'Wonder Why', the Carleton Macy residence designed by Albro & Lindeberg c. 1908 in Hewlett. Macy was the president and general manager of the Queens Borough Gas and Electric Company from 1903 to 1927 and developed property in Hewlett. Macy was a cousin of V. Everett Macy who also had Albro & Lindeberg design him a house in Hewlett the same year, which can be seen HERE. Click HERE to see 'Wonder Why' on google earth.
Pictures from Architectural Review, 1910.
3 comments:
Albro & Lindeberg, to my mind, were among the most interesting country house architects of their day. Very interesting house.
The Macy's were certainly a well housed family. About the time you posted Everett Macy's house, I'd posted his sister's summer house at Bar Harbor, by Guy Lowell, architect of Farnsworth. http://thedowneastdilettante.blogspot.com/2009/12/italian-villas-on-maine-coast-eegonos.html
It's still standing at 1261 Veeder Drive in Hewlett Bay Park. The house has been enlarged but you can still recognize the original architecture, particularly the rear elevation.
is that pile beyond the house an estate converted to a school or was it always a school?
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