Tuesday, July 1, 2014

The Diego Suarez Estate Special Part 1

The Diego Suarez estate designed by himself c. 1952 in Brookville.  After marrying Evelyn Marshall Field, Suarez built this unusual residence for the couple off of Wheatley Road.  These photos were taken by Raymond Becker, superintendent of the estate and were likely shot sometime between 1960-1970.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Suarez estate and HERE to see the residence as it looks today on bing.  Click HERE for Part 2 of the special.






Mr. and Mrs. Suarez at a party they held for those in their employ at the residence c. 1960.

11 comments:

Magnuspetrie said...

It's comforting to know that not everything built on Long Island in the '50's was hideous.

Great photos of a remarkable house. I can't wait for tomorrow.

By the way, I believe that Diego Suarez also designed an enormous apartment for himself and his wife at the River House in New York in a similar vein. It's the sort of decorating and sensibility that may be out of fashion now, but is utter perfection to my mind.

Anonymous said...

Very elegant and a wonderful respect for retaining the equally beautiful features of the existing formal gardens. Archibuff

Anonymous said...

I hope Mr. Becker is also in possession of a floorplan!
What a beautiful and beautifully maintained house

Kellsboro Jack said...

What a lovely little offering. It reminds me a bit of 'Little Ipswich', the Chalmers Wood Jr. estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1927 in Woodbury.

Is it a distortion of Bing (or my own vision, perhaps) that make it look today like it doesn't have a stucco exterior but more brick like?

The Devoted Classicist said...

I always thought it was painted brick, but I have never seen it in person.

Anonymous said...

I can't make out on Bing if the statues are still standing on the roofline. Does anyone know if they are still there?

Dean Farris said...

Lovely!
Click to enlarge the image, and you will see the painted brick, something we all love in the South-
I recall seeing the Diego Suarez auction catalogues when I studied design under Stanley Barrows, at FIT in Manhattan. As the beneficiaries of the (almost) entire former Parsons faculty, we at FIT were exposed to the best the world had to offer- all this in the hothouse of eighties New York!
Dean Farris

The Down East Dilettante said...

Love, absolute love. My ideal is a Pavilion, restrained, elegant, rational, large central room....

wooded bliss said...

Magnus, no way ..there are many lovely homes all over Long Island built during the 1950's..have you ever been in a hand home built by Walter Uhl? there are quite a few right around this house..They are craftsmen quality. The Hamptons has copied Walter Uhl, over and over and over.

Anonymous said...

From what I've seen on the internet, Walter Uhl's work is not on par with this house.

wooded bliss said...

not comparing anything to this extraordinary house..Uhl built beautiful homes , using repurposed woods and materials.