• Conklin Estate aka Rosemary's Farm

     


    In 1913, Roland Ray Conklin and his wife decided to construct Rosemary Farm in Lloyd Harbor. His wife, Mary MacFadden, had been an opera singer and at their mansion they could entertain their friends, who were leading actors, conductors and singers of the day. Mr. Conklin built his wife an open-air theater, who was encouraged to do so by his friend and actor William Faversham. The theater was designed by Frederic Ohlmstead (the firm that designed Central Park). Ruins of the great amphitheaters of Europe were studied in preparing the plans. Mary had died and the estate was sold to the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. The Dioceses had constructed the Seminary of Immaculate Conception (1928-1930). The mansion had burned down in the 1990's

    References
    http://www.lloydharbor.org/village/lh_brief_history.htm
    http://www.lloydharbor.org/village/AlbumHistoric5.htm









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