tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post477528874449511887..comments2024-03-22T16:14:12.974-04:00Comments on Old Long Island: 'Peacock Point'Zach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-59659227053280979952012-06-04T20:53:30.749-04:002012-06-04T20:53:30.749-04:00Seeing that family video more than anything makes ...Seeing that family video more than anything makes me think the "big house" should never have been demolished. It seemed such a loving home....the family should have kept it....so,so sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-27421806345899294722012-06-04T17:34:21.390-04:002012-06-04T17:34:21.390-04:00More links --
http://vimeo.com/12333106
(Peacock...More links --<br /><br />http://vimeo.com/12333106<br /><br />(Peacock Point: The Movie. A Davison family memoir.)<br /><br /><br />http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60816FE3B5F13738DDDAA0894DC405B838DF1D3<br /><br />(An account of the 1913 fire.)<br /><br /><br />http://www.gwpda.org/wwi-www/Hurley/images/bridge10.jpg<br /><br />(Red Cross War Council, 1918. Woodrow Wilson, ex-president Taft, Robert de Forest, Henry P. Davison, Col. Grayson, M.P. Murphy, Charles D. Norton, and Edward N. Hurley)<br /><br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=mNsxAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA39&lpg=RA2-PA39&dq=%22Peacock+Point%22+and+%22Davison%22&source=bl&ots=eES4aEmYy6&sig=5xTXHKTc4S3KV_YdPpSwOCoVg3o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nSLNT5-JJOnY0QGxwrSmAQ&ved=0CF0Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22Peacock%20Point%22%20and%20%22Davison%22&f=true<br /><br />(A 1918 <i>Country Life</i> article describing Peacock Point during World War One.)<br /><br /><br />http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20614F93E551A738DDDAB0994DD405B828EF1D3<br /><br />(Henry P. Davison's will.)<br /><br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=sgNUEqkgctEC&pg=PT316&lpg=PT316&dq=%22Peacock+Point%22+and+%22Davison%22&source=bl&ots=JUjvc-3VMG&sig=YoGsYp1yoRNNxKfbv8onC0DLnAg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-h_NT7yTFOL00gH5upDPAQ&ved=0CGgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Peacock%20Point%22%20and%20%22Davison%22&f=true<br /><br />(From <i>The House of Morgan</i> by Ron Chernow.)<br /><br /><br />http://www.millionairesunit.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=36<br /><br />(Trubee Davidson -- Founder, First Yale Unit)<br /><br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=HNc3_xaNUe4C&pg=PA240&lpg=PA240&dq=%22Peacock+Point%22+and+%22Davison%22&source=bl&ots=BQ2Ol0ENrO&sig=tzexpKH8PSQucVElAqanNK8k8xU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nSLNT5-JJOnY0QGxwrSmAQ&ved=0CFgQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22Peacock%20Point%22%20and%20%22Davison%22&f=false<br /><br />(When H. P. Davison died, his place at Morgan was taken by Tom Lamont, who writes about him here ...)<br /><br /><br />http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/08/29/daniel_davison_at_85_revived_us_trust_by_catering_to_the_rich/<br /><br />(Obituary of HPD's grandson Daniel, who established the banking industry's well-known "poodle walk cut-off line.")The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-91561389876286203312012-06-04T10:37:01.692-04:002012-06-04T10:37:01.692-04:00Walker and Gillette were very careful, versatile d...Walker and Gillette were very careful, versatile designers---fine sense of materials, form, and texture.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-83092069397005693752012-06-04T10:05:12.819-04:002012-06-04T10:05:12.819-04:00I still don't understand why the family tore t...<i>I still don't understand why the family tore this down.</i><br /><br />A) Taxes.<br />B) Maintenance costs.<br />C) The desire of family members to keep the land itself, where they have other, smaller, more affordable houses.<br />D) Not so much money as once upon a time, or simply no family member wishing to live in so grand a house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-15255962218841037672012-06-04T09:38:27.469-04:002012-06-04T09:38:27.469-04:00HPHS also has a very nice post from May 28th 2012 ...HPHS also has a very nice post from May 28th 2012 on Peacock Pointarchibuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-67942487684564369402012-06-04T09:22:38.312-04:002012-06-04T09:22:38.312-04:00I still don't understand why the family tore t...I still don't understand why the family tore this down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com