DOWN TO THE LAND IN SHIPS A ship room in the residence of Robert D. Huntington, Esq., at Mill Neck, L. I.

 Interested in all nautical things, Mr. Huntington could not spare time from his business to go to sea as often as he wished, so instead of Mohammed going to the mountains, in this instance the mountains came to Mohammed.  Mr.. Huntington designed this unusual ship room for his country home on Long Island.

Only an old “salt,” with years of experience behind him, would realize that the hallway above is not the companionway on some sailing vessel. The braced beams add greatly to the illusion of being aboard ship.

Mr. Huntington is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he gained his knowledge of ships and of the sea. One might easily imagine oneself in the cabin of an old vessel when in this unusual room.

The opposite end of which is shown in this photograph.

"Buckmeadow" residence of Robert Dinsmore Huntington.