| Name |
Insifada - The Brady Mansion |
| Meaning "Long Island" in Gaelic |
| Location |
Manhasset |
| Built |
1916-1920 |
| Style |
Tudor Elizabethan - English Fortress in appearance |
| Architect |
John T. Windrim (second generation architect) |
| Rooms |
87 |
| Grounds |
Originally 300 acres |
| Built For |
Nicholas F. & Genevieve Garvan Brady |
| Cost |
2 Million + |
| Sold To |
Willed to the Jesuits in 1937 |
| Current Use |
St. Ignatious Jesuit Retreat House |
| Notes |
Anthony Brady, an Irish born Episcopalian from France considered the ‘mole’ of Wall Street left 24 corporations and an estate valued at $70 million to his eldest son Nicholas. Nicholas married Genevieve Garvan, converted to Catholicism and built this exquisite Gold Coast Mansion on Long Island's north shore. Insifada means "Long Island" in Gaelic. Having no children donated the estate to the Jesuits. Mrs. Brady had wished it previously to be a home for boys. |
| Website(s) |
Insifada |
| Map |
View St. Ignatius Retreat House. in a larger map |
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