tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post1635919307241581293..comments2024-03-22T16:14:12.974-04:00Comments on Old Long Island: 'Longfields'Zach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-91069469065190508502014-11-28T20:36:28.942-05:002014-11-28T20:36:28.942-05:00If I may respond on behalf of my mother, let me an...If I may respond on behalf of my mother, let me answer a couple of questions.<br /><br />The Studio was used as a private sanctuary where Preston family members would go to read and draw/paint.<br /><br />The kitchen was in the basement of the house and a dumb waiter was used to ferry the food to the dining room, bedrooms and the first floor when entertaining outside. The staff lived on the top floor of the house.<br /><br />My mother has no knowledge of any photos from Ivy Hall.<br /><br />Kindly<br /><br />George Hutchings<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-49948436327004865782013-05-13T20:31:56.207-04:002013-05-13T20:31:56.207-04:00Well done Zach. This exceeds your usual firststrin...Well done Zach. This exceeds your usual firststring posts. DED's sentiment regarding Mrs. Hutchings is mine as well. <br />I couldn't help wondering if the good lady knows if even rarer images of <a href="http://www.oldlongisland.com/2012/03/ivy-hall.html" rel="nofollow"> Ivy Hall.</a> exist somewhere. Ralph J. Preston would be her grandfather, I think, which would, in that event, make it a late double, odds-against jolly.Walkovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-47255614217247185062013-05-13T11:27:47.530-04:002013-05-13T11:27:47.530-04:00I see that garden pavilion was called a "Stud...I see that garden pavilion was called a "Studio." <br /><br />Anyone know anything about how it was used?The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-29306809397617841092013-05-13T08:05:45.170-04:002013-05-13T08:05:45.170-04:00aerial pic
http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/s...aerial pic<br />http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/mqc/id/35294/rec/27<br /><br />BTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-51421027091805362192013-05-13T08:01:49.081-04:002013-05-13T08:01:49.081-04:00How kind of Mrs. Hutchings to share them. These a...How kind of Mrs. Hutchings to share them. These are marvelous, and give an excellent idea of the building. Although officially French in style, in these pictures one is reminded of a classical Swedish or Russian manor house.<br /><br />The garden temple is terrificThe Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.com