'Easton', the Evelyn Marshall Field Suarez estate built by David Adler c. 1931 in Muttontown. E.M.F.S. built this house after her divorce from Marshall Field III, owner of 'Caumsett' in Lloyd Harbor, and before she married Diego Suarez (where the two would go on to move HERE). The estate was carved out of property belonging to 'Knollwood' next door. The house was landscaped by Innocenti & Webel. Click HERE for more on 'Easton'. 
Pictures from the Library of Congress.
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what's the word youngsters use nowadays - ah, yes - MASHUP. A great way to describe this iteration. as the RealEstalker would say "NO Gurll!!" sure was nice looking originally but now.....
YIKES.
Security word def - "prame" - mashup of the thing you put a photograph in but cooler heads prevailed and now its called a frame
Despite the photos, it is still hard to believe someone would be so misguided as to even consider such a "reduction" that was not a result of a fire or other natural catastrophe. Perhaps it will serve as a "don't" example to others.
Is there any information on why they reduced the house? It was so beautiful originally. And why take the trees and landscaping away?
In Houses of Long Islands North Shore, the man who bought it is quoted as simply not wanting the big house (remember, the guest wing makes a substantial house on its own.
A lot of the houses got torn down because maintaining them was also major expense and headache, and whether true or not, many people felt they couldn't afford them after going through the depression and WWII, and with the higher taxation on both income and property, the squeeze was on. Only since the Reagan administration, when taxes for the rich started going down, and especially after Bush really gave the money back to the underprivileged rich did big houses come back in style. Unfortunately, taste didn't come along, so instead, many large houses were either demolished or badly remodeled in favor of something flashier. It's a cruel world.
I wish I could be more specific HPHS, but it was YEARS ago that I saw this article----I'd guess the issue was within five years either way of 1930===probably close to when the project was first underway.
Most all the photos of the interiors and exteriors from the 1930s Vogue and House & Garden issues are published in the various new books on Adler, Elkins and now even Maugham.
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