'
The Dunes', the
Dr. Theodore Gaillard Thomas estate built c. 1877 in
Southampton. Thomas was a surgeon at both the Woman's Hospital and Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University and the University of the City of New York and an author. '
The Dunes' was demolished around 1931. Photo from
A History of Long Island, 1905.
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/image/hurricane-path/
("You should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in those days...")
I have found 3 different dates for the demolition of this place... 1910, 1931 and 1938. It was most definitely still standing in the 1920s.
http://hamptons.curbed.com/archives/2009/11/03/memorials_storied_history_of_gin_lane_tear_down_revealed.php
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