The Adelaide Brevoort Hutton Residence

The residence of Adelaide Brevoort Hutton (born Adelaide Brevoort Close), Marjorie Merriweather Post's eldest daughter from her first marriage to Edward Bennett Close, built c. 1928 next to her mother's 'Hillwood' mansion in Brookville. By the time of Adelaide's marriage in 1927 to Thomas Wells Durant she had taken E.F. Hutton's last name, her step father. Today the home is part of LIU's C.W. Post campus and functions as the admissions office. Click HERE for more on 'Hillwood'. Click HERE to see the residence on google earth and HERE on bing.

The house was recently renovated and two walls were built out front which included a number of 'Post' made bricks I found last summer and gave to Ken Mensing, the campus historian, which he thoughtfully included in the project.

'Hillwood'

'Hillwood', the Marjorie Merriweather Post and E.F. Hutton estate designed by Charles Hart of Hart & Shape c. 1921 in Brookville. Today the mansion is part of LIU's C.W. Post campus. Click HERE for more on 'Hillwood'.

'Hillwood'

'Hillwood', the Marjorie Merriweather Post and Edward F. Hutton estate designed by Charles Hart of the firm Hart & Shape c. 1921 in Brookville. Click HERE for more on 'Hillwood'.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1922.

Hillwood Aerial

An aerial of Marjorie Merriweather Post and E.F. Hutton's 'Hillwood' in Brookville from a 1930 issue of Country Life in America. Click HERE for more on 'Hillwood'. The thin road running E-W at the top of the picture is Northern Boulevard.

'Hillwood'

The garden side of Marjorie Post's 'Hillwood' in Brookville.

'Hillwood' Rose Arbor

The Rose Arbor at Marjorie Post's estate 'Hillwood' in Brookville.

'Hillwood' Detail

One of the original Post bricks used throughout Marjorie Post's 'Hillwood' estate in Brookville. Her father C.W. Post founded the city of Post, Texas in 1907, and the bricks were manufactured by the Post Brick Company throughout the 1920's.

'Hillwood' Detail

A Scottish Terrier carved into the side of Marjorie Post and E.F. Hutton's 'Hillwood' in Brookville.

Picture of the Day

One of the servants wings at Marjorie Post and E.F. Hutton's estate 'Hillwood' in Brookville.

'Hillwood' Gate House

The gatehouse to 'Hillwood', the Marjorie M. Post and E.F. Hutton estate in Brookville.

The Gardens of Hillwood

Marjorie Post and her husband Edward Hutton commissioned Marian Coffin to design the landscape at 'Hillwood'.  Outside the house sits the 'English Brick Garden'.

The view from under the porch looking out into the garden.

Coffin also designed the 'Rose Arbor', which sits behind the walled garden.  It is 175 feet long.

Hillwood

'Hillwood' was built for Marjorie Merriweather Post and her husband Edward F. Hutton by Charles Hart of the firm Hart & Shape in Brookville from 1921 to 1929. The couple purchased 'Warburton Hall', an Addison Mizner designed home built for William Prime, and demolished most of the original house. Post was the daughter of C.W. Post, founder of the Postum Cereal Company, which later became the General Foods Corporation. She was an incredibly interesting individual; she married four times, built numerous mansions (including Mar-a-Lago) and was at one time the wealthiest woman in America. The home she built in Brookville was a Tudor and has exquisite detail throughout. All the wood carving was done on site and in the estate's prime the home was self sufficient, growing fruit and vegetables as well as having a dairy and cattle. In 1951 the home became part of Long Island University's C.W. Post campus. Today the house operates as the administrative offices for the school. Click HERE to see 'Hillwood' on google earth. Click HERE to see the gardens of 'Hillwood'.

The entrance.

The exterior of the 'Great Room', the Prime's central hall that was incorporated into Post's new house.

The small porch on the right leads to the formal garden.

The soffit outside the window of Nedenia Marjorie Post's bedroom. Nedenia was Marjorie Post and Edward Hutton's only child. Nedenia would go on to become the actress Dina Merrill.

The playhouse, also known as 'Deen Wee'. The playhouse had a bedroom,a sitting room, a kitchen, running water and electricity.

'Post Cottage', the guesthouse.

The garage. The windows at the far end have since replaced bay doors.

Adelaide Brevoort Close's home, built in 1928 next to her mother's home. Adelaide was one of Marjorie's children from her first marriage to Edward Bennett Close.

Not only would I like to thank Ken Mensing for all the help, I would also suggest anyone interested in this fascinating house to consider a great book Ken co-wrote entitled 'Hillwood: The Long Island Estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post'.