'The Monastery'

'The Monastery', the Mrs. Farquhar Ferguson estate designed by Allen W. Jackson c. 1908 in Huntington Bay.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'The Monastery' which has since been demolished.

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.

'Pidgeon Hill'

'Pidgeon Hill', the Meredith Hare estate designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1916 in Huntington.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Pidgeon Hill'.  Photo from The Architect, 1927.

The Joseph P. Knapp Residence

 The Joseph Palmer Knapp residence altered by Willauer, Shape & Bready c. 1913 in Huntington.  Knapp, son of Joseph Fairchild and Phoebe Palmer Knapp, was publisher of Everyweek Magazine and later owner of Collier's Weekly.  It is unknown if the house is extant.

Photos from American Architect & Architecture. 1914.

'Pidgeon Hill'

 'Pidgeon Hill', the Meredith Hare estate designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1916 in Huntington.  Click HERE for more on 'Pidgeon Hill'.  The estate has since been demolished.

Photos from House & Garden, 1921.

'The Monastery'

A 1925 advertisement for 'The Monastery', the Mrs. Farquhar Ferguson estate designed by Allen W. Jackson c. 1908 in Huntington Bay. Click HERE and HERE for more on 'The Monastery'.

'The Monastery'

'The Monastery', the Mrs. Farquhar Ferguson estate designed by Allen W. Jackson c. 1908 in Huntington Bay. Click HERE for more on 'The Monastery'.

Photos from The Touchstone by Mary Fanton Roberts, 1917.

'The Monastery'

'The Monastery', the Mrs. Farquhar Ferguson (née Juliana Armour) estate designed by Allen W. Jackson c. 1908 in Huntington Bay under the supervision of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Armour was heir to the Armour & Company meatpacking business founded by her family. She died in 1921 and the following owner, widow of publisher W.J. Connors, eventually attempted to donate the house to science in 1930. Her offer was taken up by a cancer hospital run by doctors from California but they were unable to secure tax-exempt status on the property after push back from the community and it appears the deal fell through. The house was sold again in 1936 and continued to be privately owned until 1964 when Suffolk County took possession of the estate in lieu of $100,000 in back taxes owed on the property. There seems to have been a plan for the Huntington Arts Council to acquire the property but that never materialized. Six years later in early 1970 demolition on the house began to mixed reaction from the community. The NYTimes quoted the village police as reporting "150 youths a night on the 12.5 acre castle site" where the walls had "long since been stripped of their ornamental tiles and sculpture by vandals in recent years and were now full of graffiti." The Times also quoted a workman doing demolition as saying the house was "built better than the Empire State Building" and that the walls, some few feet thick in places, "succumbed reluctantly to battering" from the wrecker's ball. The estate is also known as 'Ferguson's Castle' and 'Ferguson's Folly'. The property was eventually subdivided. Click HERE to see where 'The Monastery' stood on google earth. Click below to see 'The Monastery' intact in a 1953 aerial. Advertisement from Architecture, 1923.

'Chateau Ivor'

'Chateau Ivor', the Charles A. Gould estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1908 in Dix Hills. Click HERE for more on 'Chateau Ivor' and HERE to see the brochure from when the estate was for sale.

Photos from American Architect & Architecture, 1916.

'Chateau Ivor' Aerial 3

The third and final aerial of 'Chateau Ivor', the Charles A. Gould estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1908 in Dix Hills. Click HERE for more on 'Chateau Ivor' (be sure to scroll past today's post). Photo from the Gould family collection.

'Chateau Ivor'

Likely watching the American Spaniel Club trials in 1932 at 'Chateau Ivor', the Charles A. Gould estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1908 in Dix Hills. Click HERE for more on 'Chateau Ivor' (be sure to scroll past today's picture). Photo from the Gould family collection.

'Chateau Ivor'

'Chateau Ivor', the Charles A. Gould estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1908 in Dix Hills pictured just after completion. I'm not sure precisely who the two gentleman pictured are but they give you a good sense of how large the house was. Click HERE for more on 'Chateau Ivor' and HERE to see the brochure from when the house was for sale. Photo from the Gould family collection.

'Chateau Ivor' Under Construction 2

Another mid-construction view of 'Chateau Ivor', the Charles A. Gould estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1908 in Dix Hills. Click HERE to see the previous construction photo of 'Chateau Ivor' and HERE for more on the estate. Photo from the Gould family collection.

'Chateau Ivor' Under Construction

'Chateau Ivor', the Charles A. Gould estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1908 in Dix Hills as seen in the middle of construction. Click HERE for more on 'Chateau Ivor' and HERE to see the brochure from when the estate was for sale. Photo from the Gould family collection.

'Chateau Ivor' Aerial 2

Continuing on yesterday's post, here's another aerial of 'Chateau Ivor', the Charles A. Gould estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1908 in Dix Hills. Click HERE for more on 'Chateau Ivor' and HERE to see the brochure from when the estate was for sale. Photo from the Gould family collection.

'Chateau Ivor' Aerial

An aerial of 'Chateau Ivor', the Charles A. Gould estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1908 in Dix Hills. Click HERE for more on 'Chateau Ivor' and HERE to see the brochure from when the estate was for sale. Photo from the Gould family collection.

When 'Chateau Ivor' Was For Sale

A brochure advertising 'Chateau Ivor', the Charles A. Gould estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1908 in Dix Hills, with landscaping by the Olmsted Brothers. Gould, an accountant from Buffalo, organized a steel coupling manufacturing company named the Gould Coupler Company and was also in charge of the Gould Realty Company which had numerous land holdings in New York City. Click HERE for more on 'Chateau Ivor'. The house has since been demolished but click HERE to see where it would have stood on google earth.

Brochure from the Gould family collection.

The Charles A. O'Donohue Residence

The Charles A. O'Donohue residence designed by H. Craig Severance of Severance & Schumm c. 1917 in Huntington Bay, as seen in winter. Click HERE for more on the Charles A. O'Donohue residence and click HERE to see the residence on google earth.

The Charles A. O'Donohue Residence

The residence of Charles A. O'Donohue designed by H. Craig Severance of Severance & Schumm c. 1917 in Huntington Bay. Click HERE for more on the O'Donohue residence. Click HERE to see where it stands on google earth.

'The Cedars'

'The Cedars', the Harry Bellas Hess estate designed by Howells & Stokes c. 1914 in Huntington. Click HERE for more on 'The Cedars'.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1919.