Built in 1697 by Stephanus Van Cortlandt,
the first American born Mayor of New York, several families owned the Manor until Jonathan Thompson purchased the property in 1758. Many generations of the Thompson-Gardiner family owned Sagtikos Manor until 2002.
The Manor once served as the headquarters for the British Army on Long Island for brief period during the Revolutionary War. President George Washington stayed overnight at the Manor on his tour of Long Island in 1790.
The Manor House was built in 1697 and expanded in 1772 and again in 1902. Once occupying 1,200 acres, currently the property resides on ten acres with several structures and outbuildings including a walled garden, ice house, carriage house, and the Thompson-Gardiner family cemetery.
The forty-two room house is furnished with original family pieces, just as it was when the last owner moved out in 1963. Take a tour through the Manor House and view furniture, accessories, and architectural styles from the seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth century.
