Indian Neck Hall, Georgian estate in Oakdale, New York, US.
Indian Neck Hall is a Georgian estate situated on Long Island's South Shore with more than one hundred rooms and red brick walls. The mansion features marble details and columned porticos that overlook the bay.
The mansion was commissioned in 1897 by Frederick Gilbert Bourne, president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, and designed by architect Ernest Flagg. It was later converted into a military academy in 1926 and then acquired by a university in 2001.
The estate transformed from a private mansion to La Salle Military Academy in 1926, and later became part of St. John's University in 2001.
Access is easiest through the main driveway, and the interior can be explored during guided tours. Wear comfortable shoes, as the property involves many stairs and wide spaces to walk through.
The property expanded into a large estate with its own working farm and commercial structures in the early 1900s. These self-sustaining facilities employed local workers and demonstrated the self-sufficiency common among wealthy households of that era.
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