| Name |
Montauk Manor |
| Location |
Montauk, LI, NY |
| Built |
1925-1927 |
| Style |
English Tudor |
| Architect |
Schultze and Weaver (Miami hotels, the Breakers in Palm Beach, Sherry-Netherland -Waldorf Astoria in NYC, The Biltmore in LA, and The Pierre) |
| Rooms |
200 |
| Grounds |
10,000 Acre |
| Built For |
Carl Fisher |
| Fisher nvested in a compressed light for auto's at the boom time for automobile production, then sold Prest-O-Lite to Union Carbide for his share at $6,000,000. Then noticed the unpopulated Miami Beach Island running along Miami, and purchased the 3500 acres, filled in the swamps and was soon worth $50,000,000. When a hurricane hit Miami Beach wiping out the tourist season, and the depression had bankers calling in notes, Fisher was bankrupt by 1932. |
| Cost |
|
| Sold To |
|
| Current Use |
Resort Hotel and Condominium |
| Notes: |
Montauk Manor developer Carl Fisher purchased the entire peninsula of Montauk... hence the 10,000 acre claim not a misprint. A large scale developer he created visions of entire cities. Fisher may have went bankrupt but his vision lived on. Montauk now has 3000 MONTAUK HOTEL ROOMS in the once sleepy town and has truly became a vacation / resort area. Cheers to Fisher, he brought us the Montauk we all know and love. Montauk Manor is a testament to the era of endless possibilities as seen in all of the GOLD COAST MANSIONS built during the start of the Industrial Revolution. |
| Website(s) |
MONTAUK MANOR |
| Map |
View Larger Map |
| |
|
| |
|
.jpg)
