Mackay Estate Gate Lodge
- Vicinity: Jct of Harbor Hill and Roslyn Rds.
- Village of East Hills, NY in Town of Oyster Bay, NY
- Village of East Hills, NY in North Hempstead
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1889/00/00 | John William Mackay | Father of the Groom | Father and mother of the groom, John W Mackay and Marie Louise Hungerford Mackay, give a large Hempstead Harbor property as a wedding gift to Clarence and Katherine Duer Mackay. | |||
| 1900/00/00 | Stanford White | Architect | Designed in the French Baroque style with limestone walls and steep slate roof slopes, construction begins on the Mackay Mansion on Clarence Mackay's 600-acre Harbor Hill Estate. | |||
| 1902/00/00 | Clarence Hungerford Mackay | Home | Clarence and Katherine Mackay's mansion is completed. The $781,483 price does not include the architect's commission, art and furnishings, outbuildings or landscaping. | |||
| 1903/03/22 | Katherine Duer MacKay | Mother | Katherine Duer MacKay gives birth to Ellin Mackay at the famaly's $6 million estate in Roslyn, Long Island (razed, Harbor Hill). | |||
| 1903/03/22 | Ellin Mackay Berlin | Born | Katherine Duer MacKay gives birth to Ellin Mackay at the famaly's $6 million estate in Roslyn, Long Island (razed, Harbor Hill). | |||
| 1924/00/00 | Edward VIII | Guest | On his first visit to New York, The Mackay's host a grand party for the most eligible bachelor in the world, the Prince of Wales. | |||
| 1924/00/00 | Ellin Mackay Berlin | Hostest | As Ellin and the Prince of Wales dance, she tells him that the song the orchestra is playing was written by her friend. Ellin then asks the Prince to cover for her while she makes a telephone call. | |||
| 1947/00/00 | After falling into disrepair, Mackay's Harbor Hill mansion is razed. The Estate Gate Lodge remains surrounded by a residential neighborhood. |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Mackay Estate Dairyman's Cottage |
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| Mackay Estate Water Tower |
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| Particulars for Mackay Estate Gate Lodge: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Other Description | French Baroque Revival |
| Architectural Style | Late 19th and 20th century revivals |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Secondary structure |
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