Manor Houses and Historic Homes of Long Island and Staten Island

Readers seeking genealogical, architectural, or historical background on some of New York's most prominent homesteads will not be disappointed, as Eberlein pays close attention to detail. Homesteads are arranged by individual chapters, noting when the land was granted for sale, followed by the date the home was erected. As such the Manor of Gardiner's Island, being one of the earliest examples, was granted in 1639 and built upon in 1686. Some, like the former summer home of Governor DeWitt Clinton, the author writes, "is [now] but a ghost of its erstwhile self," in "derelict" condition in 1928. For the homes that no longer exist in 2014, Eberlein's book becomes a remembrance and historical artifact of past ancestry.

• ISBN-13: 9781598380996
• Page Count: 422
• Book Height: 9.25 x Width: 1 x Length: 6.125 inches