Island Sound/Atlantic Ocean Watershed.[5][6][7][8]

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Geological Survey, the highest point in Plandome Manor is located at the Plandome Country Club's (and the village's) northeastern corner, at roughly 160 feet (49 m), and the lowest point is Manhasset Bay, which is at sea level.[7][9]

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 838 people, 281 households, and 241 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,637.6 inhabitants per square mile (632.3/km²). There were 288 housing units at an average density of 562.8 per square mile (217.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 92.12% White, 0.36% African American, 5.49% Asian, 0.84% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.27% of the population.

There were 281 households, out of which 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.4% were married couples living together, 3.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.9% were non-families. Of all households 12.8% were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.2% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $176,959, and the median income for a family was $193,496. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $69,583 for females. The per capita income for the village was $77,276. About 2.0% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

The Science Museum of Long Island, located within the Village at the Leeds Pond Preserve.

Located within the village boundaries, taking almost a third of the village, is the private members club, Plandome Country Club.[14] The club opened in 1931 as the Plandome Golf Club.[22] The owner's purchased the land from the Leeds family, which owned a nearby estate. They originally intended to build a major residential development but changed the plans to instead build a golf course, in part due to the Stock Market Crash in 1929.[22] Architect Orrin Smith was responsible for designing the golf course.[22] The Plandome Golf Club became the Plandome Country Club in 1955.[22] A major fire broke out in the clubhouse during a snowstorm during the night hours on December 23, 1958.[22][23] The clubhouse was damaged beyond repair and was replaced with the current building around 1959.[22][24] The new clubhouse was designed by architect Manoug Exerjian.[24]

Also within the village is the Nassau County-maintained Leeds Pond Preserve, which is home to the Science Museum of Long Island.[14]

• Ray Bolger (1904–1987), actor (The Wizard of Oz)[4]
• Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), playwright, author, wrote The Secret Garden while living in Plandome Manor.[4]
• Leroy Grumman (1895–1982), co-founder, Grumman Aerospace Corp.[4]
• Virginia Portia Royall Inness-Brown (1901–1990), proponent of the arts, socialite.[4]
• Martin W. Littleton (1872–1934), Brooklyn Congressman, D.A., and Borough President, attorney for Harry Thaw's second trial for murder of Stanford White.[4]
• Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764–1830), U.S. Senator, physician, professor at Columbia College.[4]
• William Fellowes Morgan, Jr. (1889–1977), commissioner of the Dept. of Markets of the City of New York.[4]
• Matthias Nicoll (1630–1687), Mayor of New York 1672–1674, Speaker of the first Colonial Assembly.[4]
• John Hay Whitney (1904–1982), U.S. Ambassador, publisher, horse breeder, socialite.[4]

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