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BY LISA CHAMOFF market for $12.5 million, is afar Special to Newsday cry from the creaky mansion that literally fell apart in the film. ast year, while Tom Shawn Elliott of Shawn Elliott Hanks was starring on Luxury Homes and Estates, Broadway as New York which is listing the house, calls it tabloid columnist Mike “‘The Money Pit’ no more.” McAlary in “Lucky Guy,” At the time the movie was LRich and Christina filmed in the front and back of Makowsky got to meet the Oscar- the house, Eric Ridder of the winning actor after aperfor- Knight-Ridder newspaper family mance and showed him aphoto owned it. The interior scenes of their Lattingtown home on were shot at Kaufman Astoria Rich’s phone. They thought Studios in Long Island City. Hanks might find it familiar. WALSH Hanks had spent plenty of time NORTHWAY RENOVATIONS ATHER
at the mansion in the mid-’80s The Makowskys spent millions HE filming “The Money Pit,” a WALSH of dollars to renovate and restore For the masters of this sprawling house, amaster bath. Steven Spielberg-produced film the more than 100-year-old home, ATHER
about acouple who buys an HE called Northway, in the years antique house for what they think The house’s reception room. after they bought it, giving it the is asteal but end up encountering feel of agrand European estate. aseries of renovation disasters. fishing in the creek nearby and Along with updating the plumb- Hanks regaled them with sto- his daughter used the pool.” ing, heating and electrical sys- ries about his hours on the proper- The white clapboard exterior tems and installing acedar-shin- ty at the start of his film career. looks almost the same as it did gle roof, they added intricately “He talked all about working nearly 30 years ago, when Hanks designed plaster crown moldings with Spielberg and [director] and co-star Shelley Long got out and brought in brass sconces and Richard Benjamin,” recalls Rich of ayellow cab to meet the chandeliers from Europe. Makowsky, ashoe manufacturer home’s eccentric owner, played The sleek media room has a who bought the 5.4-acre estate in by Maureen Stapleton. The 500-year-old marble fireplace 2002. “He said his father was out 23-room home, which just hit the imported from France and a climate-controlled wine cabinet made of black lacquer and glass. The wall opposite amassive flat-screen TV is made of Vene- tian plaster, and on the wall WALSH across the room is black suede WALSH ATHER
studded with nail heads. HE ATHER HE newsday.com There are eight fireplaces, Some items in the more than 100-year-old house are original, including one in the foyer and The hill that Hanks hurtled down before having an accident with acherub in "The Money Pit" Ⅲ See video, more photos: newsday.com/home including the carved staircase balustrades. another in the kitchen, which has
2014 Calcutta gold marble countertops RICH ORIGINAL TOUCHES house. After Ridder died in 1996, floors with mahogany inlays. The film) is anewly constructed pool statue. The cherub is still there, and top-of-the-line appliances, The Federal-style house was the estate was purchased by leaded-glass windows and some house with slate floors, ahigh-end but the water now shoots up from 27, ABOUT NORTHWAY including awhite Viking range. built on 22 acres by stockbroker Steven Thurman and all but 5.4 of the hardware also came with kitchen, afull bathroom and a the middle of the circular pool. WHERE Lattingtown AMENITIES Heated
JUNE Upstairs is amaster suite with H.W. Warner and was later acres were sold for adevelop- the home. But the owners have laundry room. Next to that is a Hanks wasn’t available to talk, walk-in closets, asitting area with owned by William McNair, who ment, according to the book added their own touches. Christi- fountain that may look familiar to but in avideo about the making ASKING PRICE $12.5 million saltwater pool, afireplace and abathroom with served as avice president with “Long Island’s Prominent North na Makowsky, aclothing design- anyone who has seen the film. of the film on “The Money Pit” TOTAL TAXES $65,992 800-square-foot pool UDIOS SQUARE FEET 14,000 house with kitchen, gazebo,
ST an oval soaking tub that won’t fall the Unadilla Valley Railway Co. Shore Families: Their Estates and er, has filled the house with high- After aRube Goldberg-esque DVD, he talks about how he had FRIDAY, through the ceiling. Agym and His wife, Elvira Brokaw McNair, Their Country Homes.” end furnishings, including golden chain of events sends Hanks’ to be covered in plaster of Paris ACREAGE 5.4 six-car garage recreation area, along with staff’s was the daughter of figure skat- Some items are original, includ- yellow and black Versace furni- character, covered in plaster, to film the scene. On arecent YEAR BUILT 1898 LISTING AGENT Shawn IVERSAL BEDROOMS eight Elliott, Shawn Elliott Luxury UN quarters, complete the home on ing champion and Locust Valley ing the carved staircase balus- ture in the living room. hurtling down ahill in the back- afternoon, the backyard was HERE AND ON THE COVER Ascene from the 1986 comedy “The the lower level. The home has resident Irving Brokaw. Their trades —noneed to worry about Next to the heated saltwater yard in aplastic bin, he lands in more serene, with music playing BATHROOMS eight full, Homes &Estates, NEWSDAY, Money Pit,” featuring Tom Hanks and Shelly Long, shows the house eight bedrooms, eight bathrooms daughter, Elvira McNair Fair- the staircase collapsing, as it did gunite pool (not taken care of by the small fountain, where water from speakers hidden in bushes two half 516-364-4663 looking dilapidated, but it really wasn’t. and two half-bathrooms. child, subsequently owned the in the film —and the rich oak Adolf Hitler’s pool boy, as in the streams onto him from acherubic around the pool. REALESTATE E10 E11 Home
LI Yo ucan star in Your THE SEQUEL
Lattingtown estate, setting forTom Hanks WALSH ATHER HE comedy ‘The MoneyPit,’isonthe market You could watch video of the house in its media room.
