Thursday, May 17, 2012

'Maxwelton' Advertisement

A 1936 advertisement for 'Maxwelton', the John Rogers Maxwell estate designed by William B. Tubby c. 1898 in Glen Cove (with later extensive alterations).  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Maxwelton'.

12 comments:

Doug Floor Plan said...

On the first link to an earlier posting of 'Maxwelton' is a Bing link -- interesting comparison to this aerial photo.

magnus said...

Zach- as usual, great work.

"For sale at a fraction of its assessed value"- and in 1936 probably unsalable at any price.

magnus said...

Howard Maxwell, J.R.'s son, appears to have retained Maxwellton until his death in 1947, so I gather he found no takers.

A small point of interest, Howard Maxwell's son, Howard Jr. was married to Edith Pratt McLane, a daughter of Herbert L. Pratt of The Braes.

archibuff said...

Appears from Bing that the brick water tower and the cottage attached to the greenhouses have survived, but little else.

HalfPuddingHalfSauce said...

Gatehouse survives -

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.8764964&lon=-73.6504984&z=18&l=0&m=b&show=/14867052/Maxwelton-s-Gatehouse

magnus said...

On January 6th, 1950, the NY Times reported that Maxwellton had been badly damaged by fire. In residence at the time was Maxwell's daughter, Mrs. James Garfield (grand-daughter in law of President Garfield), five servants and eight dogs. A NY Times article on Nov. 11, 1962 about the subdivision of the Maxwell and neighboring Whitney properties mentioned that the Whitney house and its outbuildings had been demolished the previous year and that Maxwellton had been badly damaged by fire and had been torn down 10 years previously.

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

HalfPuddingHalfSauce said...

And what should be inferred by the phrase - "well protected by most desirable neighbors"?

magnus said...

Well, I didn't move to the 'hood until 30 years after the ad, so they probably didn't mean me-

Anonymous said...

William Tubby had a more successful commission with the Lapham house in New Canaan which survives as does the property..see link p #61
http://www.nps.gov/frla/upload/FA-Aiglon-Photograph-collection.pdf
also
http://www.newcanaan.info/content/9492/9224/675/6496/default.aspx

Anonymous said...

W B Tubbs designed Waveny

Anonymous said...

conflicting sources as to whether
William Tubby designed Waveny
can anyone enlighten?

Glen said...

As concluded in a previous post about Maxwelton, the ocean side wing possibly added when the house was remodeled survives and is incorporated into the house currently occupying the site.