Historical photos of the Russian-owned estate in Glen Cove
The front facade of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1925.
The living room of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1925. The 26,459-square-foot house was built in 1912 by philanthropist and Standard Oil heir George Dupont Pratt.
The entrance hall of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove in 1950. The Soviets installed electronic surveillance equipment at Killenworth to spy on the Long Island defense industry and high-tech firms, a Soviet defector and a U.S. official told Newsday in 1982.
An aerial view of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove in 1950. The Soviets also once hosted Fidel Castro at the mansion, McClatchy reported.
The rear facade of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1950.
The Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1985. Reginald Spinello, the current Glen Cove mayor, recalled that when he was a child in 1960 during a time of tense relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited the estate.
The Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1985.
The Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1985.
The Killenworth mansion in Glen Cove is seen on May 20, 1965.
Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev visited the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove in 1960.
A vaulted archway at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove, seen on May 18, 1984.
The large sitting room at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove, seen on May 18, 1984.
The swimming pool at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove, seen on July 3, 1992.
A staircase at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove, seen on July 3, 1992.
Leonid Balakin Orenberg, a guard at Killenworth, stands at the entrance of the estate in Glen Cove on July 3, 1992.
The Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in an undated photo.
In an undated photo, Evgeny Deineko of the Russian Federation to the UN points to a French tapestry inside the Killenworth mansion in Glen Cove.
Scene from an open house and tour of Killenworth, the Russian compound in Glen Cove.
The living room of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in an undated photo.
The conservatory at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in an undated photo.
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