Friday, October 8, 2010

'The Chimneys'

'The Chimneys', the Charles Porter Wilson estate designed by Charles Hart of Hart & Shape c. 1928 in Mill Neck. Wilson was the chairman of the western division of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., better known as A&P. He died in 1929 and the house is usually referred to as the Mrs. C. Porter Wilson estate. The house along with 24 acres, 900 feet of waterfront and a number of outbuildings is for sale for $20,000,000, click HERE to see the listing on Daniel Gale Sotheby's. Click HERE to see 'The Chimneys' on google earth.


Listing photos from Daniel Gale Sotheby's.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh God....I love this place...if only!!! I pray the house along with property is sold as one parcel and not sub-divided,and that they respect and maintain the interiors. I hear the gardens are wonderful....one can only dream...

Anonymous said...

Is that Shore Road?

Anonymous said...

One of the truly great intact properties. Perfect size, excellent condition, intact details,lovely water views, beautiful road and virtually no traffic noise. This is right up there with Oak Knoll as a great estate that was scaled just right for today.

J

Anonymous said...

very quiet.very private. Mill Neck, exclusif.

lil' gay boy said...

One of my favorite towns, too.

The Chimneys shown here is on Horse Shoe Road on the north end of the peninsula.

Arguably one of the few properties on the market worth its asking price, especially when one considers the acreage & how well-preserved it is.

Security word - obidwin: the process of acquiring something from eBay.

Anonymous said...

I hope whom-ever is fortunate enough to purchase this masterpiece keeps it the way it should.

Zach, there was also a listing for a 1929 fieldstone manor on 32 acres for 12,9000,000 in Brookville; listed on Daniel Gale and on Prudential Douglas Elliman. I no longer see the listing.Do you know if this estate has been sold? And if so, to a developer who will sub-divide it.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know exactly what you call that type of driveway surface?
I like it a lot. It looks perfect for this house. I remember this place from 30 years ago..it looks exactly the same, as does much around it (from what I can tell here from bing ).

The Ancient said...

Kinda clumsy on the outside, kinda perfect on the inside, and a site to kill for.

Hmmm. What could go wrong?


lil' gay boy writes:

Security word - obidwin: the process of acquiring something from eBay.


You've forgotten the good-natured whore in the second volume of Lord of the Rings.

Anonymous said...

Currently owned by the Goldman family who, at one time, one of the biggest landlords in NYC.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this blog - it's wonderful.

Anonymous said...

love it....my mom grew up here - the daughter of the cook and butler!

Anonymous said...

Lived there in the '40's in the servants quarters as my mom was the cook and dad the butler. Convesely I was the princess living in that stunning estate that was as grande as Mrs.Wilson herself. It should be maintained in the style in which it was conceived.

Erik said...

when i was little, i was fortunate to play in this house , remember the carriage house was not well taken care of that time , it was used to store old stuff from the main house, I remember an old box being found with stuff from i think the 30's smoking pipes from Yale university, banners from that school , and lots of photos, I believe stuff belonging to the Sinclair family, It was real beautiful mansion, like a museum, but it was lived in on summer weekends, at the time i played their it was owned by Sol Goldman a real estate billionaire,

Unknown said...

I work for Sal Goldman around 1985 till when he died . amazing man mr. Goldman man loved his dirt she owned it and didn't know on the ground underneath it it wasn't worth owning I managed to chimney estate 3years maybe a little longer help Doug Goldberg when he managed the estate at that time Lori and Joel Goldberg in your two children lived in the carriage house I renovated the other Carriage House I need to stake young two pieces of property chimney estate in the one next door where you move the pool he didn't like the pool next to the house took care of 15 Acres of grass per week and work a full-time job during the day and work part-time at night at a grocery store in Hicksville my name is Brian Cox also work for Frederick Co Dare of the CuDare Brothers corporate law firm I loved living and working in mill Neck 8 years of heaven hello 2 Sandra Cynthia Lawrence Fritz if you still around also Jane and Ben Lori Doug Joe and the kids much love and happiness to you still alive in North Carolina sincerely Brian Wesley Cox