Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The Charles G. Thompson Residence

The Charles G. Thompson residence originally built for Dr. James S. Satterwaite c. 1874 by Briggs & Corman in East Hampton with alterations c. 1894, possibly from plans by McKim, Mead & White (according to SPLIA).  It is unknown if the house is extant.

5 comments:

Doug Floor Plan said...

A good looking summer house. This house has a particularly stark contrast between the part occupied by those who have servants & those who are servants. As soon as the service wing begins the roof lowers (which was common); but also the shutters disappear & awnings are replaced by latticework. I'm guessing this was so guests knew where NOT to sit & servants could not be clearly seen idling about even though you could easily hear each other's conversation. This proximity was often avoided by having the service wing extend behind the house rather than beside it; I wonder why they didn't here?

Anonymous said...

Kind of looks like the shutters are closed in the service wing.

Anonymous said...

The Thompson/Satterwaite house exists to this day.
It is located on the East Side of Ocean Avenue, just below Hook Pond Lane.
This location generally is to the southeast of the junction of Ocean Avenue and James Lane.
A few short years ago, before technology miniaturized TV satellite dishes, there was a gigantic dish on the roof of this house, advertising the tastelessness of the then owner.

Doug Floor Plan said...

Anon 10:09AM -- you are correct, it does look like that; but that arrangement makes it appear the servants did not need light or fresh air while the owners did ... hmmmm.

Anon 3:51pm -- is this the house? http://binged.it/1qyOOet

Anonymous said...

DFP:
Light and fresh air for the staff?
Ha!
That's a good one