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Please mention The Long Islander Newspapers when doing business with our advertisers HUNTINGTON BAY LongislanderNews.com THE LONG-ISLANDER « APRIL 12, 2018 « A9 Landmark House Demolished, Owners Plan New Construction By Peter Sloggatt psloggatt@longtslandergroup com A landmark home that has stood since 1890 at a prominent point on Huntington Harbor has disappeared from the landscape. The white-columned mansion at East Point, a peninsula that juts into Hunt- ington Harbor on East Shore Road, was a landmark to boaters on Huntington Harbor for well over a century. It was also something of a celebrity having been the site of numerous movie, tele- vision and photo shoots in recent years. \ Bulldozers moved in about two weeks ago and tore down the mansion to make way for a new home to be built on the prime location. \0 East Pomt wrth rts whrte-columned mansion was a landmark to boaters on Hnt— ington Harbor. It was recently razed by new owners who plan to rebuild on the same footprint. owned the Yankee Peddler Antiques on New York Avenue in Huntington Station for several years when she and her husband bought East Point Smith filled the home with an eclec- tic collection of antiques, and actively marketed the home to location scouts as a site for television, movie and photo shoots. Over the years. the home saw time on the silver sereen in such films as \Dogs of War\ with Christopher Walken and JoBeth Williams: \*Em- pire\ starring Isabella Rossellini; and on the television series \Central Park West\ starring Mariel Hemingway As a photo location, the house w as the site where NFL star Howie | ong posed in Hanes underwear; and James Farl Jones \let his fingers do the walking\ \The proposed new house is to be built on almost the exact same footprint of the old house,\ said Gail Devol, vil- lage administrator for the Village of Huntington Bay. Village officials ap- proved demolition plans, and the new construction was approved after going through zoning and site plan review, she said, adding that the new owners are \\very excited about the project.\ . Doug and Kristine Grodsky pur- chased the just over 3-acre property last September for $3.42 million, according to the realty tracking website Zillow. The home that dominated East Point was reportedly in poor condi- tion, but the demolition took the local preservation community by surprise. \We were surprised,\ said Toby Kissam; a trustee of Huntington His- torical Society. \We thought they [the previous owners] had sold it to some- one who was going to renovate it.\ Kissam added that society staff also met with the Grodskys after they according to an obituary published af- ter Smith's death in 2013. Smith's children put the mansion on the market in 2016, asking $4 3 million It was marketed as an eight-bedroom. six-and-a-half-bath \grand dame\ with 11 fireplaces, and an elevator to its third- floor penthouse, a three-and-a-half-car garage, private dock. private beach and waterfront cottage, and \stunning wa- terviews from every room \ The real estate listing also read: \Needs TLC. Sold 'as is.\\ made the purchase. Kissam recounted the home's his- tory, from initial construction by a grandson of Daniel Kissam, a promi- nent physician and member of one of the town's earliest families (and dis- tant ancestor of Toby), to its most re- cent owner, the colorful Gloria Smith. Smith was a band performer, twirler and professional water ballet performer at Jones Beach, where she met her life- guard husband, Wesley. Smith had Spring Edition: April 19 (ad deadtine) |___ an _ fh i D ULC April 26 | (MEX! tig (publishes) To advertise, call now! 14 WALL STREET - HUNTINGTON VILLAGE LONGIS- LANDERNEWSmom’ 631-427-7000 OUTSTANDING SALES LEADER The Huntington Office of Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty is pleased to salute | RUTH SANSIVIERO as \Agent of the Month\ for March 2018 Congratulations! Ruth Sansiviero Associate Real Estate Broker Gold Circle of Excaltence 631.427.6800 ext. 246. c.516 449.6472 ruthsansivierod dameigale com festylenuntington. .com Huntington Office 187 Park Avenue, Huntington. NY 631.427.6600 | huntington \ dameélgane. com danieigale.com V paple! Sotheby's GaIQ rout Lagro whes lan y weld . dure! waa~rew cor NCM Bo, Ei # - a weh wut n des ty f ay Warn-r 4 s. 2 x3 tot 30 «a