Indian Neck Hall was a country residence of Frederick Gilbert Bourne

Frederick Gilbert Bourne

Frederick Gilbert "Commodore" Bourne was President of the Singer Manufacturing Company between 1889 and 1905. He made the business "perhaps the first modern multinational industrial enterprise of any nationality." Bourne greatly expanded global production as well as international sales of the...

, president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Located on the Great South Bay in Oakdale, New York

Oakdale, New York

Oakdale is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 8,075 at the 2000 census. Oakdale is in the Town of Islip.- History :...

, it was reputed to have been the largest estate on Long Island

Long Island

Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...

 when it was built in 1897. The Georgian-style home was designed by noted architect, Ernest Flagg

Ernest Flagg

Ernest Flagg was a noted American architect in the Beaux-Arts style. He was also an advocate for urban reform and architecture's social responsibility.-Biography:...

. In 1926, the property was sold and became La Salle Military Academy

La Salle Military Academy

La Salle Military Academy was a Catholic school with middle school/junior high school and high school divisions located in Oakdale, New York. It closed in 2001, and the school's extensive campus is now owned by St...

. St. John's University acquired the property in 2001 and offers a number of its graduate degree programs from the Oakdale campus.