For the first time ever, a designer show house will be held at Mill Neck Manor, a historic mansion on the property of the Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf.
The 1922 house once belonged to artist Robert Leftwich Dodge and his wife, Lillian Sefton Dodge, who owned the Harriet Hubbard-Ayer Cosmetics Co. The house is a tudor revival. "At the time, it was the chic way to build," says Arlene Travis, a Mill Neck Designers' Showcase '08 organizer. In addition to European artifects that Lillian Sefton Dodge collected from around the world after World War I, the house contains five Shakesperean stained glass windows by Charles J. Connick, who worked in the medieval style. Many print ad campaigns have been shot at the house, including those for Ralph Lauren and Mercedes Benz, as well as movies, including "Death Wish" and "Trading Places."
The show house will run from April 26 to June 15. For more information, call 516-628-4333.