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The grounds contain two castle-like buildings; Hempstead House is the main house (approx 50,000 square feet), and a larger house known as Castle Gould (approx 100,000 square feet). The main house measures 225 ft long (69 m), 135 ft wide (41 m) and has three floors containing 40 rooms, punctuated by an 80-foot tower (24 m). [2]
The Castle: Troy, New York ... Hempstead House is part of the Sands Point Preserve and was built for Howard Gould and completed in 1912, after Gould sold the estate to Daniel Guggenheim.
Sands Point is a village located at the tip of the Cow Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Port Washington area, which is anchored by Port Washington. The population was 2,712 at the time of the 2020 census.
The Castle, Troy, New York. ... Hempstead House is part of the Sands Point Preserve and was built for Howard Gould and completed in 1912, after Gould sold the estate to Daniel Guggenheim.
Hempstead House (also known as Castle Gould) 1912: Gothic Revival: August Allen: Sands Point: Started by Howard Gould and completed by Daniel Guggenheim [68] more images: Kykuit: 1913: Colonial Revival: Delano & Aldrich William Welles Bosworth (renovation) Pocantico Hills: Built for John Davison Rockefeller, the richest man in modern history.
The first and second floors measure over 1 and 1/2 acres and the home, which Gould called Hempstead House, was an exact copy of Kilkenny Castle in Ireland. [36] Howard moved to Europe in 1917 and sold the estate to Daniel Guggenheim and his family. The estate, which had cost Gould over $1 million, sold for only $600,000, including the furnishing.
Hempstead House, Sands Point, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island, built from 1909 to 1912 for Howard Gould. It contains two stone Tudor Revival style structures with towers. Hempstead House is the main house. Castle Gould contained the stables and the servants quarters.
History of property shows enslaved labor made Gould family wealthy. The history of these acres illuminates what life was like in west Chatham in the mid-19th century, prior to the Civil War.