On The Market: $6.45M Owl Hill Estate

The nearly 28-acre Owl Hill estate at 99 Sunken Meadow Road, Fort Salonga is listed at $6.45 million. Photo Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate

The home’s grand entrance is dominated by an original mahogany staircase. Photo Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate

There are four porches with panoramic views of the property’s 27.62-acres. Photo Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate

The music room in the 6,500-square-foot home has tiger oak floors and one of many wood-burning fireplaces. Photo Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate

By Connor Beach
cbeach@longislandergroup.com

Tucked away in Fort Salonga is a hidden gem that hasn’t been disturbed. And it’s on the market for $6.45 million.

The Owl Hill estate, a 27.63-acre property at 99 Sunken Meadow Road, Fort Salonga has served as the vacation home of one Manhattan family for the past six decades, said listing agent Kelley Taylor, of Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

“Everyone who sees it says the house and the property reminds them of Sagamore Hill, Teddy Roosevelt’s home in Oyster Bay,” she said. “It’s a hidden gem that’s really been undisturbed.”

She continued, “I live in Fort Salonga, and I never even knew this property was there until I was approached to list it.”

The origins of the 6,500-square-foot home on the estate date back to 1897, when construction began. Since the home was completed in 1903, there has only been one major renovation to it, an expansion to the kitchen done in the 1940s, Taylor said.

The mansion has eight bedrooms, each with its own wood burning fireplace, and five bathrooms.

“The house has the historic feel of a gold coast home from the ’20s with beautiful tiger oak floors and hand-crafted mahogany staircases,” Taylor said. Despite being in one family since the ’50s, Taylor said, both the home and property have been well taken care of year round.

The home has wrap-around porches in both the front and back, as well as off of the kitchen and master bedroom. The latter pair offer panoramic views of the grounds.

A traditional mahogany accented music room, also dominated by a fully functioning wood-burning fireplace, gives the home an almost regal feeling that makes the home unlike any other.

The Owl Hill Estate is the largest residentially-zoned property currently on the market in Suffolk, Taylor said.

The estate, meanwhile, is divided into two lots: 6.46 acres, where the home sits; and another 21.16-acre adjoining lot that’s mostly open.

Since the property is located in Fort Salonga, it maintains the hamlet’s one-acre residential zoning designation, according to Taylor. “It is possible for the property to be kept intact as a single family residence, or it could be subdivided into approximately 15 single-acre lots.”

For more information on the property, or to view the listing, visit Kelleytaylor.elliman.com.