10/16/2026
Enslow mansion (1896 - 1877)
This week’s local history spotlight focuses on the infamous history of the Enslow Mansion. The Enslow Mansion was a twenty-six-room home that sat on the former Millionaires’ Row along 3rd Avenue. Local architect T. U. Walter designed the house to be incredibly ornate, featuring stained glass and fine silk throughout the entire property. Despite the intricate beauty of the home and its status as a social hub throughout the early 1900s, Enslow Mansion’s legacy is not founded in beauty. In 1936, the mansion became the focus of the sensational murder of Juliette Buffington Enslow, the daughter of Huntington’s first mayor. Initially, her own son, Charles Baldwin, was arrested for the crime following ten days of investigation; however, Baldwin was found not guilty the following year. Aside from the status of Juliette’s body, the only other notable detail of the crime was the disappearance of two valuable diamond rings. Only one of these rings would be found before the house was ultimately demolished. Despite extensive examination, the culprit has never truly been identified, and the mansion was vacated by the Enslow family in 1937 with hopes of leaving such a tragedy in the past. To this day, the motive of the murder and the actual involvement of any individuals remains unanswered, and never will be answered due to the loss of critical evidence over the course of time.Years later, the Enslow Mansion was acquired by R. R. Steele, who transformed it into a funeral home until a fire on August 23rd, 1977 broke out from the basement. The fire destroyed the property entirely, putting an end to the
