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MRS. EDWARD B. McLEAN
Mrs. McLean, who was, before her marriage, Miss Evelyn L. Walsh, is one of Washington's most distinguished hostesses. The far-famed Hope diamond now occupies an important place in Mrs. McLean's notable...
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"LA COLLINA", ESTATE of BENJAMIN R. MEYER, ESQ., BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA
Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills"IN SOME FORTUITOUS INSTANCES, an estate becomes legendary not only for its fine architecture and handsome grounds but also because it reflects a major turning point...
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"HILL GROVE" RESIDENCE OF MR. GEORGE LEWIS, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA
 "HILL GROVE"RESIDENCE OF MR. GEORGE LEWIS, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA ALBERT FARR, ARCHITECT.  J. FRANCIS WARD, ASSOCIATE    George and Gertrude Lewis were from a wealthy San Francisco society...
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"Laurento", the Estate of Craig Biddle, Esq., Wayne, Pennsylvania
"Laurento", the Estate of Craig Biddle, Esq., Wayne, Pennsylvania"Laurento", the Estate of Craig Biddle, Esq., Wayne, Pennsylvaniahttp://issuu.com/acanthus_press/docs/main_line_counry_houses "The...
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"PARK HILL" C. F. DEWITT HOUSE, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
  The DeWitt mansion by Architect Charles H. Kyson. The principal rooms included a formal dining room, breakfast room, den, music room and billiards room. Upstairs were four master bedrooms, each...
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"WOODCREST LODGE" HOUSE OF PAUL D. MILLS, ESQ., ST. DAVIDS, PA.
   Built in 1914, "Woodcrest Lodge" was the home Paul Denckla Mills and his wife Ellen Drexel Paul. The work of the Architect Charles Barton Keen, "Woodcrest Lodge" was built in the Georgian Colonial...
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INTIMATE SKETCH, LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY HOUSE, 72ND STREET, NEW YORK CITY
Vernon Howe Bailey, 1935     Louis Comfort Tiffany house at 72nd Street and Madison Avenue was demolished only one year after this rendering was sketched.  SOURCE  Follow THIS LINK for all past...
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"BOX HILL" The Estate of A. J. DREXEL PAUL ESQ., Radnor, Pennsylvania
The Estate of ANTHONY JOESEPH DREXEL PAUL ESQ., Radnor, Pennsylvania Charles Platt, Architect   In the rolling farm country, so characteristic of the outskirts of Philadelphia, stands the home of Mr....
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"HOLMDENE" AN ENGLISH COUNTRY PLACE IN MICHIGAN
  NO LONGER is the traveler surprised to find in the Lake States houses and gardens reflecting taste and background. No longer do people feel that in going to the Middle West they exile themselves...
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"VELEZ BLANCO" 50 East 70th Street New York City
The castle of Don Pedro Fajardo y Chacôn (ca. 1478–1546) stands above the town of Vélez Blanco, near the southeastern coast of Spain. Fajardo, raised in the culture of humanism, was governor of Murcia...
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ENTRANCE TO HOUSE OF MRS. W. K. VANDERBILT SUTTON PLACE, NEW YORK
ENTRANCE TO HOUSE OF MRS. W. K. VANDERBILT SUTTON PLACE, NEW YORKÂ MOTT B. SCHMIDT, ARCHITECTÂ Â The panelled pilasters and delicate mouldings of cornice and pediment in moulded brick show great...
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THE ORIGINAL "WINFIELD HALL"
Hyde, E. B. Atlas of Nassau County, Long Island. 1914Â Â The North Country Colony was formed in 1893. It was a deliberately exclusive residential enclave whose large estates were protected by...
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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." GATE...
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"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...
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"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...
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MRS. 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...
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"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...
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"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...
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Mrs. 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...
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"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...
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