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please reference #3 below to see the TRUTH about Glenmere Mansion. Frogs were never found on the site. |
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In 1985 the mansion and estate were purchased at tax auction by real estate magnate Rick Mandel. |
In 1985 the mansion and estate were purchased at tax auction by real estate magnate Rick Mandel. |
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The mansion changed hands again in 2007, becoming a luxury 19 room hotel, restaurant and spa after undergoing an extensive costly renovation. Although the mansion's developers were fined and cited by the DEC for environmental violations impacting the endangered Northern Cricket frog |
The mansion changed hands again in 2007, becoming a luxury 19 room hotel, restaurant and spa after undergoing an extensive costly renovation. Although the mansion's developers were fined and cited by the DEC for environmental violations impacting the endangered Northern Cricket frog, studies found no frog habitatson the property.<ref name="glory" /> |
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An historic archive of photographs, ephemera & documents pertaining to the storied mansion is maintained by the non-profit [http://www.sugarloafny.org Sugar Loaf Historical Society], and online photographs, of the mansion and the original architectural plan and 1921 photographs of the estate's Tuscan formal garden may be viewed at archives of the non-prof [http://www.glenmere.us Glenmere Conservation Coalition]. |
An historic archive of photographs, ephemera & documents pertaining to the storied mansion is maintained by the non-profit [http://www.sugarloafny.org Sugar Loaf Historical Society], and online photographs, of the mansion and the original architectural plan and 1921 photographs of the estate's Tuscan formal garden may be viewed at archives of the non-prof [http://www.glenmere.us Glenmere Conservation Coalition]. |
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Revision as of 00:38, 10 February 2010
The Glenmere mansion, overlooking Glenmere Lake, approximately 50 miles northwest of New York City in Orange County, NY, was built by Newport, Rhode Island Art dealer Robert Goelet in 1911, on the grounds of his sprawling estate in Sugar Loaf, a hamlet of the town of Chester. Goelet is said to have ordered the construction of the structure to ease the homesickness of his Tuscan bride. Soon the estate and its storied hunting grounds became a regular haunt of Babe Ruth, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
Mr. Goelet hosted numerous 'sporting-set events at the estate, including equine ice-racing [1]. The younger of Goelet's two sons, Peter, began radio station WGNY-FM on the grounds of the mansion in 1930.
Glenmere mansion was sold to Mr. Abraham Prusoff during the second World War, during whose ownership the private mansion was transformed into a resort hotel with upscale amenities which included a golf course, ski run and tennis courts [2]. By the 1960s, Abe Prusoff found it increasingly difficult to keep the resort's finances in order; in the next decade, the mansion and estate were seized by Orange County as a tax lien.
In 1985 the mansion and estate were purchased at tax auction by real estate magnate Rick Mandel.
The mansion changed hands again in 2007, becoming a luxury 19 room hotel, restaurant and spa after undergoing an extensive costly renovation. Although the mansion's developers were fined and cited by the DEC for environmental violations impacting the endangered Northern Cricket frog, studies found no frog habitatson the property.[3]
The developers named the mansion's pub the Frog's End Tavern. [3]
An historic archive of photographs, ephemera & documents pertaining to the storied mansion is maintained by the non-profit Sugar Loaf Historical Society, and online photographs, of the mansion and the original architectural plan and 1921 photographs of the estate's Tuscan formal garden may be viewed at archives of the non-prof Glenmere Conservation Coalition.
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