Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The James Byrne Estate

The James Byrne estate designed by Grosvenor Atterbury c. 1906 in Oyster Bay. Click HERE for more on the James Byrne estate. Photo from One Hundred Country Houses by Aymar Embury II, 1909.

1 comment:

Doug Floor Plan said...

Our thanks to HPHS for providing a link to the book containing this photograph; as I said earlier 11 of the 100 houses featured in the book are on Long Island.

I like the look of this house more than 'Planting Fields' which replaced it after the fire -- to me this version looks more comfortable.