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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
'Pidgeon Hill'
'Pidgeon Hill', the Meredith Hare estate designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1916 in Huntington. Click HERE for more on 'Pidgeon Hill'. The estate has since been demolished.
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A few links --
http://www.booktown.com/stcroixprints/plan.php?id=5265
(Drawings of the house.)
http://www.csfineartscenter.org/75th/sagehare.html
(The Lady of the House.)
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50E10F93B5B17738DDDAF0894DB405B868DF1D3
(Her previous marriage and divorce.)
http://www.smokershistory.com/MSKCC.htm
(Paranoia Watch: Her father and her second husband were both members of Skull & Bones.)
http://wikimapia.org/15338928/Farm-Group-to-Pidgeon-Hill
(Wiki map of farm group.)
http://books.google.com/books?id=OSlYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA29&lpg=RA3-PA29&dq=%22Meredith+Hare%22+and+%22Huntington%22&source=bl&ots=tIYgRcDHnh&sig=kSc1IpmG26_vaZb6Hxhclf8HZYE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rpvpT_mwDM716AGonuSMDQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22Meredith%20Hare%22%20and%20%22Huntington%22&f=false
(Doesn't everyone have Delano & Aldrich design their garages?)
http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/where-horses-once-slept-1.286971
(Newsday article regarding stable and carriage house.)
The St. Croix company arouses my ire beyond words by coloring the prints they sell
Great house though
Way off topic... It's 102 outside and our office air conditioner is broken! I just wanted someone to feel sorry for us! :)
I forgot to mention how much I like the two upper story sleeping porches.
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