A 1931 advertisement for '
Ivy Hall', originally the
Ralph Julius Preston estate designed by
Warren & Wetmore c. 1904 in
Jericho. Preston, an attorney, was deputy Red Cross Commissioner for Europe during WWI. Preston's wife Elizabeth was the daughter of
William Payne Thompson of '
Longfields' in
Old Westbury. In 1906 the estate was sold to
James Blackstone Taylor, brother of
Talbot J. Taylor of '
Talbot House' in
Cedarhurst. Taylor was a partner with his brother in
Talbot J. Taylor & Co., partner with
Taylor, Bates & Co., and president of
Cove Neck Realty Corp. He was also president of
Upressit Metal Cap Corp. and founder and president of
Upressit Products Corp. In 1920 the estate was sold to
Elbert H. Gary, a founder and chairman of the board of
U.S. Steel Corp. '
Ivy Hall' was demolished c. 1950 but click
HERE to see where it stood on google earth.
The Dr. Clarence C. Rice estate designed by Grosvenor Atterbury c. 1899 in East Hampton. Rice, an ear, nose and throat specialist, practiced for fifty years and was connected to the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital where he was Professor of Diseases of the Nose and Throat and Emeritus Professor of Laryncology. He was the house doctor for the Metropolitan and Hammerstein Opera Houses and treated many notable singers. Some of his other notable patients included H.H. Rogers, Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed, Lillian Russell, Enrico Carsuo and Elsie de Wolfe. The house was later owned by D.W. McCord but burned in 1920. It sat on Hither Lane.
Photos from Architecture, 1911.
