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Box Hill Estate

Coordinates: 40°53′22″N 73°10′36″W / 40.88944°N 73.17667°W / 40.88944; -73.17667
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Box Hill Estate
Box Hill Estate is located in New York
Box Hill Estate
Box Hill Estate is located in the United States
Box Hill Estate
Nearest citySt. James, New York
Coordinates40°53′22″N 73°10′36″W / 40.88944°N 73.17667°W / 40.88944; -73.17667
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built1885
ArchitectWhite, Stanford
Architectural styleNeo-Colonial
NRHP reference No.73001276[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1973

Box Hill Estate is a national historic district located in St. James in Suffolk County, New York. The district encompasses an estate that includes five contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The estate house was the summer home of Stanford White. It was built in 1885 and is a rambling, multi-gabled structure surfaced in pebblestone dashed stucco. It features a one-story verandah defined by a range of fluted columns. Also on the property are a contributing cottage, barn, carriage house, stable, and water tower.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Stephen Lash and Betty Exquelle (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Box Hill Estate". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying two photos".