Historic Muttontown mansion gates restored
Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | From left, Ursala Niarakis, trustee/president of the Hoffman Foundation, Muttontown Deputy Mayor Carl Juul-Nielsen and Muttontown Mayor Julianne Beckerman look at the new gates at the entrance of Muttontown's historic Knollwood estate. (Jan. 10, 2012)
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The iron and stone gates marking the entrance to the Hudson estate in Muttontown since the early 1900s have been restored to their original condition after decades of vandalism left them battered.
The three-year effort to overhaul the Knollwood gates started with meticulous study of the original design in order to preserve the elements that could be salvaged and replicate those that were missing...
