THE COUNTRY HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS TIME
THE COUNTRY HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS TIME House Parties That Will Gather to Celebrate the Yule-Tide in Many Suburban Localities—A Growing Custom in AmericaSome one has said that the house party is the...
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View ArticleWorld's Largest Indoor Christmas Tree - Sterling & Welch Company Building -...
Sterling & Welch began in 1845 when Thos. S. and Wm. Beckwith opened a dry goods store on Superior St. In 1857 the store replaced its dry goods line with floor coverings and curtains. Both...
View Article"THE MOST CONSPICUOUS DWELLING HOUSE IN THE CITY"
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View ArticleView in the New York Home of Thomas Hastings, Architect
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View ArticleGENERAL DESIGN PLAN FOR THE ESTATE OF MR AND MRS HUGH DILLMAN GROOSE POINTE...
GENERAL DESIGN PLANFOR THE ESTATE OFMR AND MRS HUGH DILLMANGROOSE POINTE MICHIGAN Ellen Shipman, Landscape Architect Follow THIS LINK for more on "Rose Terrace".
View ArticleAN ENGLISH MANOR HOUSE AND GARDEN
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View ArticleENTRANCE TO HOUSE OF MRS. W. K. VANDERBILT SUTTON PLACE, NEW YORK
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View ArticleTHE ORIGINAL "WINFIELD HALL"
Hyde, E. B. Atlas of Nassau County, Long Island. 1914 The North Country Colony was formed in 1893. It was a deliberately exclusive residential enclave whose large estates were protected by...
View Article"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." GATE...
View Article"Meudon" The William Dameron Guthrie Estate, Lattingtown, N. Y.
Mr. Guthrie's mother's family lived at Meudon near Paris in the XVIII century, and the name of her father's country place in Ireland was "Meudon". VIEW OF "MEUDON", AT LOCUST VALLEY, LONG...
View Article"JERICHO HOUSE" RESIDENCE OF MR. GEORGE EDWARD KENT, Sr., JERICHO, L. I.
RES. OF GEO. E. KENT, JERICHO, L. I. HOUSE FROM SOUTH WESTHOUSE FROM SOUTH WESTHOUSE FROM SOUTHHOUSE FROM SOUTHHOUSE FROM EASTHOUSE FROM EASTHOUSE FROM EAST TERRACEHOUSE FROM EAST TERRACEHOUSE FROM...
View ArticleMRS. EDWARD T. STOTESBURY
MRS. EDWARD T. STOTESBURYFrom the painting by Francois Flameng Head of the Philadelphia branch of the American Ambulance, has donated seventy-five thousand dollars to found a school in Paris for...
View Article"STONOVER" RESIDENCE OF THE MISSES PARSONS, LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS
"Stonover", was developed by John Edward Parsons, counselor of the American Sugar Refining Company. The house was built, divided, moved, and rebuilt as death made changes in the family.The...
View Article"OAKWOOD", RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM A. COOLIDGE, MAGNOLIA, MASS.
THE estate is a large one, bordering the back road that leads from Magnolia to Gloucester, overlooking country and sea. The house is in the Tudor style of architecture, closely following the...
View ArticleMrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, of Philadelphia
Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, of Philadelphia Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, of Philadelphia, national chairman of the Department for Navy Recreation, has established the United Service Club for Sailors in...
View Article"INCHIQUIN" - J. O'BRIEN, BELLEVUE AVENUE AND LEDGE ROAD, NEWPORT, R. I.
"INCHIQUIN" (pronounced Inch-i-quin) was built in 1887 for John O’Brien, a direct descendant of Brian Boru, the High King Of Ireland. February 20, 1907"NEWPORT, Feb. 19.—The Baroness Seilliere has...
View ArticleTHE RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM ZIEGLER, JR., 2 EAST 63RD STREET, NEW YORK, NY
WILLIAM ZEIGLER, JR. 1913 William Ziegler, Jr.(1891-1958) was a prominent businessman, politician, sportsman, and president of several foundations for the blind, was the adopted nephew of the...
View Article"ALADDIN'S PALACE" THE WASHINGTON RESIDENCE OF MR. EDSON BRADLEY, CONNECTICUT...
William Galt house at 1328 Connecticut Avenue.“not only one of the finest residences in the city, but one of the pleasantest homes.” In 1876, a wealthy local flour merchant by the name of William...
View Article"SEAVIEW TERRACE", THE NEWPORT HOUSE of EDSON BRADLEY
- CLICK TO PLAY APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND MUSIC -Edson Bradley's ''Seaview Terrace'' estate, Newport, RI Edson Bradley's ''Seaview Terrace'' estate, Newport,...
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