Oheka Castle
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Oheka Castle
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Oheka Castle seen from the east
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| Location | 135 W. Gate Drive, Huntington, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′40″N 73°26′55″W / 40.82778°N 73.44861°WCoordinates: 40°49′40″N 73°26′55″W / 40.82778°N 73.44861°W |
| Area | 23.2 acres (9.4 ha) |
| Built | 1914-19 |
| Architect | Delano & Aldrich; Olmsted Brothers, et al. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Chateauesque |
| NRHP Reference # | 04000996 |
| Added to NRHP | September 15, 2004 |
Oheka Castle, also known as the Otto Kahn Estate, is located on the North Shore of Long Island, in Huntington, New York. It was the country home of investment financier and philanthropist Otto Hermann Kahn and his family. The name Oheka is an acronym of its original owner's name Otto Hermann Kahn, which Kahn also used to name his yacht Oheka II and his ocean-front Villa Oheka in Palm Beach, Florida. The mansion was built by Kahn between 1914 and 1919, and is the second largest private home in the United States, comprising 127 rooms and over 109,000 square feet (10,100 m2), as originally configured.
The castle is currently a historic hotel with 32 guest rooms and suites on the upper floors of the mansion, a popular wedding venue for socialites, celebrities, and dignitaries, and the backdrop to many photo shoots and Hollywood films. The estate also offers tours of the estate and gardens.
In 2004, Oheka was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Oheka Castle is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
In 1905, a previous country home of Kahn's, Cedar Court in Morristown, New Jersey, was virtually destroyed by fire. In constructing Oheka, Kahn determined to build a fireproof building, so he had his architects, Delano and Aldrich, design the building out of steel and concrete, making it one of the first totally fireproof residential buildings. In constructing the home, two entire years were spent building an artificial hill on which to place it, giving it views of Cold Spring Hills and Cold Spring Harbor.
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