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'Northwood' Farm Group

April 18, 2013, 5:55 am
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 The Alfred Hopkins designed farm group at 'Northwood', the Mortimer L. Schiff estate designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1905 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE for more on 'Northwood' and HERE for more on the farm group.

Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1914.
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'Portledge'

April 22, 2013, 1:28 am
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'Portledge', the Charles Albert Coffin estate designed by Howard Greenley c. 1910 in Matinecock.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Portledge'.  Click HERE to see the residence on bing.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1913.
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'Portledge' Outbuilding

April 23, 2013, 3:20 am
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The gardener's and chauffeur's cottage at 'Portledge', the Charles A. Coffin estate designed by Howard Greenley c. 1910 in Matinecock.  Click HERE for more on 'Portledge'.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1914.
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'Greentree' Entrance

April 24, 2013, 1:51 am
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The entrance to 'Greentree', the Payne Whitney estate designed by d'Hauteville & Cooper c. 1903 in Manhasset.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Greentree'.
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The Robert H. Fowler Residence

April 25, 2013, 2:38 am
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The Robert Henry Fowler residence designed by Edward S. Hewitt in Oyster Bay.  Fowler was a surgeon and author of Modern Tonsil Surgery, 1930.  He was also a founder and president of the New York Tonsil Hospital.  It is unknown if the house is extant.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1921.
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The George De Forest Lord Estate

April 29, 2013, 3:38 am
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The George De Forest Lord estate designed by Beers & Farley c. 1922 in Woodmere.  Lord, an attorney, was partner with Lord, Day & Lord.  Click HERE to see 'Overfields', his 1927 residence also designed by Beers & Farley in Syosset.   Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1922.
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The George deForest Lord Residence

April 29, 2013, 4:41 am
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 The George deForest Lord residence designed by Beers & Farley c. 1922 in Woodmere.  Lord, an attorney, was partner with Lord, Day & Lord.  Click HERE to see 'Overfields', his 1927 residence also designed by Beers & Farley in Syosset.  According to SPLIA and Spinzia the house is extant on Ocean Avenue but I have yet to locate it.



Photos from Architectural Record, 1922.
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'Brookholt' Advertisement

April 30, 2013, 4:26 am
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A 1920 advertisement for 'Brookholt', the O.H.P. Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1897 in Hempstead.  Belmont died in 1908 and his widow Alva built 'Beacon Towers' in Sands Point in 1917.  Click HERE for more on 'Brookholt'.  Advertisement from Country Life, 1920.
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The George deForest Lord Residence

May 1, 2013, 3:10 am
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 More on the George deForest Lord residence designed by Beers & Farley c. 1922 in Woodmere.  Click HERE for more on the Lord residence.

Photos from House & Garden, 1922.
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Here Comes The Great Gatsby

May 1, 2013, 4:47 pm
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 One week from this Friday, May 10th, we will finally see the release of Baz Lurhmann's version of The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway.  Though filmed in Australia, Lurhmann relied on historic Long Island photos (including those from Old Long Island) to create his versions of the Gatsby and Buchanan houses for the movie.  Click HERE for an Architectural Digest article on the set design, including a mention that 'Westbury House' was the basis for the Buchanan residence.  They also mention 'La Selva' (really?) as one of those used for inspiration as well as 'Beacon Towers' and 'Oheka'.  Click HERE to watch the trailer for the movie and HERE for my post on the movie from last summer.  Good or bad it will most certainly be entertaining.
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Congrats Orb!

May 4, 2013, 4:15 pm
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 Congratulations to the Janney and Phipps families, as well as trainer Shug McGaughey and jockey Joel Rosario on Orb's winning of the 139th Kentucky Derby!!  This is the first Derby win for the 'Spring Hill' line of the Phipps family and you can be sure the late Stuart Janney Jr. and wife Barbara Phipps Janney, her brother Ogden Phipps and mother Gladys Mills Phipps are all smiling down from above right now.  Stuart Janney III and Dinny Phipps (pictured below) are grandsons of Henry C. and Gladys Mills Phipps of 'Spring Hill' in Old Westbury.

Photos by Mark Zerof - USA Today Sports
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'Sherryland'

May 6, 2013, 2:57 am
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'Sherryland', originally the Louis Sherry estate with alterations by McKim, Mead & White c. 1915 in Manhasset and later owned by Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt.  She renamed the estate 'Fairmont' and resided there until her death in 1935 (click HERE to see her previous residence).  In 1938 the estate was sold to William Levitt who developed the property and main house into the Strathmore Vanderbilt Country Club.  Click HERE to see 'Sherryland' on google earth and HERE on bing.
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'Beaver Brook Farm'

May 7, 2013, 2:21 am
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'Beaver Brook Farm', the Henry Lewis Batterman estate designed by Harrie Lindeberg c. 1914 in Mill Neck.  Click HERE for more on 'Beaver Brook Farm' which has since been demolished.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1915.
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Some Great Gatsby Reviews

May 8, 2013, 3:03 am
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'Hempstead House'

May 9, 2013, 4:06 am
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'Hempstead House', originally the Howard Gould estate known as 'Castlegould' and later the Daniel Guggenheim residence designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1909 in Sands Point.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Hempstead House'.

Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1913.
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The 4th Annual Tour of Southampton Homes is This Weekend

May 10, 2013, 8:54 am
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The Southampton Historical Museum will be hosting their 4th annual Tour of Southampton Homes this Saturday, May 11th from 1:00-4:30PM.  Click HERE for more information on the Southampton Historical Museum website.
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'Longfields'

May 13, 2013, 12:30 am
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 'Longfields', the William Payne Thompson Jr. estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1910 in Old Westbury.  The estate was inherited by Thompson's nephew William Payne Thompson Preston Sr. in the early 1930s and these photos are courtesy of his daughter, Elizabeth Preston Hutchings.  The estate was sold to Ambrose Clark in the 1940s and the house was eventually demolished so Clark could incorporate the property into his adjacent estate 'Broad Hollow House'.  Click HERE for more on 'Longfields' and HERE to see the estate ruins as they look today.








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The James Byrne Estate

May 14, 2013, 2:32 am
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The James Byrne estate designed by Grosvenor Atterbury c. 1906 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE for more on the Byrne estate and what would become 'Planting Fields'.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1908.
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'Elkhurst'

May 15, 2013, 1:16 am
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'Elkhurst', the Edward Mortimer Ward Sr. residence in Lattingtown.  His grandfather, James O. Ward, was a founder of Ward Shipping Lines.  E.M. was a member of the shipping firm Hageman & Ward.   Click HERE to see 'Elkhurst' on google earth and HERE on bing.  Postcard from the Gary Lawrance Collection.
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'Avondale Farms'

May 16, 2013, 2:00 am
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'Avondale Farms', the Joseph Wright Harriman estate with alterations by Alfred C. Bossom c. 1918 in Brookville.  The house was originally built for Philip Livermore by Hoppin & Koen c. 1910.  Click HERE for more on 'Avondale Farms' and HERE for interiors.  The residence has since been demolished.  Photo from the Aiglon Archives.
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