'Sunken Orchard'

The garden and playhouse to 'Sunken Orchard', the Charles E.F. McCann estate in Oyster Bay Cove. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Sunken Orchard' was for sale. Pictures from the Library of Congress.

'Mallow'

'Mallow', the Walter Farwell estate designed by William Welles Bosworth c. 1918 in Oyster Bay Cove. Farwell was the son of Charles B. Farwell, United States Senator from Illinois and was vice president of John V. Farwell & Co., a dry goods firm. Today the estate operates as the East Woods School. Click HERE to see 'Mallow' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Click below to see 'Mallow' undeveloped in a 1953 aerial shot. Pictures from the Library of Congress.

'Frost Mill Lodge' Interiors

The accompanying interiors to 'Frost Mill Lodge', the Irving Brokaw estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1926 in Mill Neck. Click HERE for more on 'Frost Mill Lodge'. Pictures from the Library of Congress.

'Frost Mill Lodge'

'Frost Mill Lodge', the Irving Brokaw estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1926 in Mill Neck, as pictured in 1946. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Frost Mill Lodge' was for sale and click HERE to see what it looks like today. Pictures from the Library of Congress.

'Barberrys'

The rear of 'Barberrys', the Nelson Doubleday estate designed by Harrie Lindeberg c. 1916 in Mill Neck. Click HERE for more on 'Barberrys', including a link to the brochure from when the house was for sale. Picture from the Library of Congress.

'Beaupre'

'Beaupre', the Thomas Suffern Tailer Jr. estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1932 in Lattingtown. The house was commissioned following Tailer's wedding to Florence Baker by the bride's father George F. Baker II, owner of 'Vikings Cove' in Lattingtown (also a Walker & Gillette designed house). Tailer was an amateur golfer champion. The house along with 4 acres is currently for sale for $5,995,000, click HERE to see the listing on Daniel Gale Sotheby's. Click HERE to see 'Beaupre' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Listing photos from Daniel Gale Sotheby's.

'Still House'

'Still House', the Paul D. Cravath estate designed by Bradley Delehanty c. 1920 in Matinecock. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Still House' was for sale and click HERE to see 'Still House' on google earth and HERE on bing.

'Many Gables'

'Many Gables', the Eugene S. Kienle Sr. estate designed by William H. Gompert c. 1921 in Kings Point. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Many Gables' was for sale and HERE for pictures of the house when it was featured in American Architect & Architecture. Click HERE to see 'Many Gables' on google earth.

'Midland Farm'

'Midland Farm', the John F. Birmingham estate designed by James O'Connor c. 1923 in East Norwich. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Midland Farm' was for sale and click HERE to see the listing photos from the estate which is currently for sale for $15,500,000.

'Buckmeadow'

'Buckmeadow', the Robert Huntington estate designed by John Gamble Rogers c. 1926 in Mill Neck. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Buckmeadow' was for sale. The house has since been demolished.

'Ormston'

'Ormston', the John Edward Aldred estate designed by Bertram Goodhue between 1913-18 in Lattingtown. Aldred was president of the Baltimore Light & Power Company and together with his neighbor William Guthrie, owner of 'Meudon', purchased much of the original village of Lattingtown to build their estates. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Ormston' was for sale. Click HERE to see 'Ormston' on google earth and HERE on bing.

'Knollwood' Aerial

An aerial of 'Knollwood', the Charles Hudson estate designed by Hiss & Weekes between 1906 and 1920. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Knollwood' was for sale and click HERE to see the ruins of 'Knollwood' as they look today.

'The Lanterns'

'The Lanterns', the Herbert M. Harriman estate designed by Cross & Cross c. 1915 in Jericho. Harriman was a member on the banking/railroad family of the same name and in 1921 picked up and moved to Ireland with his third wife. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'The Lanterns' was for sale. The house was demolished in the '50s.

'The Cliffs'

'The Cliffs', the James W. Beekman estate designed by Henry G. Harrison c. 1863 in Oyster Bay. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'The Cliffs' was for sale and click HERE to see 'The Cliffs' on google earth.

'Killingworth'

'Killingworth', the Myron C. Taylor estate enlarged by Harrie T. Lindeberg c. 1922 in Lattingtown. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Killingworth' was for sale and click HERE to see the estate on google earth.

'Wereholme'

'Wereholme', the Harold Hathaway Weekes & Lousine Peters estate designed by Grosvenor Atterbury c. 1917 in Islip. Weekes was a stockbroker and the son of Arthur Delano Weekes, a former mayor of the Village of Oyster Bay. In 1926 his wife Lousine obtained a divorce while in the French Riviera, which according to the NYTimes came as a surprise to all of their friends, and married a Russian composer two months later in Monaco. 'Wereholme' was passed to their only child Hathaway who in 1960 donated the estate to the National Audubon Society. Today the property is owned by Suffolk County. Click HERE to see 'Wereholme' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Click below to see 'Wereholme' in a 1954 aerial shot.

'Silvermore'

'Silvermore', the Edward Roesler estate designed by an unknown architect in Kings Point. Roesler was a partner at Laidlaw & Co., bankers. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Silvermore' was for sale.

'Shoredge'

'Shoredge', the D.W. Smith estate designed by York & Sawyer c. 1910 in Cove Neck. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Shoredge' was for sale and click HERE to see 'Shoredge' on google earth.