More about Lloyd's Neck, LI, NY

This is the mansion bought by Matheson around 1900, it's a "T", wings are not too visible. It is on a bluff overlooking North Shore of Long Island Sound and CT on the far shore about 5 miles across.

Fence made of concrete.

Barn made of concrete

This building behind "our" cottage has a concrete roof, too. Building was either a chicken coop or a dog kennel.

This is the cottage Holly and I stayed, was probably built for farm manager and also concrete exterior walls.

This post is more about Lloyd’s Neck, once Qeensland settled before the Revolutionary war and a information about a man named William John Matheson who bought about 330 acres (about 1/3) of the Southwest part of Lloyd’s Neck in 1900. Born in Wisconsin, later moved to South America with his family, educated in Scotland. He studied and worked with chemist at the Royal College of Science learning a lot about Aniline and it’s use in dyes. Came back to America and secured a job with a chemical company. Founded his own company, later sold to Allied Chemical. He discovered Karo Syrup and became successful. Good friend of Teddy Roosevelt which came in handy when the US Agriculture Department wanted to name Karo “Glucose”, Matheson simply drove over to Teddy’s estate in Oyster Bay nearby and got Teddy to call the US Agriculture Dept and got the name Karo to stick.
Matheson later owned most of Key Biscayne Florida. He had a winter home in Coconut Grove, FL, Summer home on Park Ave, NYC and a “country" home (Shown in one of the pictures in this post) on Lloyd’s Neck, LI. He had built a number of farm houses (pictures above) on Lloyd’s Neck, most built of concrete, including the fences. One of the cottages is where Holly and I are staying during this visit whch is also concrete walls.