This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jUB.2ACI/377.5.1.1 Message Board Post: The old mansion was built by Richard "Uncle Dick" Conklin on land that had been held by his family for many years. As a young man Dick went to NY to seek his fortune, was successful,and returned to build a grand home,barn and stables. As a gentleman farmer he bred and raced trotters, among them "Rarus" was a trotter of national repute. After the Conkluins the mansion fell into disrepair, became a migrant camp and was ultimately razed in the 1960's. It stood on the grounds of San Simeon. I have seen a lithograph of the house but where escapes me, although I rememember seeing it myself in its sadder days. Richard Conklin can be found in the 1880 federal census for Greenport.