" Days on Dogwood"

 

This computer generated scene CLICK ON IT TO ENLARGE suggests how "Dodi's Place" might of looked from the field that was in the rear of the house. Back then there was a dirt road to go left to his boat on Dock Rd. or right to Knapp Rd. to leave town. In June of 1938, as the town of Mastic Beach circled ever closer, it became part of Dogwood Road.

Did J. F. Knapp own a Bentley and a Jaguar? Lets just say if I could on a baymens wages, he certainly could of filled his Lacrosse field, Golf course and Tennis court with Bentley's, Jag's, Rolls', and Duesenburg or two.

The long garage was built in two sections and was torn down probably to make way for the auditorium that St. Jude's planned to build here in 1950. There was a tunnel that connected the house to the garage. You can get a nice 8" x 10" print by clicking on the picture. I hope to be adding more artwork in the future. I understand that an old classmate from Floyd, Joe Fernandez is working on a painting of the mansion as I type!

 

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