'Lulworth'

'Lulworth', the Francis M. Weld Jr. estate designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1912 in Lloyd Harbor. The estate also had Olmsted landscaping and an Ellen Shipman designed walled flower garden and terrace. Weld was a partner with the investment banking firm of White, Weld and Co. and was a director at numerous other companies. His second marriage was to Julia de Forest Tiffany, one of Louis C. Tiffany's twin daughters. Weld was killed in an airplane crash in 1949. Click HERE to see 'Lulworth' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from The American Architect, 1915.

'Haut Bois'

'Haut Bois', the Walter E. Maynard estate designed by Ogden Codman Jr. c. 1916 in Brookville, with landscaping by Jacques Greber and Ellen Shipman. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Haut Bois' was for sale, and click HERE to see where 'Haut Bois' stands on google earth.

The J. Randolph Robinson Estate

The J. Randolph Robinson estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1917 in the Wheatley Hills. Landscaping was done by Ellen Shipman. Robinson was the New York rep for Hardison, Walker & Co., a brick manufacturing firm located in Pittsburgh. In the 1920s the house was purchased by Philip Grossler, president of Columbia Gas & Electric Company and director of the Guaranty Trust Company. He hired Pope to add a porch and some additions as well as having Shipman design more extensive gardens. Today the house is part of C.W. Post. Click HERE to see the house on google earth.

Pictures from American Architect & Architecture, 1920.

'Pidgeon Hill'

'Pidgeon Hill', the estate of Meredith Hare designed by Charles Platt c. 1916 in Huntington. Platt along with Ellen Shipman designed the terraces, driveway and flower gardens. Hare was an attorney who graduated from Yale and Cosmopolitan University Law School. The house was demolished sometime in the early 1960's to make way for an incoming development (not sure why SPLIA and Spinzia say it is extant).

Click below to see 'Pidgeon Hill' intact and still standing in a 1953 aerial shot. Pictures from Architectural Record, 1920.

When 'Long Field' Was For Sale

A brochure advertising 'Long Field', the Frederick Taylor Hepburn estate designed by Bradley Delehanty c. 1928 in Lattingtown with Ellen Shipman landscaping. Hepburn was a partner at his namesake investment firm 'Frederick T. Hepburn & Co.'. He was also a former mayor of the Village of Lattingtown. Click HERE to see 'Long Field' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Brochure courtesy of SPLIA. Click below to see 'Long Field' in a 1966 aerial shot.

'Lulworth'

'Lulworth', the Francis M. Weld Jr. estate designed by Charles Platt between 1912-14 in Lloyd Harbor. The estate also had Olmsted landscaping and Ellen Shipman (along with Charles Platt) designed the walled flower garden and brick terrace. Weld was an industrialist and financier whose second marriage was to one of Louis C. Tiffany's twin daughters. Weld was killed in an airplane crash in 1949. The estate's property has since been subdivided but click HERE to see the house on google earth.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1921.

When 'Birchwood' Was For Sale

A brochure advertising 'Birchwood', the Anson Wood Burchard estate designed by Howard Greenley c. 1906 in Lattingtown. Burchard was vice-chairman and president of General Electric Co. and chairman of the board of International General Electric Co. Alfred Hopkins designed the estate's farm group and Ellen Shipman was responsible for the landscaping. The estate was later owned by Floyd Leslie Carlisle who had William Lawrence Bottomley design alterations in the 1930's. Click HERE to see 'Birchwood' on google earth.

Brochure courtesy of SPLIA.

When 'The Lanterns' Was For Sale

A brochure advertising 'The Lanterns', the Herbert Melville Harriman estate designed by Cross & Cross c. 1915 in Jericho. Ellen Shipman did the landscaping for Harriman. The house was demolished sometime in the 1950's.

Brochure courtesy of SPLIA.

When 'Longfields' Was For Sale

A brochure advertising 'Longfields', the William Payne Thompson Jr. estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1910 in Old Westbury. Ellen Biddle Shipman designed the landscaping for the subsequent owner. While the house has been demolished, click HERE to see where 'Longfields' stood on google earth.

Click below to see where 'Longfields' stood (the vacant site) on a 1966 aerial shot.

Brochure courtesy of SPLIA.

Overfields

'Overfields', the residence of George deForest Lord, built in 1927 by William Harmon Beers of Beers & Farley in Syosset. Lord was a partner in the law firm 'Lord, Day and Lord'. Ellen Biddle Shipman designed the gardens. Click HERE to see 'Overfields' on google earth. Photo by James Hogarty.

A. V. Davis Estate Gardens

One of the gardens at the Arthur Vining Davis estate in Mill Neck, designed in 1922. Davis had Ellen Biddle Shipman and Ferrucio Vitale design the landscaping. Davis himself was at one time the third richest person in America and owned 1/8th of Dade County in Florida. He left most of his $400 million estate to various charities upon his death in 1962. Click HERE to see where the estate is on google earth.