'
Valleybrook Farm', the estate of
J. Henry Alexandre enlarged by
Warren & Clark c. 1918 in
Glen Head (now
Old Brookville) with landscaping by
Marian Coffin. Alexandre was a partner in the stock brokerage firm of W.E. Burnet & Co. In 1924 Mr. & Mrs. Alexandre hosted a luncheon at the house for the Prince of Wales. The following year the house suffered a fire that cost an estimated $100,000. Click
HERE to see '
Valleybrook Farm' on google earth and
HERE on bing.
Pictures from
American Architect & Architecture, 1919.
'Valleybrook Farm', the estate of J. Henry Alexandre enlarged by Warren & Clark c. 1918 in Glen Head (now Old Brookville) with landscaping by Marian Coffin. Alexandre was a partner in the stock brokerage firm of W.E. Burnet & Co. In 1924 Mr. & Mrs. Alexandre hosted a luncheon at the house for the Prince of Wales. The following year the house suffered a fire that cost an estimated $100,000. Click HERE to see 'Valleybrook Farm' on google earth and HERE on bing.
Pictures from American Architect & Architecture, 1919.
5 comments:
Very charming house and garden!
I have a large original oil painting of a farm long ago in Mattituck. Have you ever heard of a large farm there?
as rambling as it is, i think i like the before version but it seems they have kept the gardens up to some extent unlike many of the big houses.
security word def - "stoldsui" -like chop suey but made with stollen
Hey Zach,
I am wondering if you have any more on the provenance of this home ? Its so true to it's landscape. When you shared about the lost Wheatly , I started to look at the maps and get more interested in the time before the Gold Coast. That area of the Brookville's appears to have been really old and had a lot of Indian activity. This house reminds me of quintessential "old Brookville".
Re provenance: This estate was once in my family. JH and Anne Loomis Alexandre were my grand-aunt&uncle, her sister being my grandmother Eliz.[Beth] Loomis. Beth and Percival Dodge were married in the gardens in a quiet ceremony 31 May 1919. Thank you for your interest in the history.
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