'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.

The Charles A. Peabody Estate

The Charles A. Peabody estate designed by Grosvenor Atterbury between 1910-1912 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Click HERE for more on the residence which has since been demolished.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1913.

'Oheka' Farm Group

The farm group to 'Oheka', the Otto Hermann Kahn estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1916 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Oheka'.  Click HERE to see the extant stable building on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architectural Forum, 1919.

'Tallwood'

A 1929 advertisement for 'Tallwood', the Richard Townley Haines Halsey estate built c. 1924 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Halsey was a partner in the brokerage firm of Tefft, Halsey & Co., trustee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and co-author with his wife of The Homes of Our Ancestors: As Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925.  The home is now part of the West Hills Day Camp.  Click HERE to see 'Tallwood' on google earth and HERE on bing.

The Charles A. Peabody Estate

 The Charles Augustus Peabody estate designed by Grosvenor Atterbury between 1910-1912 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Peabody, an attorney and partner in the firm of Peabody, Baker & Peabody, was president of the Mutual Life Insurance Co.  His son Julian Peabody resided at 'Pond Hollow Farm' in Old Westbury and was a partner in the architecture firm of Peabody, Wilson & Brown.  The residence suffered a fire and was demolished c. 1978.  Click HERE to see the Peabody estate intact in a 1953 aerial.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1913.

'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.

'Oheka' Aerial

An aerial of 'Oheka', the Otto Hermann Kahn estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1915 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Oheka'.  This aerial is part of SMU's Robert Yarnall Richie Collection and was taken between 1932-1934.  Click HERE to see 'Oheka' on google earth and HERE on bing.

'Oheka' Aerial

'Oheka', the Otto Hermann Kahn estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1915 in Cold Spring Harbor.  Click HERE for more on 'Oheka' and HERE to see the brochure from when the estate was for sale.  Photo from American Country Homes of Today, 1928.

St. John's Church Cold Spring Harbor

St. John's Church of Cold Spring Harbor, designed by Smith Sammis in 1835. The Jones family donated much of the money and property for the church as well as having had relations to Trinity Church in New York City. The church opened its doors on April 5th, 1837. Click HERE to see St. John's Church on google earth and HERE on bing. Click HERE for more history on St. John's Church. Click HERE to see St. John's Memorial Cemetery located just up the road from the church in Laurel Hollow.

The Entrance Hall at 'Oheka'

The entrance hall to 'Oheka', the Otto Hermann Kahn estate designed by Delano & Aldrich between 1915-17 in Cold Spring Harbor. Click HERE for more on 'Oheka'.

'Oheka'

A view looking back at the house from the formal garden at 'Oheka', the Otto Hermann Kahn estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1915 in Cold Spring Harbor. Click HERE for more on 'Oheka'. Merry Christmas!

Oheka's Front Door

The front door to 'Oheka', the Otto Kahn estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1915 in Cold Spring Harbor. Click HERE for more on 'Oheka'.

'Oheka' Aerial

An aerial of 'Oheka', the Otto Hermann Kahn estate designed by Delano & Aldrich between 1915-17 in Cold Spring Harbor. Click HERE for more on 'Oheka', picture from American Homes of Today.

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.

When 'Oheka' Was For Sale

A brochure advertising 'Oheka', the Otto Hermann Kahn estate designed by Delano & Aldrich in Cold Spring Harbor c. 1915-17. I believe this brochure is from when the house was for sale after Kahn's death before it was purchased by the NYC Sanitation Department. Click HERE for more on 'Oheka'.

Brochure courtesy of SPLIA.

Oheka

'Oheka', the Otto Hermann Kahn estate in Cold Spring Harbor designed by Delano & Aldrich between 1915-17 and which sat on over 500 acres. Kahn was one of Jacob Schiff's proteges at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and made his fortune mostly in railroads. He was a patron of the arts and was the director of the Metropolitan Opera. Kahn helped break stereotypes of Jews at the time who were excluded from gentile society. His house was the second largest private residence in the country (George Vanderbilt's 'Biltmore' being the first). Following Kahn's death the house became a retreat for sanitation workers from NYC and eventually a military academy. In 1984 the house was purchased and resurrected as a hotel and catering hall, the website of which can be found HERE. Click HERE to see 'Oheka on Demand', a new feature on their website which has old newsreel footage of the estate and of Kahn himself. Click HERE to see 'Oheka' on google earth.

The entrance into the courtyard.

The rear.

The garden facade and garden designed by the Olmsted Brothers. The entire garden had to be restored as it had been almost entirely destroyed during it's life as a military academy.

The view from the front of the courtyard.

Windy Hill

'Windy Hill', the residence of Lansing Parmelee Reed, designed by Charles A. Platt in Cold Spring Harbor c. 1926. Reed was a successful attorney whose clients included J.P. Morgan. This is the last house Charles Platt designed on Long Island. Click HERE to see 'Windy Hill' on google earth. Photo by James Hogarty.

Deramore

'Deramore' was built for Edgar Farrar Bateson Sr. c. 1933 by Mott B. Schmidt in Cold Spring Harbor.  Bateson was a lawyer from Manhattan who had Schmidt design his city residence as well.  Click HERE to see 'Deramore' on google earth.

The very long entrance drive.

The kitchen wing.

The rear, which has an amazing view out over Cold Spring Harbor and out into the Long Island Sound.

The view, with St. John's Episcopal Church visible in the distance.

Click below to see 'Deramore' in a 1953 aerial shot.