Who was America’s First Olympic Figure Skater? | Irving Brokaws Frost Mill Lodge @ThisHouse
Who was America’s First Olympic Figure Skater? | Irving Brokaws Frost Mill Lodge @ThisHouse
Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Irving Brokaw made history as America’s first Olympic figure skater, competing at the 1908 London Olympics, but his legacy wasn’t limited to the ice. As the heir to a massive New York fortune, Brokaw lived a Gilded Age life of grand architecture: from Fifth Avenue mansions and gothic townhouses in Manhattan to a spectacular Long Island Gold Coast retreat.

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