New Plan Presented for Holland Sporting Club in Mohegan Lake [VIDEO]

Members of the Yorktown Park and Recreation department and Yorktown residents working on a new plan at the former Holland Sporting Club presented their plan at the Yorktown town board meeting Tuesday night. 

Patrick Cumiskey, a construction project manager and a father of three children, who lives across the street from the property, created the plan with the help of other community members. 

The proposed attractions include a children's playground, basketball/mixed use and volleyball courts, boat launch area, access to the lake, tennis courts and a new parking lot, as well as a picnic area and a walking trial around the entire area. 

The Holland Sporting Club, which the town demolished last summer, was once an exclusive posh summer resort and weekend getaway. The 14-acre lakeside property on Mohegan Lake, located on a heavily wooded parcel of land, was subject to vandalism over the years. 

The Club dates back to the 1920s, when the property had a hotel, cottages and two clay tennis courts, according to records, on 1,000 feet of lake frontage. In 1915 the property was a resort for the wealthy, called Rock Hill Lodge, and eventually it became one of the last resort hotels in Westchester, housing more than 250 vacationers. (Click here to read more about its history.)

For further reading:

• State Cites Yorktown with Violation Over Holland Sporting Club Demolition
• Councilman Questions Oil Tank Removal Job at Holland Sporting Club in 2007
• Highway Crews Finish Razing Holland Buildings
• Holland Sporting Club Demolition Job Questioned [Photos]
• Poll: What Should Yorktown Do With the Holland Sporting Club?
• Video: Holland Sporting Club Demolition is Underway
• Holland Sporting Club Buildings to Be Demolished This Week
• Yorktown OKs Borrowing to Demolish Holland Sporting Club
• Residents Want to Take Down Holland Sporting Club Buildings that Attract Vandals

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