Monday, May 5, 2008

The Clapham Mansion Sold

New York, 1895

The Clapham stone mansion and thirteen acres of ground near Glenwood, North Hempstead, has been purchased by Dr. Valentine Mott of New York for $35,000. The house was built for Thomas Clapham many years ago at a cost of nearly $300,000.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 11, 1895, p. 1.

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