The George Washington Denton House (also known as the Greta–Theo Holiday House) is a historic home located in the
Incorporated Village of Flower Hill, in
Nassau County, on
Long Island
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, in
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, United States.
It was built sometime between 1873 and 1875. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and was designated a Village of Flower Hill Historic Landmark in 1996.
Description
The home is a rectangular, 2-story wood-frame building with a two-stage rear service ell in a vernacular
Italian Villa
A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house built in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions.
Typology and distribution
Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD) distinguished two kinds of villas ...
style. It features a -story engaged tower, semi-octagonal bay windows, and an L-shaped wraparound
verandah.
Also on the property is a brick
ice house built into the side of a hill.
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The Long Island Rail Road's 1877 guidebook, "Long Island & Where to Go", made mention of this home; the George Washington Denton House is one of four places of interest in the Roslyn area to be mentioned in this publication.
The home is featured in the Roslyn Landmark Society's 1986 house tour guide, on pages 414 through 423.
History
The house was built at some point between 1873 and 1875 by lawyer George Washington Denton.
In 1919,
Allene Tew Buchard, a socialite from
Locust Valley
Locust Valley is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 3,406 at the 2010 census.
History
The rolling h ...
and the wife of
Anson Wood Buchard, purchased the Denton House and the rest of the property. She named the house the Greta–Theo Holiday House; she named it after her daughter Greta and her son Theodore – both of whom died one year earlier from the
Spanish Flu.
In 1930, Buchard donated the property to the Girls' Service League of America, following her husband's 1927 death. She donated the property upon moving to Europe after remarrying to
Prince Heinrich XXXIII.
See also
* The
Sands-Willets Homestead
The Sands-Willets Homestead is a historic house and museum located within the Incorporated Village of Flower Hill in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.
It is operated as a historic house museum by the Cow Neck Peninsula ...
– Another historic house located within the Village of Flower Hill.
References
External links
1986 Roslyn Landmark Society House Tour GuideRoslyn Landmark Society George Washington Denton House profileOld House Dreams
Flower Hill, New York
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Italianate architecture in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1873
Houses in Nassau County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in North Hempstead (town), New York
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