Thursday, June 28, 2012

'Terrace Hall'

 'Terrace Hall', the Richard Augustus Peabody estate designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen c. 1900 in Lawrence.  Peabody was a partner in the stock brokerage firm of Knapp & Peabody.  Click HERE to see 'Terrace Hall' on google earth and HERE on bing.


Photos from Architecture, 1901.

7 comments:

The Devoted Classicist said...

I like the concept of the grassy terrace, raised with a retaining wall topped with a balustrade, and given a deep porch as an intermediate space to the big Living Room.

The Down East Dilettante said...

I rather like the English Arts & Crafts sensibility of this house, especially the Voysey-esque rounded bays. Terrific floor plan. Pity it is all so hemmed in now.

The Down East Dilettante said...

And, of course, there are those twin tudor gables again. One could make an entire scholarly study around that design trope.

The Ancient said...

Has anyone seen a compilation of the estates that existed in Lawrence between, say, 1900 and 1930?

(Or Cedarhurst?)

Glen said...

I am equally intrigued by the matching building in the background of the first picture. It appears no longer extant.

Anonymous said...

this house was bought by Rockaway Hunting Club 3-4 years ago. Interior didn't have much original detail but the bones are still there. Tons of estates around Cedarhurst/Lawrence but unfortunately there are no preservation rules/historic designations so several have been wrecked over the past decade...

Anonymous said...

Tried to purchase this home in about 1982 or 1983. Broker told us it was owned by M. Donald Grant. The house in the background was the carriage house. It's no longer there. I hear that it burned down. IT was located close to Chauncy Lane.
The house was very beautiful inside. There was a dove gray music room with a coffered ceiling. The mantel has beautiful details. The living room and dining room were very large. There was a button installed on the floor under the dining room table. It would have been used to call the staff. The kitchen wing was very large. There was a large area upstairs with many rooms for the help. The floors were very slanted. The house needed a LOT of restoration and renovation. The Rockaway Hunt Club was involved with the sale. In order to buy the house, some of the land in front of the house had to be deeded over to the club to use as tennis courts. That killed the deal for us. However, whoever bought the house complied and the tennis curts are still there.t lawn