127 room mansion of Kahn

[Robert A Whit]

Holy moley. Take a look at this mansion on Long Island.

Otto Herman Kahn used it as his summer home at the time the great depression started.

4885

[logroller]

Pshaw--didn't even spring for a moat--what a cheapskate!!!;)

[Robert A Whit]

Pshaw--didn't even spring for a moat--what a cheapskate!!!;)

LMAO

Nice to read a poster who has a sense of humor.

LJ recommended a book to me where I learned about this Kahn dude.

[logroller]

LMAO

Nice to read a poster who has a sense of humor.

LJ recommended a book to me where I learned about this Kahn dude.
Lj? Loving Jesus? :dunno:

[Robert A Whit]

Lj? Loving Jesus? :dunno:

ooooops

FJ I meant to say.

[Jeff]

Thats similar to my home on the Gulf in Florida :rolleyes:

Seriously why would anyone want or need a home tht big , heck I would be lost most of the time, no I am lost most of the time now in that home I would just be gone :laugh:

[Voted4Reagan]

The place is actually called Oheka Castle and is located on the grounds of the Cold Spring Country Club.

you can stay there for about $250 a night.

but its far from the biggest one on Long Island.

[logroller]

The place is actually called Oheka Castle and is located on the grounds of the Cold Spring Country Club.

you can stay there for about $250 a night.

but its far from the biggest one on Long Island.
Pretty sure it is the largest on LI. I seem to recall that was, and is, the second largest private home ever built in America (the Vanderbilt home being the first, and i believe that was in one of the Carolinas, not sure, but it wasn't on Long Island)

[fj1200]

Pretty sure it is the largest on LI. I seem to recall that was, and is, the second largest private home ever built in America (the Vanderbilt home being the first, and i believe that was in one of the Carolinas, not sure, but it wasn't on Long Island)

Biltmore is near Asheville, NC. Oheka appears to be number 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_houses_in_the_United_States).

[Little-Acorn]

Way too many floors to sweep.

No thanks.

[Little-Acorn]

BTW, where's the runway?

[Robert A Whit]

The place is actually called Oheka Castle and is located on the grounds of the Cold Spring Country Club.

you can stay there for about $250 a night.

but its far from the biggest one on Long Island.

Those that expanded the photo I posted can read at the bottom of the photo the name of the edifice. It's wonderful to read more information added as to location.

That is not a bad room rate provided it is close to other amenities.

[Robert A Whit]

Pretty sure it is the largest on LI. I seem to recall that was, and is, the second largest private home ever built in America (the Vanderbilt home being the first, and i believe that was in one of the Carolinas, not sure, but it wasn't on Long Island)

Per the book I am reading, published 2009. confirms the above statement.

It might have a heliport rather than a runway. Can't confirm that right this instant.

[Robert A Whit]

Biltmore is near Asheville, NC. Oheka appears to be number 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_houses_in_the_United_States).

I have seen this home in CA, (see below) and discovered it has an atrium that is the largest enclosed space in the USA for private homes.

From largest homes. Also this home is s bit larger than the Hearst Castle at San Simeon CA that I have toured on one of the 3 tours.




The Carolands Chateau is a65,000 square foot (6,000 m²) mansion in Hillsborough, California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough,_California). Its 75 foot (23 m)-high atrium holds the record as the largest enclosed space in an American private residence. Considered a masterpiece of American Renaissance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Renaissance) and Second Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Empire_(architecture)) Beaux-Arts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture) design, the building is a California Historical Landmark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Historical_Landmark) and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places).