"HICKORY HILL" THE SUMMER HOME OF ARCHITECT WILLIAM LAWRENCE BOTTOMLEY
A farmhouse that is an oldest inhabitant—250 years set lightly on its rugged frameDating back to 1680, the country home of William Lawrence Bottomley, architect, at Brookville is one of the oldest...
View ArticleAN octagonal house with four terraces - "La Folie Monvel"
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, the distinguished French painter, wants to build a house in all the lovely places where he goes, because he hates hotels. It follows that it is now five houses; and the...
View ArticleOFFERED AT $1,250,000 "Rose Terrace" The Grossc Pointe Farms Residence of the...
The house was heated with oil boilers then thru a forced air system. There were grills in the floor underneath just about all the 42, French windows 14 foot high on the first floor. (The ceilings...
View Article"Danvers House" - The Finest Tudor House in America
The name, "Danvers House", comes from the French D'an-vers, meaning House of Antwerp."DANVERS HOUSE"RESIDENCE OF MRS. W. C. VAN ANTWERP, BURLINGAME, CALIF.BAKEWELL & BROWN, Architects THE...
View Article"THE DOVECOTE"'of the Farm Group on the Thomas lnce Estate, Beverly Hills
"THE DOVECOTE"'of the Farm Group on the Thomas lnce Estate, Beverly Hills. Roy Seldon Price, Architect. The roof is random laid with Varicolored Granada tile made by Gladding, McBean & Company—Los...
View ArticleThe Gardens at "Black Point", Residence of H.H. Rogers
The Gardens at "Black Point", residence of H.H. Rogers Follow THIS LINK for more on the house and gardens from "Black Point".
View Article"Stone House" AKA "Norman Hall" Watch Hill, Rhode Island
Watch Hill, Rhode Island came to prominence in the late 19th and early 20th century as an exclusive summer resort withwealthy families building sprawling Victorian-style "cottages" along the peninsula....
View Article"Castlewood " A Vast and Stately Building in the Georgian Style - Newport,...
INDOORS and OUT 1906S. W. R. Louis Bruguiere was the son of Josephine Frederikke Sather Bruguiere. It was her money that built "Castlewood".Dominating the highest point of land at Coddington Point,...
View ArticleMETALWORK DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR "LA SELVA", the residence of Mr. Henry...
THE charming examples of metalwork depicted on this page were designed by Messrs. Edward F. Caldwell & Co., especially for "La Selva", the residence of Mr. Henry Sanderson at Oyster Bay, Long...
View ArticleTHE "COPPER HOUSE" - Residence of Niels Poulson, Esq., Bay Ridge, N. Y.
The glint of the copper clad house looking north can be seen in this Shore Road postcard. At the right is the elaborate entrance to the William F. Kenny estate. A prominent feature of this...
View Article"UNDERCLIFF" HOUSE OF CHARLES HEAD, ESQ., MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA
The Charles Heads'"Undercliff", designed by Herbert D. Hale in 1900, was so called because the formal garden was cut into the rocky cliff. The garden, laid out by landscape architect Maratha...
View Article"Shorelands" the Seaside Villa of Henry Seligman, Esq., Elberon, New Jersey
SEASIDE property which is bounded on one end by the principal driveway of its town, and on the other by the Atlantic Ocean, and contains within it vegetable and flower gardens, lawns and tennis courts,...
View ArticleCENTRAL PANEL FOR A CEILING, SOUTHAMPTON, L. I.
CENTRAL PANEL FOR A CEILING, SOUTHAMPTON, L. I. ERNEST PEIXOTTO, Painter, New YorkWhere this is located is unknown to me.
View ArticlePANEL FOR A GARDEN ROOM AT MILL NECK, L. I.
PANEL FOR A GARDEN ROOM AT MILL NECK, L. I.ERNEST PEIXOTTO, Painter, New York PANEL FOR A GARDEN ROOM AT MILL NECK, L. I. ERNEST PEIXOTTO, Painter, New YorkAs of now I do not know what estate this was...
View ArticleEVERGREEN GARDEN ESTATE OF MARSHALL FIELD, ESQ. LLOYDS NECK, LONG ISLAND, NEW...
EVERGREEN GARDEN ESTATE OF MARSHALL FIELD, ESQ. LLOYDS NECK, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORKMarian C. Coffin, Landscape ArchitectFollow THIS LINK for all past posts related to "Caumsett".
View ArticleRESIDENCE FOR HENRY M. MINTON, ESQ., MANHASSET, L. I.
RESIDENCE FOR HENRY M. MINTON, ESQ., MANHASSET, L. I. Thomas Harlan Ellett, Architect, New York"Brookwood", the Henry Miller Minton estate designed by Thomas H. Ellet c. 1929 in North Hills.Mr. Minton...
View ArticlePenthouse Apartment of Robert M. Catts on Top of the Park-Lexington Building
In the early nineteen-twenties, Mr. Catts erected the 20-story Park-Lexington office building at 247 Park Avenue, adjoining the Grand Central Palace on the west, and on one of the top floors he had an...
View ArticleViews in an Apartment on the Roof of a New York Office Building
Great Hall in an Apartment on the Roof of a New York Office BuildingStairway in an Apartment on the Roof of a New York Office Building Dining Room in an Apartment on the Roof of a New York Office...
View ArticleGothic Hall - Arthur Curtiss James - New York City
GOTHIC HALLArthur Curtiss James, New York City Follow THIS LINK for more on the city residence of Arthur Curtiss James.
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