By-the-Harbor, Smithtown

#8 among attractions in Smithtown

Shingle style architecture

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By-the-Harbor, also known as the Prescott Hall Butler and Cornelia Smith Butler Estate, is a historic home located at Nissequogue in Suffolk County, New York. It was built about 1878 as the first of a group of country homes built on Stony Brook Harbor and one of Charles F. McKim's earliest projects. It is a long and narrow, two story, Shingle Style structure with a low attic level at each end. The south facade features a massive asymmetrical gable that rises from the first floor to the ridge of the roof. Also on the property are the original flanking stone entrance piers and rusted iron gates and casino building. The casino is a sprawling two story Colonial Revival style building with shingled facades and a hipped roof. The original section, holding a squash court and plunge baths, was designed in the 1890s by McKim, Mead, and White. In 1905, a wing containing a ballroom and designed by Stanford White, was added. ()

Coordinates: 40°53'30"N, 73°10'51"W

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NissequogueSmithtown United States

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By-the-Harbor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Smith Haven Mall, Long Island Museum of American Art, Stony Brook Grist Mill, Smithtown Landing Golf Course.

3.2 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove
83 min walk • Smith Haven Mall is a shopping mall located in Lake Grove, New York, and is the main mall for the "Mid Island" area of Long Island.
2.5 miNE
Museum, Art gallery, History museum
Long Island Museum of American Art, Stony Brook
64 min walk • The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages, known as the Long Island Museum, is a nine-acre museum located in Stony Brook, New York.
2.4 miNE
Museum, Historical place, Lake
Stony Brook Grist Mill, Stony Brook
61 min walk • The Stony Brook Grist Mill is a Registered Historic Place property in Stony Brook, Suffolk County, New York. Its construction in 1699 created the Mill Pond astride the Brookhaven-Smithtown boundary.
1.5 miW
40°53'8"N • 73°12'30"W
Smithtown Landing Golf Course, Smithtown
39 min walk • Golf
3.4 miNE
Library
Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, Stony Brook
88 min walk • The Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library is the main library at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. It is named for the father of philanthropist Ward Melville, who donated 400 acres of land and money to establish Stony Brook University in 1957.
3.4 miNE
Neighbourhood
West Meadow Beach Historic District, Stony Brook
86 min walk • West Meadow Beach Historic District is a peninsula of public parkland approximately 1.5 miles long and a national historic district located in northwestern Stony Brook in Suffolk County, New York.
2.4 miS
Church
First Presbyterian Church, Smithtown
63 min walk • First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church at 175 East Main Street in Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1825 and the sanctuary is a rectangular, two story frame structure measuring 56 feet by 34 feet. It is sheathed in wood shingles and covered by a gable roof.
1 miE
Historical place, Shopping, Shop
St. James General Store, Smithtown
27 min walk • The Saint James General Store is a general store located on the northwest corner of Moriches and Harbor Hill Roads in Saint James, New York. Established in 1857, it is a contributing property of the Saint James District, which is primarily in the vicinity of New York State Route 25A in St.
2.6 miW
Museum, History museum
Obadiah Smith House, Long Island
66 min walk • Obadiah Smith House is a historic home located at Kings Park in Suffolk County, New York. It was built about 1708 and is a two-story, heavy timber frame, five-bay center entrance dwelling, with a side gable roof and interior end chimneys.
3.3 miNE
Observatories and planetariums
Mount Stony Brook Observatory, Stony Brook
84 min walk • The Mount Stony Brook Observatory is an astronomical observatory operated by Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. It is located on the roof of the Earth and Space Sciences Building.
2.4 miNE
Church, Queen Anne architecture
St. James Chapel, Long Island
62 min walk • St. James Chapel, now All Souls Episcopal Church, is a historic chapel on the east side of Main Street, 250 feet north of Stony Brook Lane in Stony Brook, Suffolk County, New York.