Fort Hill Estate Explained

Fort Hill Estate
Location:Fort Hill Dr., Lloyd Harbor, New York
Coordinates:40.9178°N -73.4886°W
Built:1879
Architect:McKim, Mead & Bigelow; Boring & Tilton
Architecture:Tudor Revival
Added:June 02, 1988
Refnum:88000599

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.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fort Hill Estate. March 1988. 2010-02-20 . Robert D. Kuhn. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying 18 photos.