The two below are not "pure" LIGC material...... Which begs the question what qualifies an estate to be consider a Long Island Gold Coast{LIGC} mansion? Location,size, age, quality of architecture, notable family name?
"Thorneham" on the south shore{West Bayshore} is far removed from the true "Gold Coast".
However I tag it because of other attributes. Size{90-acres}, age{1928}, sprawling Tudor, most recent Thorne lineage in the news was the death of Joan Thorne ex-wife of Senator Kerry{Ma.}. AND it had a Indoor Tennis Court.
The next one seems almost sacrilegious to the concept of LIGC. Location is right{Mill Neck}, large acreage, 1964{to old?}, Modified French Country{tacky?}, family name... does Levittown sound familiar? BUT it did have a indoor tennis court.
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Thanks to James the Skiddy place has pictures.
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.781005&lon=-73.576115&z=16&l=0&m=b&show=/2121723/LIGC-Francis-Skiddy-Von-Stade
Playhouse/Indoor Tennis Courts -
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.7681389&lon=-73.6178157&z=19&l=0&m=b&show=/16447225/Home-Acres-Indoor-Tennis-Court
The two below are not "pure" LIGC material...... Which begs the question what qualifies an estate to be consider a Long Island Gold Coast{LIGC} mansion? Location,size, age, quality of architecture, notable family name?
"Thorneham" on the south shore{West Bayshore} is far removed from the true "Gold Coast".
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.7024234&lon=-73.2615566&z=16&l=0&m=b&show=/16446795/Thorneham
However I tag it because of other attributes. Size{90-acres}, age{1928}, sprawling Tudor, most recent Thorne lineage in the news was the death of Joan Thorne ex-wife of Senator Kerry{Ma.}. AND it had a Indoor Tennis Court.
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.7024071&lon=-73.2615352&z=16&l=0&m=b&show=/2163553/St-Peters-Episcopalian-Church
The next one seems almost sacrilegious to the concept of LIGC. Location is right{Mill Neck}, large acreage, 1964{to old?}, Modified French Country{tacky?}, family name... does Levittown sound familiar? BUT it did have a indoor tennis court.
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.8712495&lon=-73.5608375&z=17&l=0&m=b&show=/16447265/La-Colline
I added a link to thelocationcampany site for "Framewood".The addition to their site was new to me.
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.8581052&lon=-73.5416329&z=17&l=0&m=b&show=/2291897/Framewood
In honor of Memorial weekend and the start of are summer Trivia question -
After spending July at the seashore WHERE in August did the ladies of "Matinecock Point" and "Rosyln Hall" go and WHY??????
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.8985602&lon=-73.6409283&z=15&l=0&m=b&show=/4457033/Site-of-J-P-Morgan-Jr-mansion-Matinecock-Point
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.793896&lon=-73.6331606&z=15&l=0&m=b&show=/1913132/Roslyn-Hall-Roslyn-House
I tried this one awhile back - Zach you can't play :)
Isn't that the house that famous opera star Frederica Von Stade grew up in? OMG, such a shame.
One of my favorite houses because of its' unique design, and what a lovely and romantic name. Glad it still stands.
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