Comprised of Hannah Lawrence Sherman's share of the Charles W. Lawrence Estate and opened by Home Guardian Co. six months after Sections One & Two in November of 1926. Section Three's eastern border was the western border of the Knapp Estate and from there it ran all the way to the eastern shore of Pattersquash Creek. The centerpiece that Home Guardian used in their early publicity about it, was that they had aquired The Woodhull Lodge, Hannah Lawrence's show place home in the deal . Apparantley when it was surveyed for filing the map with the town, they found that Hannah's home which was moved westerly in 1896 still fell short by a few feet of their actual border (The Center Of Locust Drive) and it remained as part of the Knapp Estate until 1940. What they did aquire though was the original Charles Jeffery Smith home just across the western side Locust Drive (He actually built both of homes circa 1850 & 1858. A school teacher from Queens named T Malcom Garrity quickly purchased the C. J. Smith house from Home Guardian and then followed along with another 19th century home on Magnolia Drive and turned it into a showplace. It continues that way today. The Hannah Smith home which was used by Knapp's WW1 Aviators was used mainly for game storage and fell into total disrepair a decade after Knapp sold his estate. It was saved from being raised by the Muse Family in 1948 and like it's companion C. J. Smith home remains the true jewels of Section Three.
SECTION THREE FILE MAPS HERE
MID SECTION
1 T. Malcom Garity House 2. "Woodhull Lodge" 3. Nell Kay bungalow
(Author Nell Kay and her husband are the only people enumerated in the 1930 census on Locust Dr.)
THE KNAPP ESTATE
The estate roads pass through tunnels of trees. In 1929 J F Knapp allowed Home Guardian to connect Aspen Road across his property in return for gaining some land around Knapp Road and blocking Neighborhood Rd off.
1. Knapp Mansion 2. Caretakers Residence 3. Large Barn 4. Barn Machine Shop 5. Secretary Residence 6. Tennis Courts 7. Garage
8. Outbuilding 9. Woodhull Lodge Large Field ? Notice The Perfectly Spaced Trees That Line The Road On The Eastern Border Of Golf Course
SOUTH END OF THE ESTATE
What's Not There Yet. 1. The cove cutout , bulkhead and road to it for the yacht Storm King which was built in 1931. 2. Bulkheaded Pier is there and possibly a boathouse, this would become Beach 10 in 1940's X Mike & Walter's Fishing Station at foot of Beaver Dr. is also not there yet.
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