'Indian Neck Hall'

 'Indian Neck Hall', the Frederick G. Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1897 in Oakdale.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'.  Click HERE to see the residence on bing.

Photos from the Museum of the City of New York.

'Indian Neck Hall'

'Indian Neck Hall', the Frederick G. Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1897 in Oakdale.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'.  Photo from Country Life, 1907.

'Indian Neck Hall' Farm Group

The Alfred Hopkins designed farm group to 'Indian Neck Hall', the Frederick G. Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1900 in Oakdale.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'.  Click HERE to see the estate on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architectural Forum, 1919.

'Indian Neck Hall'

'Indian Neck Hall', the Frederick G. Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg between 1897-1900 in Oakdale. Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'. A couple of weeks ago the Town of Islip ok'd a plan to develop the property with condos to raise funds to restore the original estate buildings, click HERE for more. Click HERE to see 'Indian Neck Hall' on google earth and HERE on bing.

'Indian Neck Hall'

'Indian Neck Hall', the Frederick G. Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1897 in Oakdale. Click HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'.

'Indian Neck Hall'

'Indian Neck Hall', the Frederick Gilbert Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1897 in Oakdale. Click HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'.

'Indian Neck Hall' Derelict Garden Feature

A derelict garden feature at 'Indian Neck Hall', the Frederick G. Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg between 1897-1900 in Oakdale. I assume there would have been an additional dozen or so columns that have long since disappeared. Click HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'.

'Indian Neck Hall'

'Indian Neck Hall', the Frederick Gilbert Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg between 1897-1900 in Oakdale. Bourne was president of the Singer Manufacturing Company, of which Ernest Flagg designed both the big and little Singer Buildings in Manhattan. In 1926 the estate became the LaSalle Military Academy and in 2001 became part of St. John's University. Click HERE for more on F.G. Bourne and 'Indian Neck Hall'. Click HERE to see 'Indian Neck Hall' on google earth and HERE on bing.

The view of the Great South Bay from the rear terrace.

'Indian Neck Hall' Front Gate

The front gate and cottage to 'Indian Neck Hall', the F.G. Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1897 in Oakdale. Click HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'.

The 2 Organs of 'Indian Neck Hall'

Above is the first organ Ernest Flagg designed for Frederick G. Bourne's 'Indian Neck Hall' designed c. 1897-1900 in Oakdale. After Bourne had Flagg add a ballroom he also had his organ enlarged (c. 1908). Click HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'. Photos courtesy of Jim Lewis.

'Indian Neck Hall'

'Indian Neck Hall', the estate of Frederick Gilbert Bourne designed by Ernest Flagg between 1897-1900 in Oakdale. Bourne was the president of the Singer Manufacturing Company, a company which Flagg supplied with two buildings in Manhattan. On the 1,000+ acre estate Flagg combined the Federal Revival style on the exterior with what he called "the modern French Renaissance" style on the interior. Bourne was Commodore of the New York Yacht Club from 1903-1905 and the estate included a boathouse and deep waterway to allow for large yachts to access the grounds. On the right hand side of the house is an 80-foot long greenhouse. The residence also included a bowling alley, swimming "tank" and a Turkish bath. The estate had Olmsted landscaping with a 1,700 foot long driveway alleé (which has not fared so well over the years). Bourne left a $25,000,000 fortune upon his death in 1919 and the house was sold for $1,000,000 in 1925. In 1926 the estate opened as the LaSalle Military Academy and in 2001 was sold to St. John's University. Click HERE to see 'Indian Neck Hall' on google earth.

Click below to see 'Indian Neck Hall' entirely intact as the LaSalle Military Academy in a 1954 aerial shot.