BY LISA CHAMOFF market for $12.5 million, is afar Special to Newsday cry from the creaky mansion that literally fell apart in the film. ast year, while Tom Shawn Elliott of Shawn Elliott Hanks was starring on Luxury Homes and Estates, Broadway as New York which is listing the house, calls it tabloid columnist Mike “‘The Money Pit’ no more.” McAlary in “Lucky Guy,” At the time the movie was LRich and Christina filmed in the front and back of Makowsky got to meet the Oscar- the house, Eric Ridder of the winning actor after aperfor- Knight-Ridder newspaper family mance and showed him aphoto owned it. The interior scenes of their Lattingtown home on were shot at Kaufman Astoria Rich’s phone. They thought Studios in Long Island City. Hanks might find it familiar. WALSH Hanks had spent plenty of time NORTHWAY RENOVATIONS ATHER
at the mansion in the mid-’80s The Makowskys spent millions HE filming “The Money Pit,” a WALSH of dollars to renovate and restore For the masters of this sprawling house, amaster bath. Steven Spielberg-produced film the more than 100-year-old home, ATHER
about acouple who buys an HE called Northway, in the years antique house for what they think The house’s reception room. after they bought it, giving it the is asteal but end up encountering feel of agrand European estate. aseries of renovation disasters. fishing in the creek nearby and Along with updating the plumb- Hanks regaled them with sto- his daughter used the pool.” ing, heating and electrical sys- ries about his hours on the proper- The white clapboard exterior tems and installing acedar-shin- ty at the start of his film career. looks almost the same as it did gle roof, they added intricately “He talked all about working nearly 30 years ago, when Hanks designed plaster crown moldings with Spielberg and [director] and co-star Shelley Long got out and brought in brass sconces and Richard Benjamin,” recalls Rich of ayellow cab to meet the chandeliers from Europe. Makowsky, ashoe manufacturer home’s eccentric owner, played The sleek media room has a who bought the 5.4-acre estate in by Maureen Stapleton. The 500-year-old marble fireplace 2002. “He said his father was out 23-room home, which just hit the imported from France and a climate-controlled wine cabinet made of black lacquer and glass. The wall opposite amassive flat-screen TV is made of Vene- tian plaster, and on the wall WALSH across the room is black suede WALSH ATHER
studded with nail heads. HE ATHER HE newsday.com There are eight fireplaces, Some items in the more than 100-year-old house are original, including one in the foyer and The hill that Hanks hurtled down before having an accident with acherub in "The Money Pit" Ⅲ See video, more photos: newsday.com/home including the carved staircase balustrades. another in the kitchen, which has
2014 Calcutta gold marble countertops RICH ORIGINAL TOUCHES house. After Ridder died in 1996, floors with mahogany inlays. The film) is anewly constructed pool statue. The cherub is still there, and top-of-the-line appliances, The Federal-style house was the estate was purchased by leaded-glass windows and some house with slate floors, ahigh-end but the water now shoots up from 27, ABOUT NORTHWAY including awhite Viking range. built on 22 acres by stockbroker Steven Thurman and all but 5.4 of the hardware also came with kitchen, afull bathroom and a the middle of the circular pool. WHERE Lattingtown AMENITIES Heated
JUNE Upstairs is amaster suite with H.W. Warner and was later acres were sold for adevelop- the home. But the owners have laundry room. Next to that is a Hanks wasn’t available to talk, walk-in closets, asitting area with owned by William McNair, who ment, according to the book added their own touches. Christi- fountain that may look familiar to but in avideo about the making ASKING PRICE $12.5 million saltwater pool, afireplace and abathroom with served as avice president with “Long Island’s Prominent North na Makowsky, aclothing design- anyone who has seen the film. of the film on “The Money Pit” TOTAL TAXES $65,992 800-square-foot pool UDIOS SQUARE FEET 14,000 house with kitchen, gazebo,
ST an oval soaking tub that won’t fall the Unadilla Valley Railway Co. Shore Families: Their Estates and er, has filled the house with high- After aRube Goldberg-esque DVD, he talks about how he had FRIDAY, through the ceiling. Agym and His wife, Elvira Brokaw McNair, Their Country Homes.” end furnishings, including golden chain of events sends Hanks’ to be covered in plaster of Paris ACREAGE 5.4 six-car garage recreation area, along with staff’s was the daughter of figure skat- Some items are original, includ- yellow and black Versace furni- character, covered in plaster, to film the scene. On arecent YEAR BUILT 1898 LISTING AGENT Shawn IVERSAL BEDROOMS eight Elliott, Shawn Elliott Luxury UN quarters, complete the home on ing champion and Locust Valley ing the carved staircase balus- ture in the living room. hurtling down ahill in the back- afternoon, the backyard was HERE AND ON THE COVER Ascene from the 1986 comedy “The the lower level. The home has resident Irving Brokaw. Their trades —noneed to worry about Next to the heated saltwater yard in aplastic bin, he lands in more serene, with music playing BATHROOMS eight full, Homes &Estates, NEWSDAY, Money Pit,” featuring Tom Hanks and Shelly Long, shows the house eight bedrooms, eight bathrooms daughter, Elvira McNair Fair- the staircase collapsing, as it did gunite pool (not taken care of by the small fountain, where water from speakers hidden in bushes two half 516-364-4663 looking dilapidated, but it really wasn’t. and two half-bathrooms. child, subsequently owned the in the film —and the rich oak Adolf Hitler’s pool boy, as in the streams onto him from acherubic around the pool.