'Mayfair', the Elihu Root estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1896 in Southampton. Root, an attorney and prominent politician, served in various political functions including Secretary of War (1899-1904), Secretary of State (1905-1909) and U.S. Senator from New York (1909-1915). He was also an author and trustee at major NYC institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Public Library. Click HERE to see 'Mayfair' on google earth and HERE on bing.
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A good-looking place, then & now. Only the roof line shown on the postcard is unaltered.
Until recently the home of banker Virgil Sherrill, and his wife Betty, who took over the old line decorating firm of McMillen from its founder, Mrs. Archibald Brown. McMillen probably decorated a large percentage of the Long Island estates of the 30s 40s and 50s.
Didn't Betty Sherrill switch houses with her son? Great house...
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