The Mansion House in Roslyn, the 1905 Headquarters for the “X” Mercedes
For the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, driver Al Campbell and the "X" Mercedes team chose the largest hotel in the Village of Roslyn for it headquarters.
For information on 146 historical properties in Roslyn, visit the Roslyn Landmark Society website.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Mansion House
The Mansion House was built around 1860 on the southeast corner of Remsen Avenue (then Mansion House Road) and Old Northern Boulevard. The largest hotel in Roslyn was only four miles north of the 1905 Mineola Start/Finish Line for the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Stage coaches met Mansion House guests at the nearby Roslyn Railroad Station and steamboat dock.
The Mansion House was a popular "road house" for motorists.
Prior to the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, driver Al Campbell and his "X" Mercedes team posed in front of the Mansion House.
Campbell used the "X" instead of the unlucky 13 which he had drawn as the number and starting position for his car.
Campbell and his mechanician as seen on Old Northern Boulevard . The Mansion House can be seen on the right. John F. Remsen's Harness Shop & Saddlery (later Fern's Harness Shop and Poco Loco restaurant) can be seen in the background
John F. Remsen's Harness Shop & Saddlery circa 1915.
The same view as seen today.
In the 1920s, the Mansion House was demolished and replaced by the headquarters for the Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company. Later the building became Tyrone's Men's Clothing Store.
Elements of the bank remain in the buidling.
Comments
Always such interesting history on your website. I think, in a way, Campbell’s switch from unlucky 13 to an “X” could have signified the Roman numeral ten.
As a child I would walk in Roslyn Estates up the hill towards what is now the LIE to a abandoned estate and play in the old house, but I can’t remember the name of the property. Try