Thursday, March 21, 2013

'Fairleigh' Farm Group

The Alfred Hopkins designed farm group at 'Fairleigh', the George S. Brewster estate in Muttontown.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Fairleigh'.  Photo from American Architect & Architecture, 1920.

3 comments:

The Down East Dilettante said...

Yet when Marie Antoinette built an idyllic faux farm, she was beheaded.

The Ancient said...

Cross-posted from BTGA --

The Ancient said...

Of all the old houses we've looked at here and OLI, I can't think of one I prefer to The Loring House. I find it almost incomprehensible that they were not able to raise the money needed to preserve the property. And the pending semi-destruction of part of it is just shocking to me. (If the new owner needs to tear down parts of the house to afford to live there, she shouldn't have bought it in the first place.)

http://www.loringhouse.org/

http://photos3.zillow.com/p_d/IS1vh71avb21s4j.jpg

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails
/441-Hale-St-Beverly-MA-01915/59226200_zpid/

http://www.noreast1.com/mantles2.html

chipon1 said...

ancient, i am sorry to be so dense, but i could not find any info about the Loring House being "dismantled" can you provide the links beyond the mantle piece that is for sale.
thank you