'Burrwood'

'Burrwood', the Walter Jennings estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1899 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Burrwood' which has since been demolished.

'Burrwood'

The rear of 'Burrwood', the Walter Jennings estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1899 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Burrwood'.

'Burrwood' Aerial

An aerial of 'Burrwood', the Walter Jennings estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1899 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Click HERE for more on 'Burrwood' (be sure to scroll past today's post).  Photo from the Aiglon Archives.

'Burrwood'

'Burrwood', the Walter Jennings estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1899 in Cold Spring Harbor. Jennings was vice-president, secretary and a director of Standard Oil.  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more on 'Burrwood'.  Click HERE for the section on 'Burrwood' in the 1992 AIA Guide to Nassau & Suffolk Counties.  'Burrwood' was demolished a couple of years later.  The house that replaced 'Burrwood' is currently for sale for $14,750,000, click HERE to see the listing via Daniel Gale Sotheby's.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1900.

The Fountain at 'Burrwood'

The fountain at 'Burrwood', the Walter Jennings estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1899 in Lloyd Harbor. Click HERE for more on the fountain and HERE for more on 'Burrwood'. Photo from Country Life, 1922.

'Burrwood'

'Burrwood', the Walter Jennings estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1899 in Lloyd Harbor. Jennings was vice-president, director and secretary of Standard Oil. Click HERE for more on 'Burrwood'.

'Burrwood'

'Burrwood', the Walter Jennings estate built c. 1899 by Carrere & Hastings in Lloyd Harbor. Click HERE for more on 'Burrwood'.

Walter Jennings in Cold Spring Harbor

Walter Jennings, owner of 'Burrwood', standing in the woods on his property in Cold Spring Harbor. Click HERE for more on 'Burrwood'. Photo courtesy of SPLIA.

Smithsonian's Archives of American Gardens - Burrwood

'Burrwood', the Walter Jennings estate in Lloyd Harbor, designed by Carrere and Hastings c. 1898 with landscaping by the Olmsted Brothers (1916-1938). All images are from the Garden Club of America Collection. Click the photo info for additional photos. (Click for info on above photo)

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The object in the center is a sarcophagus turned into a garden fountain. (Info on above photo)

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The garden wall that sat opposite the main house at Walter Jennings' 'Burrwood' in Lloyd Harbor.

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One of the terrace levels at Walter Jennings' 'Burrwood' in Lloyd Harbor, the tea house is in the distance.

Burrwood Ruins 2

Walter Jennings, vice-president, director and secretary of Standard Oil Co. had Carrere & Hastings design him an enormous home in Lloyd Harbor c. 1899. He also had the Olmsted Brothers design extensive landscaping for the property between 1915 and 1938. Click HERE to see what 'Burrwood' looked like.

A garden wall and stairs that faced the house, with a large urn visible in the distance.

The view from the top of the gardens, some ironwork is visible between the weeds.

A massive copper beach that sits at one end of the gardens.

The tea house.

One of the higher points on the property, this area has a low wall around the perimeter and an outcropping in the distance.

Beneath the balustrades sits a reflecting pool. When this was in working order you could have walked around either side and down a level.

The view from just beneath the southern terrace which is original to the house. The home had an incredible view over Cold Spring Harbor and out towards the Long Island Sound.

Click below to see 'Burrwood' intact and still standing in a 1953 aerial shot.

'Burrwood'

'Burrwood', the Walter Jennings estate in Lloyd Harbor designed by Carrere & Hastings. Click HERE to see what remains of 'Burrwood'.

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A garden wall at Walter Jennings' estate 'Burrwood', in Lloyd Harbor.  There was probably a statue in between the pillars at some point.

'Burrwood' Garden Gate

A wall and gate that sits on the former site of 'Burrwood' in Lloyd Harbor.

Burrwood Ruins

'Burrwood' was built for Walter Jennings in Lloyd Harbor c. 1899 by Carrere & Hastings. Jennings was a director and secretary of Standard Oil Company and president of the National Fuel Gas Company. His son would go on to inherit the house, and eventually sold it to the Industrial Home for the Blind, which occupied the house until it was sold for development and demolished. Pieces of the gardens remain, as do a handful of brick walls and the original gates (as seen above and below). Click HERE to see where 'Burrwood' stood on google earth.

The front gate and a garden gate. Both have 'WJ' in the center portion.