Sweet Hollow Rd., West Hills, New York. County/parish: Suffolk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 26, 1985. NRIS 85002527.
Part of Huntington Town MRA (NRIS 64000562).
1 contributing building.
Halsey Estate-Tallwood is a historic home located at West Hills in Suffolk County, New York, known locally as "Tallwood" but more formally known as the "Halsey Estate". It was built in 1925 and is a symmetrically arranged, 22-bay shingled residence with a central block and a series of either gable or gambrel roofs and varies in height from 1+1⁄2 stories to 2+1⁄2 stories. The central 2+1⁄2-story block is five bays wide and has a gambrel roof. It is representative of the Colonial Revival style. Its builder, Richard Townley Haines Halsey, was a partner in Teff, Halsey and Company, brokers, and W. J. Sloane Company. It has been used since the 1970s as a children's day camp.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314757