The Delamater-Bevin Mansion, also known as The Bevin House, is a historic 22-room

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mansion on the north shore of

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within the Incorporated Village of

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. The estate is on the

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landmass on the edge of Duck Island Harbor, an inlet of Northport Bay, off

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History

The home was built by Cornelius Henry DeLamater in 1862 in the

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architectural style and was initially known as Vermland. DeLamater owned over of Eaton's Neck and the DeLamater Iron Work in NYC, where W. 13th St meets the Hudson River. The turret, engines, and weaponry on the Ironclad "Monitor" were built by DeLamater's foundry under the direction of noted marine engineer

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. DeLamater named his summer estate "Vermland" after the Swedish province where Ericsson was born, as the two men were best of friends and inseparable. After DeLamater's death on February 7, 1889, his Eaton's Neck estate was inherited by his wife, Ruth Oakley Caller DeLamater, who died on December 7, 1894, leaving the estate to their daughter Laura DeLamater Bevin. Over time, the house gradually became known as "The Bevin House. Laura DeLamater Bevin died on March 4, 1920, and her son Sydney Bevin inherited the property. During

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, the exiled French writer and pioneering aviator

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rented The Bevin House, where he wrote much of the well-known novel ''

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'' in late 1942. He lived there with

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, and they hosted their common friend

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. Sydney Bevin died on May 29, 1960, and The Bevin House was sold to Charles William Foesell in 1964. In 1979, the estate was purchased by real estate developer Nikos Kefalidis, who commissioned an extensive restoration of the mansion. Kefalidis was killed in the crash of Swiss Air 111 on September 2, 1998. The Delamater-Bevin Mansion was added to the

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in 1985. File:CHDelamater.png, Cornelius Henry DeLamater 1821–1889. File:BevinBack.jpg, Rear of The Bevin House, showing its employees' wing.

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Official website of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
{{Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Mansions of Gold Coast, Long Island Huntington, New York Houses in Suffolk County, New York Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1862 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York

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