Harry K. Knapp

Who was Harry K. Knapp?

Harry Kearsarge Knapp was a United States financier and a prominent executive in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry.

A graduate of Columbia University, he was a partner with George Hyatt and John S. Van Siclen in the New York City stock brokerage firm, Hyatt & Co. and later a partner in Benedict Drysdale & Co. Harry Knapp was also a director of the Corn Exchange Bank of New York and was the head of the Racquet and Tennis Club.

Harry Knapp married Caroline Burr with whom he had three children. They made their home in New York City and in 1903 built Brookwood Hall, a summer home on more than 100 acres at East Islip, on Long Island, New York now being used as the Islip Art Museum.