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Mackay Estate Water Tower

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Picturesque

Opened
  
1902

Built
  
1902

NRHP Reference #
  
91000239

Added to NRHP
  
14 March 1991

Mackay Estate Water Tower

Location
  
Redwood Dr. between Lincoln Dr. and Lufberry Dr., East Hills, New York

Architect
  
McKim, Mead & White; White, Stanford

Mackay Estate Water Tower is a historic water tower located at East Hills in Nassau County, New York. The tower is a utilitarian structure manufactured by the Phillipsburg, New Jersey firm of Tippett and Wood. The tank is round in plan and topped by a bell-shaped slate roof and copper cupola. The tank stands on eight legs, each of which is 34 feet tall. The water tower and tank are concealed inside a tall structure designed by Stanford White that is constructed of stone, laid in random ashlar, and the roof is spanned by a Guastavino tile dome. The tower was originally a component of Clarence Mackay's Harbor Hill Estate.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It is one of three remaining buildings listed at that time; the others are the Mackay Estate Dairyman's Cottage and Mackay Estate Gate Lodge.

References

Mackay Estate Water Tower Wikipedia