Evening journal., 1921-03-28
A. DUPONT TO
SELLL.I. HOME
white Eagle" Never Occu-
pied, is Magnificent
Roslyn Estate
PRIVATE GOLF
LINKS ON PROPERTY

Announcement is made that
white Eagle" the magnificent $50
acre estate and palatial residence,
built by Alfred l. DUPONT at Roslyn,
l.. l., and valued at $500, 900, will
be sold at auction on April %.
The sale will be held at p. m. in
the main hall OF the stately Georgian
mansion on the estate. and will mark
an epoch in real estate history. Ar
thur c. Sheridan. New York, real
estate broker, will be the auctioneer.
1t is said Mr.. DUPONT recently re-
fused a private offer Of $S5O.OOO for
the property. At the auction sale 10
per cent. OF the price will be de-
manded in cash.. When the final
cash installment is paid. 60 per cent.
OF the price will be allowed to re-
main on mortgage.
Mr.. DUPONT bought the property
for his second wife Mrs. Alicia du-
Pont, and spent money unstintingly
on its development The house itself,
designed by Carrerre & Hastings,
marks the perfection OF architectural
skill for which the name OF that firm
stands. The furnishings were sup
piled by Charles of London, who
secured England for the rare coIlec-
ton of antiques and ancestral treas
ures which adorn the interior of the
mansion.
As the finishing touches were be-
ing put on this place of her dreams
Mrs. DUPONT died. Since then Mr..
DUPONT has never entered the house
with the intention OF living the-e.
Lake and Golf Course.
Il is safe TO say that none OF the
fine estates in the exclusive region
around old Westbury- Oyster Bay
sections. offers more superlative at
fractions than does white Eagle.
, The house, built OF brick with white
marble trimmings after the Georgian
style Of English architecture and or.
namented with much of the exquisite
detail for which the brothers Adam
= were so justly famous, is set in the
midst OF a woodland park in which
much native timber is predominant
A natural lake lies in front OF tn,
house, which is one Of a string OF
similar bodies of water that are sup,
posed to be fed by a subterranear
stream that finally makes IL way L
the Sound. An acquired advantag,
is a private golf course on the prop
81 erty.
g Long vistas of rolling lands, for
q merly hundred-year-ol farm, bu
!. now a close cropped and chafmingl!
z Handicapped park, are lowered over b,
I native pines, whose picturesqu,
@ branches reach out as though il
5 dumb appeal to the few companion
. that have survived the ruthless han,
OF time and the rigors OF Long Is
land winters. A few virgin mapl
: trees, a grove of white locusts an
numerous elms lend dignity as wei
as aborial beauty 10 the scene an,
with the blue low-lying ridge OF tn
| Wheatley Hills in the distance form
an environment that is incompatible
II the house is palatial in appear
" ance without, it is no less strikin
within, with its sixty rooms of i'm
mense proportions. To give an ide
. OF the spaciousness OF the interio
the living room is not less than z
Ii feet in length. Mr.. dupont spare
neither pains nor expense in creatin
!" as beautiful a home as 1t was possibl
for the best Of artists in architecture
, landscaping and furnishing TO cor
ceive. To add still further to III
rare beauty OF interior design he ais
80 imported rare and time-honore
woodwork to harmonic completed
=, with the oldtime setting.
!, The living room is an Elizabetha