| Delamater-Bevin Mansion | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Asharoken, New York |
| Coordinates: | 40°56′5″N 73°22′43″W / 40.93472°N 73.37861°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1867 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style(s): | Second Empire |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Huntington Town MRA |
| Added to NRHP: | September 26, 1985 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 85002514[1] |
The Delamater-Bevin Mansion, also known as The Bevin House, is a historic 22-room Victorian mansion located on the north shore of Long Island, at 76 Bevin Road, located within the Incorporated Village of Asharoken, New York. The estate, however, is geographically located on the Eatons Neck landmass on the edge of Duck Island Harbor, an inlet of Northport Bay, off of Long Island Sound.
The home was built by Cornelius Henry DeLamater in 1862 in French Second Empire architectural style, and was originally known as Vermland. DeLamater, who owned over 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of Eaton's Neck, was the owner of the DeLamater Iron Works located in NYC where W. 13th St meets the Hudson River. The turret, engines, and weaponry on the Ironclad "Monitor" were built by DeLamater's foundry under the direction of noted marine engineer John Ericsson. DeLamater named his summer estate "Vermland" after the Swedish village where Ericsson was born as the two men were best of friends and inseparable. After DeLamater's death on February 7, 1889, his Eaton's Neck estate was inherited by his wife Ruth Oakley Caller DeLamater, who died on December 7, 1894 leaving the estate to their daughter Laura DeLamater Bevin. Over time, the house gradually became known as "The Bevin House."[2] Laura DeLamater Bevin died on March 4, 1920 and her son Sydney Bevin inherited the property.
During World War II, exiled French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was looking for a suitable writing location outside of New York City. Saint-Exupéry rented The Bevin House, which is where he wrote the well known children's book The Little Prince during the fall and winter of 1942.[3][4]
On May 29, 1960 Sydney Bevin died, and The Bevin House was sold to Charles William Foesell in 1964. In 1979 the estate was purchased by real estate developer Nikos Kefalidis of Queens, NY, who commissioned an extensive restoration of the mansion.[2] Mr. Kefelidis was killed in the crash of Swiss Air 111 on September 2, 1998.
In 2005, the Kefelidis family added an extension to the west (kitchen) wing of the house in the same Mansard-roofed/ French Second Empire style as rest of the dwelling. An inground pool was also added to the east lawn of the property.
The Delamater-Bevin Mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places[1] in 1985.
Notes
- Until the euro was introduced in 2002, an image of The Little Prince, first sketched by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry within the Delamater-Bevin Mansion, appeared on France's 50-franc note.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ^ a b Spinzia, Raymond E.; Judith A. Spinzia (2006). Long Island's Prominent North Shore Families. Virtualbookworm Publishing. pp. 61–62. ISBN 1589397851. http://books.google.com/books?id=bhEzI_VOBvUC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&source=web&ots=YqYkiivkQ8&sig=VOa0mo7q0e6SYL0P8ufVJTYeuzM#PPA61,M1.
- ^ Schiff, Stacy (Feb 7, 2006). Saint-Exupery. Owl Books. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-8050-7913-5. http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0805079130&id=h-gk5R0OmI0C&pg=PA379&lpg=PA379&dq=%22Bevin+House%22&sig=4p8_dhvcRABg-EiedAuar4UM5PU.
- ^ Brown, Hannibal. "The Country Where The Stones Fly" (documentary research). Visions Of A Little Prince. http://habpro.tripod.com/visionslp/id13.html. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
External links
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