'Dunstable'

 'Dunstable', the Winslow Shelby Pierce II estate designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1903 in Bayville.  Click HERE for more on 'Dunstable' which was later purchased by Harrison Williams and renamed 'Oak Point'.

Photos from The Country House, 1906.

'Dunstable'

'Dunstable', the Winslow Shelby Pierce estate designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1903 in Bayville.  Pierce was an attorney and railroad reorganizer and was counsel for Jay Gould among many of his positions.  Click HERE for more on 'Dunstable'.  Photo from The Brickbuilder, 1903.

'Oak Point' Playhouse

The Delano & Aldrich designed playhouse to 'Oak Point', the Harrison Williams estate enlarged by D&A c. 1926 in Bayville. Pictured is the playhouse after Harrison's wife Mona had repurposed it as their private residence. The playhouse was demolished in 1968. Click HERE for more on 'Oak Point'. Click HERE to see where the 'Oak Point' playhouse stood on google earth.

The first five photographs are from House & Garden, 1948. The final two are from Country Life, 1936 by Von Schnarendorf.

'Oak Point'

'Oak Point', the Harrison Williams estate originally built for Winslow S. Pierce and designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1903 with Delano & Aldrich alterations c. 1926 (for Williams) as well as the addition of a playhouse. Williams was president of North American Holding Co. which controlled a very large portion of the public utilities in the United States. Williams purchased the estate the same year he married Mona Strader. The house was demolished in 1950. Click HERE to see where 'Oak Point' stood on google earth.

'Dunstable'

'Dunstable', the Winslow Shelby Pierce II estate designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1903 in Bayville. Pierce, an attorney, began his career at Dillon & Swayne and was counsel for Jay Gould during the establishment of Gould's Southwest railways. He undertook the reorganization of the Union Pacific Railway Company in 1895 which he completed in 3 years. In 1902 he created the law firm of Pierce & Greer with partner Lawrence Greer. Throughout his life he was at various times general counsel and chairman of the board of the Union Pacific, Wabash and St. Louis Southwestern Railway Companies and chairman of the board of the Western Maryland Railroad. He was also mayor of the Village of Bayville for 10 years from 1919 to 1929. In 1926 Pierce sold the estate to Harrison Williams who renamed it 'Oak Point' and hired Delano & Aldrich to design significant alterations. Pierce moved next door to a smaller house which he also named 'Dunstable' and would die there at the age of 80 in 1938. The estate was demolished in 1950. Click HERE to see where 'Dunstable' would have stood on google earth.

Photos from Architecture, 1903.