Elmcroft Estate

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Elmcroft Estate
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Elmcroft Estate
General information
Architectural styleGeorgian
AddressMill River Road
Town or cityUpper Brookville, Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., New York
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°51′01″N73°33′01″W / 40.850166°N 73.550191°W / 40.850166; -73.550191
Year(s) built1917-1920

The Elmcroft Estate, also called the Norwich House, is a historic 14.06 acres [1] estate in Upper Brookville, New York, U.S. [2] [3]

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History

The three-story [4] Georgian style [5] mansion was built by Little & Brown [6] between 1917-1920 [5] for industrialist Frank C.B. Page, president of E. W. Bliss Company, and his wife Henrietta Jackson. [2] When completed it covered 18,929 square feet and had 38 rooms - 11 of which were bathrooms. [2] [5] The estate also contains a stable-garage, guest cottage, and superintendent cottage. [5] Landscaping was designed by A. Chandler Manning, Esq. and done by Lewis & Valentine Company. [6]

From 1938 it was the residence of Nathan L. Miller, who served as the governor of New York from 1921 to 1922. [4] Around 1938 Miller added an indoor swimming pool to the residence. [3] From 1945 onwards Miller was not occupying the estate, leading to a real estate firm purchasing the estate. [7]

On September 18, 1952 [3] , the estate was purchased for $80,000 by the Soviet Union as a country retreat for members of their UN mission, [8] [9] with title of the property made out to Jacob A. Malik. [7] [3]

On December 30, 2016, Russian access to the site was curtailed in the wake of the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections as part of a number of sanctions taken by the United States government against Russian diplomatic personnel. [10] [11] [12] [13] [9] [14] [15]

As of early 2025 the US and Russian governments are in talks to opening the estate again. [16]

Events

In 1964, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - the first person in space - planted a birch tree on the estate. [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Taxglance". Upper Brookville. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Norwich House". American Aristocracy.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Leimbach, Dulcie (10 January 2017). "Russian Spies Left Out in the Cold? New Details of the Country's Oyster Bay Estate". PassBlue.
  4. 1 2 Sisson, Patrick (December 30, 2016). "The secret history of the Russian-owned estates now at the center of U.S. sanctions". Curbed.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "At Oyster Bay Long Island". Previews Incorporated - The National Real Estate Clearing House. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Landscape planting and engineering". Lewis & Valentine. 1922.
  7. 1 2 "Reds Buy 38-Room House On Long Island for Envoy". The Evening Star. Washington, D.C. Associated Press. September 18, 1952. p. A-5.
  8. ↑ Rawlinson, John L. (1982). "The History of Upper Brookville 1932-1982" (PDF).
  9. 1 2 Kirby, Jen (December 30, 2016). "International Intrigue Near Long Island's Gold Coast". New York Magazine. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  10. ↑ "U.S. shuts Russian compounds in Maryland, New York over hacking". CBS News. Associated Press. December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  11. ↑ Sanger, David E. (December 29, 2016). "Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ Mazzetti, Mark; Schmidt, Michael S. (December 29, 2016). "Two Russian Compounds, Caught Up in History's Echoes". The New York Times.
  13. ↑ Duncan, Ian (December 30, 2016). "Shut down Russian Eastern Shore retreat offers glimpse at spy battles". Baltimore Sun.
  14. ↑ Witte, Brian (December 30, 2016). "Tennis, sailing or spying? US shuts 2 Russian compounds". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 31, 2016.[ dead link ]
  15. ↑ Goldstein, Joseph (2016-12-30). "Diplomatic Vehicles Vacate Russia's Long Island Estate". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  16. ↑ "Russia and U.S. Aim to fix diplomatic ties under Trump-Putin rapprochement". Reuters. 26 February 2025.
  17. ↑ Schram, Jamie; Bain, Jennifer; Fears, Danika (30 December 2016). "Russian compound shut down over election hack". New York Post.
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