The Community
Upper Brookville-Oyster Bay

This property is located in Upper Brookville, a bucolic incorporated village of rolling hills, country lanes and natural woodland properties anchored by Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, the former William Coe estate.

Prior to World War II, this section of Long Island's North Shore was home to "the landed gentry" and referred to as "The Gold Coast." Current population is approximately 1800.

#177 Lawn Lane is located on the once grand 90-acre estate Farlands, designed by world famous architect Guy Lowell and built in 1918 by Guernsey Curran, with later landscaping by A. Roland Sargent. It was purchased in 1936 by Josephine and Barclay Douglas, nee Hartford, granddaughter of George Huntington Hartford, founder of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company [A & P] who renamed it Mill River Farm and lived here for the next 20 years.

The manor house was demolished in the 50s when the property was sold and divided into two acre uilding parcels. #177 was the first parcel purchased when the estate was dissolved.

What remains of that era’s opulent lifestyle is the Farlands Estate’s Copper-domed Gazebo, The Playhouse [which houses an indoor swimming pool and an indoor tennis court] that is visible through the trees from the rear yard of #177 and the majestic specimen trees that dominate the grounds of this residence.

Oyster Bay-East Norwich Schools [Central School District #6] are characterized by the close contact between faculty and students. The district, which is small but enlightened, enjoys the lowest true value tax rate in Nassau County.

Our four children who all graduated from Oyster Bay High School attended Amherst College, Brandeis University, Brown University and University of California @ Santa Cruz.

Unique Family Home For Sale
177 Lawn Lane, Oyster Bay, NY 11771 MAP