5. Hawkswood, Pelham Bay
Hawkswood, the mansion of southern businessman Levin R. Marshall, came to a similar fate as Hunter Mansion. It was originally built on Rodman’s Neck, now Pelham Neck, by a wealthy New York City lawyer named Elisha W. King in the 1820s. King lived there until his death in 1836 and the mansion was later sold at auction along with 80 acres of land. It was purchased by Marshall and became known as Marshall Mansion. The Grecian-style stone home faced the Long Island Sound and City Island. The grounds were landscaped by Belgian gardener Andrew Parmentier and were one of the few major projects that he designed in the United States.
The mansion and surrounding grounds were acquired by the state in 1888 along with a slew of other areas to be turned into parkland. The City rented out the mansion for use as a restaurant in 1913 and it became known as the Colonial Inn. By 1937, when Hunter Mansion came down, Hawkswood had also aged. The mansion was torn down the same year.
