tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post8234209504353789864..comments2024-03-22T16:14:12.974-04:00Comments on Old Long Island: 'Goodwin Place'Zach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-28005522636138304652021-11-11T15:39:38.310-05:002021-11-11T15:39:38.310-05:00explored the ruins of the house as a child, and ev...explored the ruins of the house as a child, and even in disrepair it was magical. Sorry to see it was torn down. There was a little outside chapel as well. Wonderful to see it in it's glory. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-1732466979782767812011-07-20T17:00:23.392-04:002011-07-20T17:00:23.392-04:00Thanks OGD & DED; I didn't see the Goodwin...Thanks OGD & DED; I didn't see the Goodwin house before it was lost & I've never personally seen Filoli in California but I have a [obviously partial] memory of standing & looking at that painting -- probably another version by Guerin somewhere else. I'm sure I'll remember in a month while stopped at a traffic light.Doug Floor Plannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-2496986017378399082011-07-20T11:56:12.140-04:002011-07-20T11:56:12.140-04:00Doug, the mural over the fireplace bears a more th...Doug, the mural over the fireplace bears a more than passing resemblance to murals in the ballroom at Filoli in Woodside, California. Could this be what jogs you?The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-54693189610007957252011-07-20T11:14:59.626-04:002011-07-20T11:14:59.626-04:00Such a really marvelous place. What more can I sa...Such a really marvelous place. What more can I say?The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-58191663057243014212011-07-20T11:12:14.980-04:002011-07-20T11:12:14.980-04:00Guerin did many paintings of the Chateaux of Toura...Guerin did many paintings of the Chateaux of Touraine, and Chateaux of Val-de-Loire. The one, over the fireplace at Goodwin Place, looks like one of the his versions of Chateau Chinon. This Old Dog's guess is that the Goodwin Place murals were lost in the fire and demolition of the Goodwin house, alas !!!Old Gray Dognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-41957606035105547252011-07-20T08:54:44.134-04:002011-07-20T08:54:44.134-04:00What a fabulous house this was. I love the dining...What a fabulous house this was. I love the dining room murals, the hand-hewn beams in the great living room reused from an old barn on the property, the tile floors, and the innovative way the house was built just off the crest of the hill.<br /><br />Along with architect Henry Killam Murphy, Goodwin authored the influential 1924 book FRENCH PROVINCIAL ARCHITECTURE. I recently showed some examples on my blog of both architect's work in the Villages of Coral Gables, Florida. Goodwin designed some delightful French Provincial style houses and Murphy, in the Chinese style!The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-64606247634564107192011-07-20T08:46:13.981-04:002011-07-20T08:46:13.981-04:00Old Gray Dog, or anyone else -- is the Jules Gueri...Old Gray Dog, or anyone else -- is the Jules Guerin mural over the dining room fireplace (the buildings on the hill) now at the Musuem or Modern Art or somewhere else on display? I've seen that before.Doug Floor Plannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-5375869893428723092011-07-20T07:10:35.564-04:002011-07-20T07:10:35.564-04:00Jules Guerin, who did the dining room murals, was ...Jules Guerin, who did the dining room murals, was highly regarded in the architectural world for the artistic quality of the renderings he produced for architects, such as<br />Horace Trumbauer, who employed him for the presentation drawings that would assure American palace builders that they had become princes. Guerin was famous for his peculiar night blue backgrounds ~ still, quiet and timeless. Appropriate to noon or midnight ~ that gave to the dream palaces he rendered a dramatic ambience.Old Gray Dognoreply@blogger.com