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The Bacon Estate Aerial

March 13, 2014, 4:18 am
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A 1938 aerial of 'Old Acres', the Robert Bacon estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1907 and 'Arlough', the Robert Low Bacon estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1916 in Old Westbury.   Click HERE for more on 'Old Acres' and HERE for 'Arlough'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.
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'Fairleigh' Aerial

March 17, 2014, 4:17 am
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A 1938 aerial of 'Fairleigh', the George Brewster estate designed by Trowbridge & Livingston c. 1914 in Muttontown.  Click HERE for more on 'Fairleigh'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.
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'Cedar Pond Farm'

March 18, 2014, 2:36 am
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'Cedar Pond Farm', the Edward P. Alker residence in Kings Point.  Alker was the son of Alphonse H. Alker of 'Idlewilde' and was vice-president of the Pennsylvania Cement Company and co-founder and president of the First National Bank of Little Neck.  It is unknown if the residence is extant.
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'Breeze Lawn'

March 19, 2014, 3:43 am
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'Breeze Lawn', originally built for Leander Waterbury c. 1889 and pictured here under subsequent owner Henry G. Timmerman in Islip.  Click HERE for more on 'Breeze Lawn'.
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The B. Aymar Sands Estate

March 20, 2014, 3:35 am
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The Benjamin Aymar Sands estate built in the last decade of the 19th century on Great Plains Road in Southampton.  The estate had landscaping by the Olmsted Brothers and Warren H. Manning.  Sands, an attorney and partner at the firms of Webb & Sprague and Bowers & Sands, was vice president of the Colorado Midland Railroad Co. and the American Mortgage Company.  He was also chairman of the board of British and Mercantile Insurance Co., London.  The residence was demolished in 2002.
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'Leahead'

March 24, 2014, 3:34 am
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'Leahead', the Henry W.J. Bucknall estate in Glen Cove.  Bucknall was vice-president of the Armstrong Cork Company.  Click HERE for more on 'Leahead' which has since been demolished.  Click HERE to see where 'Leahead' stood on google earth and HERE for a history of the estate written by the Glen Cove Historian.
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'Waldene' Aerial

March 25, 2014, 3:50 am
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A 1938 aerial of 'Waldene', the Walter G. Oakman estate designed by Grosvenor Atterbury c. 1900 in Roslyn.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Waldene'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.
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'Mayfair'

March 26, 2014, 3:15 am
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'Mayfair', the Elihu Root estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1896 in Southampton.  Root, an attorney and prominent politician, served in various political functions including Secretary of War (1899-1904), Secretary of State (1905-1909) and U.S. Senator from New York (1909-1915).  He was also an author and trustee at major NYC institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Public Library.  Click HERE to see 'Mayfair' on google earth and HERE on bing.
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The William H. Erhart Residence

March 27, 2014, 3:44 am
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The William H. Erhart residence likely designed by Freeman & Hasselman c. 1907 in Cedarhurst.  Erhart was chairman of the board of Charles Pfizer & Company.  The company was co-founded by his father Charles Erhart and his father's cousin Charles Pfizer.  The residence has since been demolished.
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'Clench-Warton'

March 31, 2014, 2:59 am
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'Clench-Warton', the Henry Francis Cook estate designed by Montrose W. Morris c. 1891 in North Haven.  Cook was vice-president, secretary and treasurer of the Fahys Watch Case Company, Sag Harbor.  He was also the president of the Montauk Steamboat Co. and Sag Harbor Real Estate Co. 'Clench-Warton' originally sat on roughly 1,000 acres.  The house has since been demolished but click HERE to see a still extant outbuilding.
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'Mallow' Aerial

April 1, 2014, 3:15 am
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A 1938 aerial of 'Mallow', the Walter Farwell estate designed by William Welles Bosworth c. 1918 in Oyster Bay Cove.  Click HERE for more on 'Mallow'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.
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'Devon'

April 2, 2014, 3:17 am
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'Devon', the Richmond Levering residence built c. 1908 in Amagansett.  Levering was president of Richmond Levering & Co., promoters and developers of oil interests.  He died of pneumonia in 1920 at the age of 39, having by then amassed a fortune in the development of oil fields in Illinois, Texas and Mexico.  Click HERE to see the Levering residence on bing.
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'Planting Fields' Aerial

April 3, 2014, 3:27 am
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A 1938 aerial of 'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Plating Fields'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.
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'Kirby Hill'

April 7, 2014, 3:45 am
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'Kirby Hill', the Joseph Sampson Stevens estate designed by Warren & Wetmore c. 1900 in Muttontown.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Kirby Hill'.
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The J.K.O. Sherwood Residence

April 8, 2014, 3:02 am
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The J.K.O. Sherwood residence in Glen Cove.  Sherwood was one of the original Red Spring colonists.  Click HERE to see the Sherwood residence on google earth and HERE on bing.
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'Overland House' Aerial

April 9, 2014, 3:42 am
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A 1938 aerial of 'Overland House', the George Rose estate designed by Hoppin & Koen c. 1910 in Old Westbury.  Click HERE for more on 'Overland House'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.
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The Clarkson Cowl Residence

April 10, 2014, 3:13 am
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The Clarkson Cowl residence in Kings Point.  Cowl was chairman of the board, vice-president and treasurer of James Hearn and Son Department Store.  He was also a founder of the grain brokerage firm of Logan Cowl and Co. and was president of the Central Mercantile Association.  It is unknown if the house is extant.
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'Farlands' Aerial

April 14, 2014, 3:18 am
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A 1938 aerial of 'Farlands', the Guernsey Curran estate designed by Guy Lowell c. 1918 in Upper Brookville.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Farlands'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.
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The Northside School

April 15, 2014, 3:38 am
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North Side Elementary School on Hillside Avenue in East Williston as it looked when it opened in the second decade of the 20th century.  I attended North Side as a kid from 1989-1993.  Click HERE to see the school as it looks today.
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The Grotto at 'Spring Hill'

April 16, 2014, 4:27 am
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Buried in the woods at 'Spring Hill' and covered in weeds is this grotto which fed a small stream that emptied into a little pond (both of which have long since dried up).  This particular garden feature sat about halfway between the main Phipps residence and son Ogden's house to the west.  Click HERE for more on 'Spring Hill'.
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