'Harbor Hill'

'Harbor Hill', the Clarence Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1899-1905 in Roslyn. Mackay was chairman of the board of the Postal Telegraph Cable Co., president of the Commercial Cable Co. and Commercial Pacific Cable Co. and held numerous other positions with other companies. He was also chairman of the board of the Philharmonic Society and St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC. Click HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill' (including pictures of the estate grounds and outbuildings) and HERE to see where 'Harbor Hill' stood on google earth (demolished in 1947).

Pictures from American Estates and Gardens.

'Harbor Hill'

 'Harbor Hill', the Clarence Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1899-1905 in Roslyn.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.  Click HERE to see where 'Harbor Hill' stood on google earth.

Photos from The House Dignified, 1908.

'The Servant Question at Harbor Hill'

Photographs of the servant quarters at 'Harbor Hill', the Clarence Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1899 in Roslyn from a 1904 article in Harper's Bazaar entitled 'The Servant Question at Harbor Hill' by Grace Fowler. Click HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.

Harbor Hill's Fountain

Harbor Hill, Clarence MacKay's 600 acre estate in Roslyn, had its main house designed by McKim, Mead & White. The fountain was on the wing of the house that faced Hempstead Harbor, and is pictured illuminated for a party held in honor of Charles Lindbergh on June 13, 1927. Unfortunately, Harbor Hill was demolished, but there is a great book on the estate with a lot of old photographs.

'Harbor Hill' Interiors

Some additional interiors to 'Harbor Hill', the Clarence Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1899 in Roslyn. Click HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1904.

'Harbor Hill' Aerial

An aerial of 'Harbor Hill', the Clarence Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1899-1905 in Roslyn.  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.  Photo from the Aiglon Archives.

'Harbor Hill' Interiors

Some accompanying interiors to 'Harbor Hill', the Clarence Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1899-1905 in Roslyn.  Click HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.

Photos from the Museum of the City of New York.

'Harbor Hill'

 'Harbor Hill', the Clarence Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1899-1905 in Roslyn.  Most of these photos were taken at the end of construction.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.

Photos from the Museum of the City of New York.

'Harbor Hill' Tree Advertisement

A 1904 tree advertisement for Isaac Hicks & Son showing 'Harbor Hill', the Clarence Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1899-1905 in Roslyn with landscaping by Guy Lowell.  Click HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.

'Harbor Hill' Aerial

Above, a 1938 aerial of 'Harbor Hill', the Clarence Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1899-1905 in Roslyn. Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.  Below is another aerial that appears to be from a year or two before the above image.

Photos from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.

'Harbor Hill' Gatehouse

The rear of the gate house to Clarence Mackay's 'Harbor Hill' in Roslyn. Notice the snack bar to the left, as the development that replaced 'Harbor Hill' converted the area around the gate house to a community pool.

'Harbor Hill'

'Harbor Hill', the Clarence H. Mackay estate designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1899-1905 in Roslyn as seen from the West.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.  Photo courtesy of Old Grey Dog.

Harbor Hill: The Founding of an American Estate

From the August 16th, 1902 issue of Town & Country, an article on 'Harbor Hill', the Clarence and Katherine Mackay estate in Roslyn. Click HERE for more on 'Harbor Hill'.