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...A BRIEF HISTORY : IN 1880 , THE PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY ALBERT C. STEVENS WHO USED IT AS A RETREAT FOR HUNTERS AND FISHERMAN...FROM 1890 TO 1919 , THE AREA HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT OWNERS...IT WAS PURCHASED ON MAY 2 , 1919 , BY ALEX ROSS AND HIS WIFE MARY...BEING A WEALTHY MAN , HE BEGAN TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY OVER THE YEARS INTO AN ESTATE SHOWPLACE...AFTER HIS DEATH , THE ESTATE WAS SOLD ON SEPTEMBER 4 ,1943 IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR...IT WAS SOLD AGAIN IN JUNE 1958 TO PATRICK HARRISON AND HIS WIFE LUCETTE...OVER THE YEARS THEY INVESTED AN ESTIMATED , 1 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE PROPERTY...FROM 1983 TO 1998 , IT CHANGED OWNERS , SEVERAL TIMES AND DURING THIS PERIOD IT WAS LEFT DERELECT AND HAD BECOME RUNDOWN...FENCES AND BUILDINGS DETERIORATED AND WAS VANDALIZED...IT WAS PURCHASED IN 2002 BY A GROUP WHO HOPE TO RESTORE IT.... |
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