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Monday, July 21, 2014
'Indian Neck Hall'
'Indian Neck Hall', the Frederick G. Bourne estate designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1897 in Oakdale. Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Indian Neck Hall'. Click HERE to see the residence on bing.
Photos from the Museum of the City of New York.
3 comments:
Doug Floor Plan
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Great photographs! I get the impression there was an echo as you walked through the library.
In a competition for the least appealing "Gilded Age" mansion, Indian Neck Hall and its neighbor, the second Idlehour, would certainly be among the early arrivals at the finish line, to my mind. It's almost as if their architects forsaw their eventual conversion to institutional use.
3 comments:
Great photographs! I get the impression there was an echo as you walked through the library.
Really great early photos showing quite a barren and stark landscape surrounding the mansion.
In a competition for the least appealing "Gilded Age" mansion, Indian Neck Hall and its neighbor, the second Idlehour, would certainly be among the early arrivals at the finish line, to my mind. It's almost as if their architects forsaw their eventual conversion to institutional use.
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