Rohallion Estate (pronounced roh-HAL-ee-on,

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: ''Ràth Chailleann'', 'The Fort of the Caledonians' ) is an estate in

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. The estate house was built in 1887 on a lot originally . The property owner,

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, was President of the

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and a descendant of U.S. Presidents

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and

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, and was featured on the cover of ''Time'' magazine on May 27, 1929. He commissioned

Stanford White Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century. White designed many houses ...

to undertake the design of the house based on a castle in

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, also named Rohallion, where Edward Adams and his family had resided. MacMonnies Pan of Rohallion DMA

Built in White's traditional

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, Adams undertook a substantial remodeling and expansion of the house in the winter of 1913-14. The building was stuccoed after the remodeling. The house was sold to Robert V. White, a Rumson councilman, who remodeled the house in

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style in the 1930s. The estate was further subdivided from its original 68 acres to 5 acres today. The Adamses traveled abroad frequently, and would bring back specimens for Rohallion's expansive gardens. The carriage house was also designed by Stanford White, and contained a clock tower similar to his firm's clock tower in the

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. The tower contained the

Rohallion Chimes Rohallion Estate (pronounced roh-HAL-ee-on, Scottish Gaelic: ''Ràth Chailleann'', 'The Fort of the Caledonians' ) is an estate in Rumson, New Jersey. The estate house was built in 1887 on a lot originally . The property owner, Edward Dean Adams, w ...

, cast for Adams to a scale he designed. The carriage house was badly damaged by fire in 1961, and the remnant is visible at 8 North Rohallion Drive.

''Pan of Rohallion''

''Pan of Rohallion'' is an 1890 fountain figure statue of the god Pan that was commissioned for the house and is now in the

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. Designed by Frederick William MacMonnies, a student of

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, it became one of his best-known works and many replicas have been made.

References

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