'
Avondale Farms', the
Joseph Wright Harriman estate with alterations by
Alfred C. Bossom c. 1918 in
Brookville. The house was originally built for
Philip Livermore by
Hoppin & Koen c. 1910. Click
HERE for more on '
Avondale Farms' and
HERE for interiors. The residence has since been demolished. Photo from the Aiglon Archives.
3 comments:
Quite the sad decline and ending for the once high flying Joseph Wright Harriman. Scandal, jail, broke, and health issues. Rather curious his was the first 24-hr bank in the world.
As an aside his business partner and cousin, J. Borden Harriman's large country estate (c. 1901) in New Castle/Mt. Kisco NY called Uplands (and later Devonshire) languished for years on the market until it was remarketed to an international audience. It sold for a record setting price(for all Westchester Co.) of $21.5M for the 101-acre estate in Dec 2012.
Just a reminder that the Janney/Phipps horse 'Orb' will be running at Pimlico for the 2nd leg of the Triple Crown - the Preakness - this Saturday. Morning line odds listed at even money ;>
Sadly, Uplands/Devonshire was demolished by the new (Qatari?) owner. A grotesque faux chateau rises in its place.
work has stopped indefinitely after the destruction and partial addition was done
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