Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The Water Tower at 'Sunshine'

The water tower to 'Sunshine', the Henry B. Gilbert estate designed by Little & O'Connor c. 1900 in Kings Point.  Click HERE for more on 'Sunshine'.

4 comments:

Doug Floor Plan said...

This comment is more about me than the picture, which is nice ... except for cropping off the top of the lightening rod. If you say the water tower is artistic you need to show the entire water tower.

The Ancient said...

Some other work by Little & O'Connor --

http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/mqc/id/11662/rec/3

http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/mqc/id/45365/rec/6

Doug Floor Plan said...

Thanks Ancient; is it just me or is there not a strong resemblance between "Sunshine" & the Albert Johnson residence in Fort Hamilton, New York?

I wonder if that house still stands?

The Ancient said...

This implies not...

http://longislandgenealogy.com/touring.html

99th Street and Shore Road, Fort Hamilton, NY.