Halsey Estate-Tallwood

Sweet Hollow Rd., West Hills, New York. County/parish: Suffolk.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 26, 1985. NRIS 85002527.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Halsey Estate-Tallwood

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+12 stories to 2+12 stories. The central 2+12-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.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314757

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