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'Broadlawns'

May 21, 2014, 3:27 am
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'Broadlawns', the Angeline Rowan Booth estate in Kings Point.  Click HERE to see an advertisement from when 'Broadlawns' was for sale.
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Chateau des Beaux Arts

May 22, 2014, 4:01 am
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The Chateau des Beaux Arts designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1905 in Huntington.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Chateau des Beaux Arts which has since been demolished.
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'Edgewater' / 'Wyndtryst'

May 27, 2014, 2:58 am
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'Edgewater', the George H. Holt residence built c. 1898 in Great Neck pictured under the subsequent ownership of Gilbert Motier Plympton who purchased the home in 1903 and renamed it 'Wyndtryst'.  Plympton began his career as a lawyer and was a member of the banking firm of Plympton, Gardiner & Co.  'Wyndtryst', which abutted the Sound, was robbed by "pirates" according to a 1907 NYTimes article that says they made off with $2,500 in silverware.  Plympton would go on to sell the house to Sherwood Aldrich, president of the Ray Consolidated Copper Company, in 1916.  Aldrich was building a new house by Walker & Gillette next door and bought the Plympton property to incorporate into his.  'Wyndtryst' has since been demolished.
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The Lewis V. Luckenbach Estate

May 28, 2014, 3:23 am
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 The Lewis V. Luckenbach estate designed by William Lawrence Bottomley c. 1928 in Glen Cove.  Click HERE for more on the Luckenbach estate which is still for sale for $15,500,000, click HERE to see the listing via Daniel Gale Sotheby's.  Click HERE to see the residence on bing.







Listing photos from MLSLI.
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'Goose Point'

June 2, 2014, 2:59 am
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 'Goose Point', the Irving Brokaw estate designed by Harrie T. Lindeberg c. 1914 in Mill Neck.  Click HERE for more on Brokaw's subsequent residence 'Frost Mill Lodge' next door.  'Goose Point' is currently for sale for $10,000,000, click HERE to see the listing via Daniel Gale Sotheby's.  Click HERE to see the residence on bing.



Listing photos from MLSLI.
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'Fairlawn'

June 3, 2014, 3:09 am
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'Fairlawn', the Theodore F. Jackson residence built c. 1902 in Westhampton Beach.  Click HERE for more on 'Fairlawn' which has since been demolished.
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The Maidstone Club

June 4, 2014, 2:29 am
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The Maidstone Club designed by Roger Bullard c. 1921 in East Hampton following a fire that destroyed the previous clubhouse.  Founded in 1891, the club's original golf course was designed by William H. Tucker.  The exterior of the clubhouse was remodeled by Aymar Embury II in 1953.  Click HERE to see the Maidstone Club on bing.
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The Grounds of 'Idlewild'

June 5, 2014, 3:16 am
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The grounds of 'Idlewild', the Alphonse Henry Alker estate built c. 1896 in Kings Point.  Click HERE for more on 'Idlewilde' which has since been demolished.
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'Rhada'

June 9, 2014, 2:32 am
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'Rhada', the J. Edward Meyer estate designed by William Adams c. 1910 in Kings Point.  Meyer was a director and vice president of Cord Meyer Development Co., responsible for the development of Elmhurst and Forest Hills, Queens.  He was married to the former Mrs. A.H. Alker, also of Great Neck.  Click HERE to see 'Rhada' on bing.
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'Villa Mille Fiori'

June 10, 2014, 3:24 am
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'Villa Mille Fiori', the Albert Barnes Boardman estate designed by Hill & Stout c. 1910 in Southampton and pictured here under the subsequent ownership of Morgan J. O'Brien.  O'Brien and Boardman were partners in the law firm of O'Brien, Boardman & Platt.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Villa Mille Fiori' which has since been demolished.
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'Spring Hill'

June 11, 2014, 3:44 am
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The ruined garden wall at 'Spring Hill', the Henry Carnegie Phipps estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1903 for William L. Stow in Old Westbury.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Spring Hill'.
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The Gardens of 'Nirvana'

June 12, 2014, 3:32 am
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The gardens of 'Nirvana', the William Gould Brokaw estate designed by Little & O'Connor c. 1900 in Kings Point.  Click HERE for more on 'Nirvana' which has since been demolished.
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'Chelsea'

June 16, 2014, 11:33 am
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'Chelsea', the Benjamin Moore estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1924 in Muttontown.  Click HERE for more on 'Chelsea' which has recently seen some upgrades.
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'Chelsea' Fountain

June 17, 2014, 3:18 am
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 The now working fountain at 'Chelsea', the Benjamin Moore estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1924 in Muttontown.  Click HERE to see what the fountain looked like in 2008.


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More 'Chelsea'

June 18, 2014, 2:48 am
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'Land of Clover'

June 19, 2014, 3:16 am
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'Land of Clover', the Lathrop Brown estate designed by Peabody, Wilson & Brown between 1912-1917 in Smithtown.  Click HERE for more on 'Land of Clover' and HERE to see a brochure from when the estate was for sale.  Click HERE to see the residence on bing.
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'The Moorings' / 'Wee Hame'

June 23, 2014, 3:35 am
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'The Moorings', the Walter Scott Cameron residence in Southampton.  Cameron was a sportsman and Master of Hounds for the Meadow Brook Club.  A longtime Southampton resident, Cameron owned a couple of houses in town (and has a beach named after him in Bridgehampton).  He purchased 'The Moorings' in 1907 with his first wife, Rosalie deGoicouria and renamed it 'Wee Hame' after his subsequent divorce and remarriage to Cicely Mary Hilger.  It appears the house has since been demolished but it sat on Gin Lane.
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The Stable at 'Spring Hill'

June 24, 2014, 2:45 am
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The stable at 'Spring Hill', the Henry Carnegie Phipps estate designed by John Russell Pope for William L. Stow c. 1903 in Old Westbury.  Click HERE for more on 'Spring Hill'.
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'Strongheart'

June 25, 2014, 2:53 am
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'Strongheart', the Robert Edeson residence built c. 1902 in North Haven.  Edeson was a noted stage actor who left the theatre for Hollywood in 1914 to work with Cecil B. De Mille.  His 1931 NYTimes obituary said his most famous role was in Richard Harding Davis's "Soldiers of Fortune" and that his North Haven residence was named for his performance in "Strongheart".  He was the first president of the Masquers Club and a member of the Lambs Club of New York, Dramatists of America and the Screen Artists Club.  Richard Gere was the home's most recent owner, having listed the property for sale last summer for $65 million.  'Strongheart' has been substantially enlarged, click HERE to see the residence on bing and HERE for recent photos from Newsday.
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'Northway'

June 30, 2014, 2:42 am
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 'Northway', the Henry W. Warner estate built c. 1904 in Lattingtown.  Warner was a stock broker.  The residence was subsequently owned by William McNair who named the estate 'Northward House'.  The house is most notable for its use in the 1986 Tom Hanks and Shelley Long movie The Money Pit.  'Northway' is currently for sale for $12,500,000, click HERE to see the listing via Daniel Gale Sotheby's.  Click HERE to see the residence on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from MLSLI.
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