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"Vikings Cove" George Fisher Baker Jr. Residence, Lattington, New York

Built for George Fisher Baker Jr. by architects Walker & Gillette.  According to SPLIA "it is perhaps the most traditional in plan and scale of all the firm's Georgian Revival designs." 


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GATE ENTRANCE AND EASTERLY COTTAGE
JUNE 1914

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ENTRANCE GATE
APRIL 1914

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ENTRANCE GATE
JUNE 1914

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DRIVE TOWARDS ENTRANCE
NOVEMBER 1913
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DRIVE TOWARDS ENTRANCE
MAY 1914


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DRIVE TOWARDS ENTRANCE
JUNE 1914

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ENTRANCE GATE
JUNE 1914


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DRIVEWAY FROM ENTRANCE
NOVEMBER 1913

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DRIVEWAY FROM ENTRANCE
JUNE 1914


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WESTERLY COTTAGE AND GARAGE
NOVEMBER 1913
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WESTERLY COTTAGE AND GARAGE
JUNE 1914

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EASTERLY COTTAGE
NOVEMBER 1913

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FROM DRIVE ACROSS VEGETABLE GARDEN TO MR. ALDRED'S
JANUARY 1914

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FROM DRIVE ACROSS VEGETABLE GARDEN TO MR. ALDRED'S
JUNE 1914
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SERVICE ENTRANCE FROM DRIVE
JANUARY 1914
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SERVICE ENTRANCE FROM DRIVE
JUNE 1914


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SOUTH END OF GARDEN BANK FROM DRIVE
JANUARY 1914

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SOUTH END OF GARDEN BANK FROM DRIVE
JUNE 1914

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VEGETABLE GARDEN ENTRANCE
MAY 1914

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SOUTH FRONT OF HOUSE
NOVEMBER 1913
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VIEW OF GARDEN WALL AND EMBANKMENT
NOVEMBER 1913

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VIEW OF HOUSE FROM SERVICE YARD
NOVEMBER 1913
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SOUTH FRONT OF HOUSE
DECEMBER 1913
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SOUTH FRONT OF HOUSE
JUNE 1914
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FROM ENTRANCE ARCH DOWN DRIVE
JANUARY 1914

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FROM ENTRANCE ARCH DOWN DRIVE
JUNE 1914

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ENTRANCE ARCH
APRIL 1914
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ENTRANCE ARCH
JUNE 1914

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ENTRANCE ARCHWAY FROM THE DRIVE
JUNE 1914
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SERVICE WING FROM CARRIAGE TURN
JANUARY 1914

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SERVICE WING FROM CARRIAGE TURN
JANUARY 1914

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SERVICE WING FROM CARRIAGE TURN
JUNE 1914

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FRONT TURN AROUND
APRIL 1914

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NORTH SIDE OF HOUSE
JUNE 1914
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PATH TO TERRACE
APRIL 1913

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PATH TO TERRACE
JUNE 1914

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BASE OP CARRIAGE TURN WALL NORTH FROM THE SERVICE STEPS
JANUARY 1914

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SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSE AND GARDEN FROM ALDRED'S
NOVEMBER 1913
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WEST END OF HOUSE FROM TERRACE LOOKING NORTH
JANUARY 1914
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WEST END OF HOUSE FROM TERRACE LOOKING NORTH
JUNE 1914

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HOUSE AND GARDEN FROM WEST SIDE OF GARDEN
NOVEMBER 1913

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HOUSE FROM GARDEN
DECEMBER 1913
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SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSE FROM GARDEN
APRIL 1914
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FORMAL GARDEN
SPRING 1917

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OLD APPLE TREE SOUTH SIDE FROM LAWN
APRIL 1914
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FORMAL GARDEN
JUNE 1914
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FORMAL GARDEN
JUNE 1914

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GARDEN
JUNE 1914

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HOUSE FROM GARDEN
JUNE 1914

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FORMAL GARDEN
SPRING 1917

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FORMAL GARDEN
SPRING 1917
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FORMAL GARDEN
DECEMBER 1914

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PATH LEADING FROM GARDEN
DECEMBER 1913

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PATH LEADING FROM GARDEN
JUNE 1914
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GARDEN DETAIL
JUNE 1914

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FORMAL GARDEN
APRIL 1914

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FORMAL GARDEN
APRIL 1914
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GARDEN HOUSE
APRIL 1914
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FORMAL GARDEN
JUNE 1914
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FORMAL GARDEN
SPRING 1917
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FORMAL GARDEN
JUNE 1914 

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FORMAL GARDEN
JUNE 1914 


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FORMAL GARDEN
JUNE 1914 
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LAWN AND BENCH
JUNE 1914 
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SOUTH GARDEN WALL AND THE POOL
DECEMBER 1913
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SOUTH GARDEN WALL AND POOL
JUNE 1914
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POOL
JUNE 1917

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POOL AND GARDEN HOUSES
JUNE 1914

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POOL
JUNE 1917

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POOL AND GARDEN HOUSES
JUNE 1914
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PATH WEST OF GARDEN
JUNE 1914
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AIGLON PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
1920'S
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PATH TO SOUND
NOVEMBER 1913
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PATH TO SOUND
JUNE 1914
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PATH TO PIER
APRIL 1914

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PATH TO PIER
JUNE 1914
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PROPOSED LOCATION FOR DOCK
JANUARY 1914
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PATH TO BOAT FLOAT
JUNE 1914
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BEACH AND PIER
JUNE 1914
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PIER
JUNE 1914

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BEACH FRONT
JUNE 1914
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PATH TO BEACH
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VIEW OF BEACH FROM CASINO AT "PEACOCK POINT"
JUNE 1914
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WOODLAND POND
NOVEMBER 1913

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WOODLAND POND
NOVEMBER 1913

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WOODLAND POND
JUNE 1914
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GROVE
NOVEMBER 1913
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GROVE
JUNE 1914

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GROVE
JUNE 1914

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"VIKINGS COVE"
STONY BROOK AERIAL DIGITAL COLLECTION
1947
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Portrait of Edith Kane Baker astride a dappled grey hunter.
Sir Alfred Munnings (British, 1878–1959)
George married Edith Beavoort Kane in 1911. In 1923 his net worth was  estimated to be upwards of $300 million. 

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Duchess of Windsor  and Edith Kane Baker.

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Ann and Bill Woodward.

In October 1955, the Duchess of Windsor was the guest of honor at "Vikings Cove", along with Ann and Bill Woodward. That night Mrs. Woodward mistook her husband for a prowler and shot him twice, killing him instantly. 

Baker's father was a pal of J.P. Morgan and was know as the "Sphinx of Wall Street"

Little Viking,  Viking I and Viking II - Great Yachts of Long Island's North Shore  By Robert B. MacKay

In 1906 Architect A. Stewart Walker married Sybil Kane, sister of Edith Brevoort Kane Baker. 


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