Oakdene/Waldene

Oakdene was a Gold Coast-era estate in Roslyn, on Long Island, in New York.

History

Oakdene was constructed for executive Walter George Oakman, Sr. ca. 1900. The main building, a Colonial Revival mansion consisting of around 32 rooms, was designed by Grosvenor Atterbury. The estate also consisted of farm buildings and a horse stable. The estate occupied roughly of land.
Henry D. Walbridge purchased the estate in 1912. He renamed the estate from Oakdene to Waldene. It is known that the Walbridge family had installed a pipe organ in the mansion.
In 1935, Waldene was put on the market for $297,500.
Around 1946, Waldene was purchased by Samuel Rubel. Rubel renamed the mansion Bernora.

Fate

In 1946, the mansion was destroyed by a fire. The property was soon purchased by developers. After the developers purchased the property, the estate was redeveloped as a housing development called Roslyn Pines in the early 1950s.