Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: The Great Neck Lodge by the Motor Parkway
Did you identify the Great Neck Lodge by the Motor Parkway?
Identify;
- The structure: provide a rationale
Rationale: The center chimney and matching porte-cochere. The six John Russel Pope lodges all had a very similar aesthetic, but did have slightly different layouts, here, the original roof lines can be seen and show that it is the Great Neck Lodge.
- The purpose of the structure
The Motor Parkway lodges provided a residence to the lodge keepers who collected tolls for the Motor Parkway.
- Location and orientation of the photograph
Looking North East. The Lodge stood on the East side of the Motor Parkway approximately 300 feet from Lakeville Road in Great Neck and still exists as a private home.
- Approximate year of the photograph
This photo is circa 1960 as the home has now been expanded beyond the original lodge and is no longer recognizable as a lodge. An earlier 2017 mystery photo with photos of the lodge throughout time can be seen here.
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Congrats to Steve Lucas, Bob Barauskas, and Frank Femenias for identifying the Great Neck lodge.
Greg O.
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I think I’ve seen this photo before. It looks like the former Great Neck Lodge that was located slightly east of Lakeville Road. It was built to allow access to the the LIMP and for collecting tolls along with providing living quarters for the toll keeper. I think we are looking northeast. Since there have been may modifications made to the original structure after the LIMP closed in 1938, I’m guessing the date to be late 1990’s around 1996 before the major alterations that are there now.
Great Neck Lodge in Lake Success, constructed in 1909 as the Great Neck Lodge. It was one of the original six gate lodges designed by architect John Russell Pope.
The building is about 310 feet east of Lakeville Road adjacent to the Long Island Motor Parkway right of way. The photographer was looking north east.
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The photograph was taken in 1981 by Ron Ridolph.
The Ferone house, South Broadway Central Park, served as a fast-food service for those who drove out on the LIMP in the early 1900’s.
Fascinating history. That’s one of six John Russel Pope’s first toll lodge/house built to service the Motor Pkwy. Pope’s six lodges were located in Great Neck, Roslyn, Garden City, Meadow Brook, Massapequa, and Bethpage. Some of the lodges still exist today but altered and expanded beyond recognition from their original form. The Garden City Lodge remains intact, relocated and preserved at 7 St and Franklin Ave as the Garden City Chamber of Commerce. My best guess is Great Neck lodge looking NE or Meadow Brook lodge looking NE , I really don’t know. Anticipating the answers this week
It’s not Massapequa nor Bethpage