Mackay Estate Gate Lodge is a historic

gatehouse A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance. Gatehouses are typically the mos ...

located at East Hills in

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. It was designed in 1899 and built in 1900 - 1902 by architect Stanford White of

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in the French Baroque style. It is a small but imposing stone building with a central entrance flanked by small square lodges and topped by a steep

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

mansard and pyramidal roof. The central vehicular entrance contains a

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gate of elaborate design. The house was originally a component of

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's Harbor Hill Estate. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1991. It is one of three remaining buildings listed at that time; the others are the

Mackay Estate Dairyman's Cottage Mackay Estate Dairyman's Cottage is a historic home located at East Hills in Nassau County, New York, USA, designed about 1902 by architects Warren and Wetmore in an eclectic style. It is a -story frame house with a brick first floor set on a r ...

and Mackay Estate Water Tower. In 2017, the deed of the Mackay Estate Lodge was transferred to the Village of East Hills. On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, the Village of East Hills and Roslyn Landmark Society began a full restoration of the gate lodge, including the stabilization of the slate roof, and the restoration of the doors and windows.

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