tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post3809608981329395451..comments2024-03-22T16:14:12.974-04:00Comments on Old Long Island: 'Leahead' Gate LodgeZach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-45507814219743973542020-07-20T20:57:27.306-04:002020-07-20T20:57:27.306-04:00Tim. Your cousin kim Bucknall. Houston TX. Email. ...Tim. Your cousin kim Bucknall. Houston TX. Email. Kim@Bulldogsecurityservice.com would love to hear from you again. Kim Bucknallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17373064067503256156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-14536112363965438472020-07-20T20:54:06.725-04:002020-07-20T20:54:06.725-04:00I am daughter of Richard Van Vorst Bucknall. Tim y...I am daughter of Richard Van Vorst Bucknall. Tim you and i met many moons ago. I was to come to england with my mother Margaret "Peggy"Bucknall. I believe for my wedding in 1975. I spent a few summers at Deer Mountain , Cornwall on Hudson, wanted so mych to learn more of my GGGrandfather HW. I have many of his belongings. A pair of his shitguns in his initialed case. Prize pocession. Would live to reconnect. Kim Bucknallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17373064067503256156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-22643116927819367952014-06-29T10:40:32.106-04:002014-06-29T10:40:32.106-04:00I am the owner of the gatehouse. I would also like...I am the owner of the gatehouse. I would also like to see pictures. I am undergoing renovations, and seek to maintain and preserve the history of the home. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014987923963557753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-91235538875930841122014-06-29T10:38:56.829-04:002014-06-29T10:38:56.829-04:00Hello, I am the owner of the gate house, and am ve...Hello, I am the owner of the gate house, and am very interested in its history. We are undergoing renovations, we would appreciate photos in order to maintain and preserve it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014987923963557753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-82936408444915605802014-06-22T10:32:51.650-04:002014-06-22T10:32:51.650-04:00Tim we would love to see them. You can email me a...Tim we would love to see them. You can email me at oldlongisland@gmail.com if you'd like. Thanks!Zach L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-28795601563733567932014-06-22T10:25:12.058-04:002014-06-22T10:25:12.058-04:00I am the grandson of Henry W J Bucknall and live i...I am the grandson of Henry W J Bucknall and live in Devon, England. I have quite a number of photos of Leahead, which incidentally he named after the English ancestral home of the Bucknalls in Staffordshire. let me know if you would like any further photos.<br />Tim BucknallTim Bucknallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-72874968643259108682014-02-05T07:50:58.646-05:002014-02-05T07:50:58.646-05:00My great-grandfather was a csretaker for the Red S...My great-grandfather was a csretaker for the Red Spring Colony. I will look today for the pictures, we have tons! My family would drive out from Brooklyn and Queens to visit him as if it was a vacation destination for them. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-38152410393904298492010-09-02T21:39:14.409-04:002010-09-02T21:39:14.409-04:00I thought you would be interested to know the orig...I thought you would be interested to know the original entrance to Red Spring Colony is located between the entrances to Whitney Circle on Seward Avenue. You can see the brick columns that used to have a wooden gate across the road and also a wooden gate between the large columns and the smaller ones directly adjacent to them. Originally the road from Woolsey Avenue in front of Pembroke was privately owned including Red Spring Colony then into North Country Colony at Tower Road. Howard Maxwell owned the property and buildings next to Tower Road across from Edgar Appleby's house that is now owned by Saul Katz. J. Colby...bricktower@ aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-19878819954505965082010-08-12T10:25:15.735-04:002010-08-12T10:25:15.735-04:00I want to thank HalfPuddingHalfSauce for providing...I want to thank HalfPuddingHalfSauce for providing the current day picture.Zach L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-45422505620132640232010-08-12T08:39:04.156-04:002010-08-12T08:39:04.156-04:00The picture was published in 1909 by the Atlas Por...The picture was published in 1909 by the Atlas Portland Cement Company in their book 'Concrete Houses & Cottages'. Bucknall's neighbor to the south was J.R. Maxwell, president of the Atlas Portland Cement Company.Zach L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-56879006360297502012010-08-12T08:34:09.152-04:002010-08-12T08:34:09.152-04:00The layout reminds me of the gate lodge Pope did f...The layout reminds me of the gate lodge Pope did for Deepdale in 1906. Do you know when it was built?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-79231948493312090012010-08-12T08:29:08.493-04:002010-08-12T08:29:08.493-04:00Link added.Link added.Zach L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-24816004812322836762010-08-12T08:21:16.276-04:002010-08-12T08:21:16.276-04:00Zach, do you know where Red Spring colony is locat...Zach, do you know where Red Spring colony is located in GC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com