Mansion House
1432 Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn
Project Files
- 1870-Pictorial-Map-of-Village-of-Roslyn-The-Nelson-Studio-Circa-1960.pdf
- Map-of-the-Village-of-Roslyn-Chester-Wolverton-1891.pdf
- Map-of-the-Village-of-RoslynRoslyn-Estates-and-Bulls-Head-E.-Belcher-Hyde-1914.pdf
The Mansion House was built around 1860 on the southeast corner of Remsen Avenue (then Mansion House Road) and Old Northern Boulevard.
Stage coaches met Mansion House guests at the nearby Roslyn Railroad Station and steamboat dock.
Later, the Mansion House became a popular "road house" for motorists.
Prior to the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, driver Al Campbell and his "X" Mercedes team posed in front of the Mansion House, their headquarters. The Mansion House was just four miles from the Start/Finish Line in Mineola.
Campbell used the "X" instead of the unlucky 13 which he had drawn as the number and starting position for his car.
Campbell and his mechanician as seen on Old Northern Boulevard . The Mansion House can be seen on the right below. John F. Remsen's Harness Shop & Saddlery (later Fern's Harness Shop and Poco Loco restaurant) can be seen in the background.
John F. Remsen's Harness Shop & Saddlery circa 1915.
The same view as seen today.
By 1914, the hotel was renamed Harbor Hill Inn linking to Clarence Mackay's nearby Harbor Hill Estate.
In the 1920s, the building was demolished and replaced by the headquarters for the Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company. Later the building became Tyrone's Men's Clothing Store.
Elements of the bank remain in the building today.
Mansion House as seen in Long Island Life, August 1919
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Before North Hempstead built the Town Hall in 1905, the Mansion House was one of the three hotels where the Town Board met on a rotating basis.