McGunnigle Estate

Located on Hicksville Road, called the Linden Tree. The estate comprised of 160 acres and was a working farm. Stephen McGunnigle and his bride, Mary Theresa Leonhardt of Farmingdale, hired a popular builder, Dan O'Hearn, to construct the large Gatsby like colonial home of brick and clapboards. The house had north and south parlors, a large foyer with a solid chestnut staircase and Tiffany chandelier. The three-car garage had a caretaker's apartment and there was a dovecote on the roof. The stables were of compatible architecture to the house with roomy box stalls. There was enough room to quarter as many as 13 horses. The acreage of this farm at one time comprised Grumman Plant #5 and part of Plant #2.

See entry, Green Field Farm

The McGunnigles had seven children Edmund (married Theresa Reinhardt of Farmingdale); Florence (Mrs. John F. Thoene of Avoca, NY); Virginia (Mrs. Aloysius Walsh of Stony Brook L. I.); Frederick of Avoca; Evelyn (Mrs. John Walsh of Avoca), and Rosalie (Mrs. Joseph Rottkamp of Old Bethpage, L.I.)

Grandparents of Rosalie Walsh Niemczyk Bethpage History by Rosalie Walsh Niemczyk - BETHPAGE TRIBUNE - 2/11/82