Showing posts with label Delano and Aldrich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Delano and Aldrich. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

'Oak Knoll'

 'Oak Knoll'. the Bertram G. Work estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1916 in Mill Neck.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Oak Knoll'.  The estate is still on the market for $12,800,000, click HERE to see the listing via Daniel Gale Sotheby's.  Click HERE to see 'Oak Knoll' on bing.

Photos from the Year Book of the Architectural League of New York, 1920.

Monday, October 6, 2014

'Airdrie'

'Airdrie', the Edwin Fish estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1920 in Matinecock.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Airdrie'.  The residence and twenty acres are currently for sale for $10,995,000, click HERE to see the listing via Daniel Gale Sotheby's.  Click HERE to see 'Airdrie' on bing.




Listing photos from MLSLI.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

More 'Chelsea'

Nassau County has moved the marble basin that previously sat at 'Knollwood' and 'Muttontown Meadows' over to 'Chelsea', the Benjamin Moore estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1924 in Muttowntown.  Click HERE to see this view from 2008.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

'Chelsea' Fountain

 The now working fountain at 'Chelsea', the Benjamin Moore estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1924 in Muttontown.  Click HERE to see what the fountain looked like in 2008.


Monday, June 16, 2014

'Chelsea'

'Chelsea', the Benjamin Moore estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1924 in Muttontown.  Click HERE for more on 'Chelsea' which has recently seen some upgrades.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Chateau des Beaux Arts

The Chateau des Beaux Arts designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1905 in Huntington.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Chateau des Beaux Arts which has since been demolished.

Monday, January 6, 2014

'Oak Knoll'

 'Oak Knoll', the Bertram G. Work estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1916 in Mill Neck.  The residence along with 18 acres is currently for sale for $12,800,00, click HERE to see the listing via Daniel Gale Sotheby's.  Click HERE for more on 'Oak Knoll' and HERE to see it on bing.




Photos from MLSLI.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

'Woodside'

'Woodside', the James Abercrombie Burden estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1916 in Muttontown.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Woodside' and HERE to see a brochure from when the estate was for sale.  Photo from the Aiglon Archive.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Whitney Art Studio

 The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney art studio designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1913 in Old Westbury.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Whitney art studio.  Click HERE to see the studio on bing.

Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1915.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

'Muttontown Corners'

'Muttontown Corners', the William Adams Delano estate designed by himself c. 1911 in Muttontown.  Click HERE for more on 'Muttontown Corners' and HERE to see the residence on bing.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1915.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

'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.

Monday, December 31, 2012

'Little Ipswich'

'Little Ipswich', the Chalmers Wood Jr. estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1927 in Woodbury.  Wood was a founding partner of the firm Johnson, Wood & Rogers.  His first marriage ended in 1924 and the same year he remarried the interior designer Ruby Ross Wood.  'Little Ipswich' was demolished in the 1990s.  Click HERE to see where 'Little Ipswich' stood on google earth.  Photo from the Ryerson & Burnham Archives at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Click HERE to see 'Little Ipswich' intact in a 1966 aerial.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

'Cloverly Manor'

'Cloverly Manor', the Vincent Astor estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1922 in Sands Point with landscaping by Annette Hoyt Flanders.  Astor was the son of J.J. Astor IV and took over the Astor family real estate holdings following his father's death on the Titanic in 1912.  In 1933 the residence was sold to Allan J. McIntosh, partner in the brokerage firm of Davis & McIntosh.  McIntosh had been leasing the home as his summer residence since 1931.  This aerial is part of SMU's Robert Yarnall Richie collection and was taken between 1932-1934.  Click HERE to see 'Cloverly Manor' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

'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.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

'Bogheid'

 The rear entrance to 'Bogheid', the Helen Porter Pryibil estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1938 in Glen Cove, with a basket of puppies motif in the broken pediment over the door.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Bogheid'.  Photos courtesy of Eddie Crowley.


'These photos were taken with expressed permission.  'Bogheid' is a private residence with no public access.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

'Bogheid' Interiors

 The accompanying interiors to 'Bogheid', the Helen Porter Pryibil estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1938 in Glen Cove.  Click HERE for more on 'Bogheid'.  Photos courtesy of Eddie Crowley.







These photos were taken with expressed permission.  'Bogheid' is a private residence with no public access.

Monday, July 23, 2012

'Bogheid'

 'Bogheid', the Helen Porter Pryibil estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1938 in Glen Cove with landscaping by the Olmsted Brothers.  Pryibil was the daughter of William Henry Porter, partner at J.P. Morgan & Co., and built her estate on the site of Porter's 'Bogheid' which had been demolished c. 1930.  Pryibil willed the house and grounds to the City of Glen Cove following her death and a golf course was built around the property.  The house was eventually sold to Martin Carey, owner of 'Winfield Hall' also in Glen Cove.  Click HERE to see 'Bogheid' on google earth and HERE on bing.  Photos courtesy of Eddie Crowley.








These photos were taken with expressed permission.  'Bogheid' is a private residence with no public access.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

'Welwyn' Indoor Tennis Court

The indoor tennis court at 'Welwyn', the Harold I. Pratt estate designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1906 in Glen Cove with extensive alterations by Delano & Aldrich in the 1920s (including the indoor tennis court). It seems that Nassau County rents out the residence that is attached to the tennis court but the court itself fell into a ruinous state many years ago. Click HERE for more on 'Welwyn'. Click HERE to see the tennis court on google earth and HERE on bing.