American estates and gardens . Roslvn, New Yurk. HARBOR HILL, THE HOUSE OF CLARENCE H. MACKAY, ENTRANCE DOORWAY. [26]. Harbor Hill The Estate of Clarence H. Mackay, Esq., Roslyn, New York R. MACKAYS house, Harbor Hill, is a stately, dignified composition, the some-what severe front being gracioush relieved by the excellent carving of the dooi^ is built of a pale, delicate gray stone of delightful tone and color. A great, cool gray hall fills the center. It is two stories in height, paneledthroughout in oak, with oak columns and pilasters and coffered ceiling. The windows opposite
American estates and gardens . Roslvn, New Yurk. HARBOR HILL, THE HOUSE OF CLARENCE H. MACKAY, ENTRANCE DOORWAY. [26]. Harbor Hill The Estate of Clarence H. Mackay, Esq., Roslyn, New York R. MACKAYS house, Harbor Hill, is a stately, dignified composition, the some-what severe front being gracioush relieved by the excellent carving of the dooi^ is built of a pale, delicate gray stone of delightful tone and color. A great, cool gray hall fills the center. It is two stories in height, paneledthroughout in oak, with oak columns and pilasters and coffered ceiling. The windows oppositethe entrance look out on to the head of Hempstead Bay. The chief adornments are four setsof old oak choir stalls from a church in Europe, exquisitely carved and beatitiful works of chimneypiece, a fine old spoil from a European palace, is so huge that the wood of a singletree can be burned within it. The planning of the house is simple. In the center is the hall;at the entrance, stretching away right and left, is a wide corridor, at the left end of which isthe main stairway—oak, like all the woodwork in the ope
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