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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
'Peacock Point'
'Peacock Point', the Henry Pomeroy Davison estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Lattingtown. Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Peacock Point' which has since been demolished.
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I get so sad every time I see this beautiful home....what an architectural loss.
The Looking Glass Brother: The Preposterous, Moving, Hilarious, and Frequently Terrifying Story of My Gilded Age Long Island Family, My Philandering Father, and the Homeless Stepbrother .......... This is a book by one of the descendants of the family
5 comments:
I get so sad every time I see this beautiful home....what an architectural loss.
The Looking Glass Brother: The Preposterous, Moving, Hilarious, and Frequently Terrifying Story of My Gilded Age Long Island Family, My Philandering Father, and the Homeless Stepbrother .......... This is a book by one of the descendants of the family
http://www.amazon.com/The-Looking-Glass-Brother-Preposterous/dp/1250050146
I am waiting for the Durst's book to come out
One of the most elegant houses built of the era. Too bad the family tore it down, similar to what happened to the Ogden Phipps mansion, Spring Hill.
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