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Gold Coast Mansion:
Knollwood - Charles I. Hudson
briefly King Zog's Estate

  Knollwood - Charles I Hudson King Zog's Estate - Knollwood    
King Zog   King Zog and his dogs Knollwood Ruins  
Name

Knollwood  - Charles I Hudson
King Zog's Estate

Location  
Built Between 1906-1920
Style Tremendous Stone Mansion
Architect Hiss & Weeks
Rooms 60
Grounds 260 Acres - Encompassed Westbrook Farms
Built For Charles I. Hudson - a NYC Stockbroker
Sold To Mrs. Charles H. Sneff,
C.S. MacVeigh,,
King Gustav S. Zog of Albania during the 1950's
for $102,800.00. 
Landsell Christie
Current Use Demolished in 1960's.
Events Ruins May Be Seen
Website(s)

Articles on Knollwood owners, past and present.

Ms. Charles H. Sneff benefactor of Mt. Tom State Park in Connecticut. Nice article about the donation and required preservation.

King Zog never made it back to Knollwood in LI, NY to his hopeful safe haven. Here is the article on Zog's life in Turkey, Albania & final Cold War intrigue and delayed invitations by the US for Zog and his entourage of 100 or so.  Article of interest on the roaming King without a Country

Landsell Christie - One of the great collectors of Early American Furniture - Also known for Mrs. Landsell Christie's donation.. when The White House accepted what it called "the most valuable gift in White House history."

A formal portrait of Gen. George Washington which, although a replica, was then appraised at $675,000

Nassau County's Largest Nature Preserve - Muttontown Preserve - Knollwood, is now added to three estates making up this large preserve.

 

Map Knollwood / King Zogs Estate Map
   
   





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