Benjamin Moore Estate, Oyster Bay

Name: Benjamin Moore Estate
Address: Oyster Bay, United States

#42 among attractions in Oyster Bay

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Benjamin Moore Estate, also known as Chelsea, is a historic estate located at Muttontown in Nassau County, New York. It was designed in 1923–1924 by architect William Adams Delano for Benjamin Moore and Alexandra Emery. The manor house is an eclectic Chinese and French Renaissance style inspired dwelling. It is "U" shaped, two and one half stories high with hipped and gable roofs, covered with concrete block on a concrete foundation. The front facade features a steeply pitched roof, four large irregularly spaced chimneys, and a large brick tourelle with a conical roof. The property also has a contributing formal garden, gatehouse, picturesque roadways, garage, conservatory, octagonal gazebo, shed and tool house, and large open lawns. ()

Built: 1923 (101 years ago)Coordinates: 40°50'19"N, 73°32'17"W

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MuttontownOyster Bay United States

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Benjamin Moore Estate – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Piping Rock Club, Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church, Raynham Hall Museum.

2.7 miNW
Golf
Piping Rock Club, Oyster Bay
71 min walk • Piping Rock Club is a country club in Matinecock, New York. It falls within the ZIP Code boundaries of Locust Valley, New York.
1.9 miNW
Museum, Park, Vernacular architecture
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, Oyster Bay
49 min walk • Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, which includes the Coe Hall Historic House Museum, is an arboretum and state park covering over 400 acres located in the village of Upper Brookville in the town of Oyster Bay, New York.
2.1 miN
Church
St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church, Oyster Bay
55 min walk • The Church of St. Dominic is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, in Oyster Bay, New York. The parish was founded in the late nineteenth century.
2.4 miN
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Raynham Hall Museum, Oyster Bay
61 min walk • Raynham Hall is in Oyster Bay, New York. Home of the Townsend family, one of the founding families of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, New York, and a member of George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, the house was renamed Raynham Hall after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original owner.
2.3 miN
Museum, History museum
Earle-Wightman House, Oyster Bay
58 min walk • This house was originally built on South Street in Oyster Bay, New York, around 1720, as a small one-room dwelling. During the 19th century two successive Baptist ministers made their home here.
2.4 miN
Church
Christ Church, Oyster Bay
61 min walk • Christ Church, founded in 1705, is a historic Episcopal parish located at 61 East Main Street in Oyster Bay, New York. Several church buildings have occupied this site, including one that served as soldiers' barracks during the Revolutionary War. In the 1870s a Carpenter Gothic style building was erected.
2.3 miN
Church
First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay
60 min walk • First Presbyterian Church built in 1873 is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style Presbyterian Church building located at 60 East Main Street in Oyster Bay, in the U.S. state of New York. Its architect was J.
4.6 miN
Sailing, Yacht club
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Oyster Bay
117 min walk • The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club is one of the older yacht clubs in the Western Hemisphere, ranking 19th after the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, Detroit Boat Club, New York Yacht Club, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Mobile Yacht Club, Pass Christian Yacht Club, Southern Yacht...
1.7 miN
40°51'48"N • 73°32'1"W
Collector Car Showcase/ CCS Motors, Oyster Bay
44 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
2.3 miN
Church
Wightman Memorial Baptist Church, Oyster Bay
60 min walk • Wightman Memorial Baptist Church in Oyster Bay, New York, was first built in 1908. It is the third building on this site. The first Baptist congregation met in Oyster Bay as early as 1700, and Oyster Bay received its first ordained minister in 1724.
3.1 miS
Golf
Meadow Brook Golf Club, Long Island
81 min walk • The Meadow Brook Club is a private golf club in Jericho, New York, Long Island, New York, United States. From 1894 to 1954 it was part of a hunting club, which soon evolved into a major polo club.