The Bee Gees Robin Gibb Long Island Mansion
The Bee Gees Robin Gibb Mansion, Long Island Real Estate For Sale, NY Architecture Photos
The Bee Gees Robin Gibb Mansion on Long Island
Mar 29, 2021
Kenjockety Mansion
Robin Gibb?s former home is for sale priced at $12.9 million.
Location: Long Island City, Queens, New York City, USA
Source: TopTenRealEstateDeals
In the 1960s and ?70, the Bee Gees were rock ?n? roll royalty. Three brothers: Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb even rivaled the Beatles for a few years for record sales and popularity. The Long Island waterfront home where Robin lived in the 1970s and ?80s is for sale. On almost seven acres, it was built in 1926 and named Kenjockety, which is Native American for ?Far from Noise.? Robin?s former home is priced at $12.9 million.
Originally built as a wedding gift from lumber-magnate Arthur H. Fleming to his daughter, Marjorie, the home was designed by Bertrum Grosvenor Goodhue, who designed over 30 prominent Gothic and Spanish Colonial-style buildings in the early 1900s, including St. Bartholomew?s Church in New York City, the Chapel at West Point, the Nebraska State Capitol and the Rockefeller Library at the University of Chicago. Fleming spared no expense when it came to his daughter. From location to landscaping, not a detail was overlooked.
Sited on a bluff on almost seven acres, Kenjockety has views of Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor across Long Island Sound. Grounds contain a greenhouse, swimming pool, a one-bedroom cottage with a wood-burning fireplace, ...
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