Wednesday, February 12, 2014

'Wheatly'

'Wheatly', the E.D. Morgan III estate designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1890-1900 in Old Westbury.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Wheatly'.  Photo from Country Life in America, 1913.

8 comments:

Doug Floor Plan said...

Yesterday I commented on how impressive this house must have been when seen coming out of the bank of trees along the road -- this is approximately the angle of that sight. If you didn't know it was a house you might think you were entering a small village.

Zach L. said...

The irony of that is that Morgan, Whitney and Winthrop combined to purchase what actually was a small village known as Wheatly that sat between Old Westbury and Brookville.

The history of the Village of Wheatly was documented by Randall J. LeBoeuf Jr. who resided in 'Sycamore Farm', the old Post residence on the property of 'Wheatly' (and seen in yesterday's aerial in the lower left hand corner of the photo).

When Old Westbury was incorporated in 1924 the population of the village was 364.

Charles said...

Does anybody know the approximate square footage of Wheatly? It was so enormous!

Anonymous said...

A beautiful view that shows how truly grounded to the site the complex was once the landscaping matured. Great new photo find. Archibuff

Anonymous said...

Equally gasp-worthy is this [from OLI archives] part of the approach:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6UvWcVlMD54/Tp__8QUSOaI/AAAAAAAAIQw/TQRM4ZIEUDc/s1600/Wheatly%2BEnlarged%2B6.jpg

-Flo

The Ancient said...

If Wheatly were still intact...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/garden/the-new-domestics.html?_r=0

Anonymous said...

"If Wheatly were still intact..."

Alas, leave me the fantasy of Hudson and Mrs. Bridges, won't you [Carson and Mrs. Hughes to the youngsters].

In either case, several of these will be necessary these days:

http://www.generac.com/all-products/generators/business-standby-generators/commercial-series/150-kw

-Flo

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