Wereholme
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Wereholme | |
 The former Harold Weeks Estate as seen from one of the gravel parking lots. | |
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| Location | 550 S. Bay Ave., Islip, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′48″N 73°12′50″W / 40.71333°N 73.21389°W |
| Area | 69.5 acres (28.1 ha) |
| Architect | Atterbury, Grosvenor |
| Architectural style | Exotic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 06001208[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 4, 2007 |
Wereholme, also known as the Harold H. Weekes Estate, and the Scully Estate, is a historic estate located at Islip in Suffolk County, New York. The mansion was built in 1917 in the French Provincial style for Lousine Peters and her husband Harold H. Weekes.[2]
It was designed by architect Grosvenor Atterbury (1869–1956) and is an L-shaped structure built of concrete block. It is three stories high with a hipped roof and the servants' wing is two stories with a clipped cross-gable roof. Also on the property are two garages, greenhouse, barrel vaulted dovecote, and entrance pillars from South Bay Avenue.[3]
The property was originally part of Windholme which was eventually split between the children of the owners. Louise Peters received 70 acres (28 ha) and had Wereholme built. She passed the house to her daughter, Hathaway. "Happy" eventually donated it to the Audubon Society who sold it to Suffolk County in 2004.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
