A 10.4-acre mansion with ocean views and 1,000 feet of shoreline on Quantuck Bay in Westhampton Beach has recently hit the market. The asking price is $39 million, says listing agent Mark Roter of Brown Harris Stevens.
The 16,000-square-foot shingle-style mansion has 24 rooms, six fireplaces, nine bedrooms, nine full baths and two half-baths. The three-story home was originally built in 1903 for William C. Atwater, a Brooklyn-born coal baron who was active in the early development of Westhampton Beach. Atwater often raced his yacht on the Great South Bay. The architect was Henry Bacon, the designer the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The current owners, Leonard and Kathryn Conway, purchased the home in 1994. He is a former Wall Street executive and an investor in RSN, a national television network catering to resort communities. She is a former television executve who was raised in Babylon. The couple finished a two-year restoration project on the property in 1997, adding a new roof and wiring, along with modern amenities like a Gunite pool and Har-Tru tennis court.
Roter says one of his favorite parts of the home is the grand entrance hall, with its three-story grand staircase. “The living space of this home is so gracious,” Roter says, ”and the proportion of the rooms is perfect.”
The grounds also include a poolside carriage house, a guest cottage and a gardener’s house and a greenhouse. Hundred-year-old catalpa trees line the estate and main driveway, and a deepwater dock provides access to the bay.