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'
Woodbury House', the estate of
James Watson Webb Sr. designed by
Cross & Cross c. 1915 in
Woodbury. Webb was the chairman of the board of the insurance brokerage firm '
Webb & Lynch' and a well known international polo player. Along with his wife,
Electra Havemeyer Webb, the two co-founded the
Shelburne Museum. In 1934 Webb was named chairman of the United States Polo Association for "America's all-time, all-star polo team", which included Monty Waterbury,
Thomas Hitchcock Jr. (of '
Broad Hollow Farm') and
Devereux Milburn (of '
Sunridge Hall'). Webb was living at 740 Park Avenue when he died in 1960. Click
HERE to see '
Woodbury House' on google earth.
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Click below to see '
Woodbury House' intact with the surrounding area undeveloped in a 1953 aerial shot. Pictures from
Architectural Record, 1919.
3 comments:
am i to assume that the answer to the question: what the hell is this doing downtown is - EXPRESSWAY!?
I know i shouldn't be astounded but the change in 50 years is almost unbelievable. up here in the sticks, the number of houses on my 6 mile long road has increased by a factor of 5 in 50 years and the number of farms has decreased from 16 to 2.
I love the room with the stag
mount. It makes me think of the
Biltmore house.
yvonne
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