tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post6304570338551017657..comments2024-03-22T16:14:12.974-04:00Comments on Old Long Island: 'Barberrys'Zach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-49602256446038095602011-12-17T16:50:46.454-05:002011-12-17T16:50:46.454-05:00My cousin, an orthopedic surgeon, owned the house....My cousin, an orthopedic surgeon, owned the house. What I remember about it is that it had a rope drawn elevator large enough to fit several people inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-77331192736801617392010-10-04T00:11:32.632-04:002010-10-04T00:11:32.632-04:00I have been to the house and I don't recall as...I have been to the house and I don't recall as many outbuildings as there apparently were before. One thing I did learn about the property was that Nelson Doubleday named it "Effendi" which is how you phonetically spell his initials: F.N.D. (Frank Nelson Doubleday).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-11787805541473065292010-09-30T20:47:09.918-04:002010-09-30T20:47:09.918-04:00The Gary Lawrence article is great!! Thought the a...The Gary Lawrence article is great!! Thought the author was misinformed on a few items. They state that Oheka was raized,and that foxes were never indigenous to the island,which is untrue.Also, they state that the island is not such a beautiful place to live..I disagree, I think Long Island must have been almost an Eden before it became the land of strip-malls, high-ways and ugly crowded sub-burbs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-28895722927702329212010-09-30T20:06:33.737-04:002010-09-30T20:06:33.737-04:00http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.888252&lon=-73.55...<a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.888252&lon=-73.5526621&z=17&l=0&m=b&v=8&show=/13665899/Barberrys-Gatehouse" rel="nofollow">http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.888252&lon=-73.5526621&z=17&l=0&m=b&v=8&show=/13665899/Barberrys-Gatehouse</a>HalfPuddingHalfSaucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322213537553774149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-69132822548897424022010-09-30T19:32:42.817-04:002010-09-30T19:32:42.817-04:00i have a sense that the google map we can go to is...i have a sense that the google map we can go to is showing the current estate with property of less than 16.5 acres mentioned in the listing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-23668240278299031352010-09-30T18:34:15.088-04:002010-09-30T18:34:15.088-04:00From the air it appears to be relatively unchanged...<a href="http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qtf7rt8w3j5m&scene=7926136&lvl=2&sty=b" rel="nofollow">From the air</a> it appears to be relatively unchanged; other than what seems to be new stucco on the exterior.<br /><br />Zach, do you know what happened to the other service buildings? The drive off the service court looks like it led somewhere, but other than a subsidiary building to the right of the entrance drive they seem to have been demolished. The brochure indicates that there was a 4-car garage with apartment over it, a gardener's cottage, tool house, root cellar & storage shed.<br /><br />Security word - oustper: when a Frenchman takes over his father's company.lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-5350249505428421692010-09-30T17:21:25.702-04:002010-09-30T17:21:25.702-04:00Roslyn East Gate Toll House<a href="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.8090041&lon=-73.6328575&z=19&l=0&m=b&v=8&show=/13794346/Roslyn-East-Gate-Toll-House" rel="nofollow">Roslyn East Gate Toll House</a>HalfPuddingHalfSaucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322213537553774149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-59880066256314152742010-09-30T10:45:55.712-04:002010-09-30T10:45:55.712-04:00Zach,
did you see the article from the 1948 holi...Zach,<br /> did you see the article from the 1948 holiday magazine featured in the sept.20 blog from gary lawrence. interesting, with a great couples of pictures, especially one of the Pratt Oval Clocktower building, and another of the marshall field estate main house before the one wing was pulled down.<br /> mentioned the polo playing Bostwicks in a paragraph or two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-66063441611779992072010-09-30T09:10:41.784-04:002010-09-30T09:10:41.784-04:00Looks like it.Looks like it.Zach L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-30395175077756745632010-09-30T09:07:53.369-04:002010-09-30T09:07:53.369-04:00I love the view of the bay. Does the house still s...I love the view of the bay. Does the house still sit on the original 16 1/2 acres?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com