The Crest is a historic house on

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. Although on the land mass of Eatons Neck, the house today is within the jurisdiction of the Incorporated Village of

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. According to the National Register of Historic Places, on which the house is listed, it has also been known as Hasbrouk-DeLamater House and as Robinson House. Another name for the house is Walnut Crest. The house was built in 1902 for Oakley Ramshon DeLamater who presented the house as a gift to his wife, Elizabeth Hasbrouk DeLamater. Oakley R. DeLamater was the grandson of Cornelius H. DeLamater, who owned the DeLamater Iron Works located where 13th Street meets the

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. The ironworks is where the turret and machinery was built for the ironclad USS ''Monitor'' during the

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. The estate, originally named "Walnut Crest" was built on a high crest of land overlooking Walnut Neck. Walnut Neck is a peninsula on the south side of Eatons Neck. ''See also:'' The house was designed by Harry E. Donnell, who was married to another grandchild of Cornelius H. DeLamater. It was listed on the

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in 2007.

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