tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post8620785333941274701..comments2024-03-22T16:14:12.974-04:00Comments on Old Long Island: 'Easton' Then & NowZach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-5789547636206761782020-05-26T08:00:40.207-04:002020-05-26T08:00:40.207-04:00I lived in the carriage house for about 2 years in...I lived in the carriage house for about 2 years in the 90’s , and at that time we got the pool up and running and it was magnificent. The grounds were very overgrown but the rhododendrons were spectacular when in bloom<br />... Lisa T Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778863061454481239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-36762644107904786262015-02-06T19:40:42.416-05:002015-02-06T19:40:42.416-05:00Easton just sold for 20M to a Chinese investor. Th...Easton just sold for 20M to a Chinese investor. There has been an ongoing lawsuit with the former owners of Easton, and the Village of Muttontown regarding a subdivision. The Village lost the suit, and the property will be subdivided. I just hope that they carve out some land along with the mansion, and don't demolish it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-28938782282300698902010-03-19T16:35:26.680-04:002010-03-19T16:35:26.680-04:00the original home was gorgeous, no? had a sort of ...the original home was gorgeous, no? had a sort of farm type, compound feeling. the renovated home just looks bad. the pool house is amazing i would love to live there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-27180755025174158142009-12-03T18:34:34.361-05:002009-12-03T18:34:34.361-05:00It certainly doesn't help that no effort has b...It certainly doesn't help that no effort has been made to replace (at least demi-mature) trees in lieu of the old ones lost from the forecourt lawn. <br /><br />Why are people of today so adverse to proper plantings? It's as if they almost want the homes to stick out. The reworked - and visually odd - facade simply needs help.Kellsboro Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-64324805220311461232009-12-02T19:54:07.146-05:002009-12-02T19:54:07.146-05:00Amazing. Another pitch-perfect work by the brother...Amazing. Another pitch-perfect work by the brother/sister team of architect David Adler and innovative decorator Frances Elkins, and compromised by the new center block. The new building isn't so much bad as it is just not 'right'. one shouldn't tamper with perfection, but people just can't, can't can't help themselves. It's my understanding that the library is in a house down the road. I was only 14 when I first saw pictures of this house, in an article in a 1930's house and garden in my grandmother's library. Even then I could tell that this wonderful synthesis of the great Virginia plantation houses (a little Stratford Hall, a little Shirley, some Westover and Carter's Grove, shake well with Monticello, and voila, a subtle house that rises well above pastiche. The interiors were sensational...a classical arcaded front hall with a zenitherm and aluminum deco floor, cove ceiled library....sleek and chic. Too bad the next owners didnt' entirely see it.<br /><br />Incidentally, Mrs. Field, nee Marshall, was also sister in law of Brooke Astor by Astor's previous marriage to Evelyn's brother Charles Marshall...The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-35076645855761803672009-12-02T16:02:30.369-05:002009-12-02T16:02:30.369-05:00It looks scalped. It's charming now but feels ...It looks scalped. It's charming now but feels strangely incomplete, even if you don't know about its earlier incarnation.An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-21201134713390102792009-12-02T09:44:59.699-05:002009-12-02T09:44:59.699-05:00The entire 2nd floor(bedrooms), not just the centr...The entire 2nd floor(bedrooms), not just the central portion, was removed and the 1st floor (living , dining library etc ) was gutted, fireplaces everything! Ive heard some of the interior elements from these 2 floors have been reinstalled in one of the flanking cottages. Of all the houses on LI that could have undergone major restoration during the last 20 of uber prosperity how did this house miss a chance at rebirth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com