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Mansion in May > 2010 Mansion in May
WAMMH Proudly Announces
the 2010 Mansion in May: Fawn Hill Farm
 The Woman’s Association is pleased to announce its 15th Mansion in May Designer Showhouse and Gardens at Fawn Hill Farm in Harding Township, New Jersey during May of 2010.
Proceeds will be directed toward the $25 million expansion of the Emergency Department at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Last renovated in 1993 with a capacity to serve 50,000 patients per year, the Emergency Department is now approaching 80,000 visits per year with a 4% annual growth rate.
WAMMH’s Mansion in May is our signature fundraiser and also our most profitable event, generating over $5 million for Morristown Memorial Hospital since its inception in 1974. Over 18,000 visitors attend the Mansion during the month of May.
Mansion in May is truly a volunteer effort, with many volunteer opportunities available to suit virtually every preference, availability schedule and physical restriction. WAMMH’s 2008 Mansion in May at Froh Heim involved over 1,000 individuals volunteering in excess of 12,000 hours in the Showhouse and Gardens.
The 34-acre estate, originally named Graymar Farm, traces back to 1937 when wealthy businessman Allan Kirby, the president of Alleghany Corporation, purchased part of a large farm located in prestigious New Vernon. The farm remained in the Kirby family until 1980. A few years later, the estate was acquired by its current owners, renamed, and greatly enhanced through a meticulous restoration of the main house and other buildings.
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At the heart of the estate sits a gracious 21-room stone manor perched atop a knoll, affording sweeping views of the countryside. This classic structure with a slate roof and colonnaded rear terrace boasts extensive moldings, arched doorways, pegged hardwood flooring, seven distinctive fireplaces, seven bedrooms and a grand wainscoted foyer with an elegant Georgian staircase. The aura of refined grandeur is continued in the exquisitely well-appointed dining room and living room overlooking the pool. The lower level adds a media/exercise room with the unexpected surprise of a full-size bowling alley. Additionally, a two-bedroom guest house shares a courtyard setting with the main house.
Fawn Hill Farm, one of the largest intact estates within the New York City sphere, is also replete with picturesque pastures, ponds, stable and barns and adjoins miles of equestrian trails that lace Harding
Township. Remarkable in its extravagant scope and pristine condition, Fawn Hill is a mansion extraordinaire.
Fawn Hill Farm is available for sale. Contact Mary Horn of Weichert Realtors at 973-713-9489.
Saturday, May 1 – Monday, May 31, 2010
Monday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
$30.00 admission, $25.00 senior citizens
For more information or questions, please call Mansion in May at 973-971-8800.
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