Martin T. Carey

Martin Thomas Carey (March 23, 1922 – June 16, 2020) was an American entrepreneur and preservationist. He was a younger brother of New York Governor Hugh Carey.

Early life Carey was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 23, 1922. He was the second youngest of six sons born to Margaret (née Collins) Carey and Dennis Joseph Carey Sr. Hugh L. Carey (a former U.S. Representative who served as Governor of New York from 1975 to 1982), John R. Carey and George G. Carey. His younger brother, George, a securities analyst, was killed in a plane crash in 1959. He served as captain of an oil tanker transporting gasoline for the Army between England and France. He also owned various real estate parcels ranging from the Matatuck terminal for petroleum products in Suffolk County and his family's summer home on Long Beach. The home, which is also known as the Woolworth Estate, was designed in 1916 by architect C. P. H. Gilbert for Frank Winfield Woolworth, reportedly at a cost of $9 million. Parts of the 25,668 square-foot mansion were heavily damaged by fire in January 2015.

In 1974, the Careys paid $270,000 to purchase Seaview Terrace, the fifth-largest mansion in Newport built by Howard Greenley for Edson Bradley. They leased the Châteauesque main house, gatehouse and former stables to Salve Regina University, which renamed it the Carey Mansion. On August 31, 2009, Salve Regina University terminated the lease with the Carey family and the Careys' daughter began residing in the mansion. The Syfy network featured the mansion in the first season, second episode of its paranormal reality show Stranded on March 6, 2013. In 1975, when his elder brother Edward was asked during an interview about Martin's interests, he replied offhandedly, "Oh, he's in real estate and maritime transportation and he was making money renting out his house in Newport to make pornographic movies until the newspapers found out and it was stopped." He renamed the house to Cashelmara and used it as showcase for interior decorators. Later, the residence became vacant and fell into disrepair. The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities placed it on their list of endangered historic properties in 2010.

Personal life On October 10, 1971, Carey was married to Millicent Marie (née Zelenka) Hancock (b. ) at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City. An alumna of the Columbia University School of Nursing and Teachers College, Columbia University, where she earned B.S. and M.A. degrees in administration, Millicent was the daughter of Joseph William Zelenka of the Bronx, head of the accounting department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. Together, they were the parents of a daughter:

Carey died on June 16, 2020, at his home in Glen Cove, New York. After a funeral at St. Patrick's Church in Glen Cove, he was buried at Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury, New York.