'Killenworth'

'Killenworth', the George D. Pratt estate designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913 in Glen Cove. Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Killenworth'.  Photo from SMU's Robert Yarnall Richie Collection.

'Killenworth' and 'Poplar Hill' Aerial

A 1938 aerial of 'Killenworth', the George D. Pratt estate designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913 and 'Poplar Hill', the Frederic B. Pratt estate designed by Charles Platt between 1917-1924 in Glen Cove.  Click HERE for more on 'Killenworth' and HERE for more on 'Poplar Hill'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.

'Killenworth' Gardens

The entrance to the garden at 'Killenworth', the George du Pont Pratt estate designed Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913 in Glen Cove with landscaping by James L. Greenleaf.  Click HERE for more on 'Killenworth'.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1922.

'Killenworth' Interiors

The accompanying interiors to yesterday's post on 'Killenworth', the George duPont Pratt estate designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913 in Glen Cove. Click HERE for more on 'Killenworth'.

Photos from Architectural Review, 1914.

'Killenworth' II

'Killenworth' II, the second incarnation of the George duPont Pratt estate, this one designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913 in Glen Cove on the site of 'Killenworth' I, designed by William B. Tubby c. 1897 which can be seen HERE. Click HERE for more on 'Killenworth' and HERE to see the brochure from when the estate was for sale. Click HERE to see 'Killenworth' on google earth and HERE on bing. Interiors tomorrow.

Photos from Architectural Review, 1914.

'Killenworth'

The first 'Killenworth', the George duPont Pratt estate designed by William B. Tubby c. 1897 in Glen Cove, with landscaping by the Olmsted Brothers. Pratt demolished this house in 1912 and replaced it with his much larger 'Killenworth' by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913, click HERE for more. George, along with brothers Frederic, Harold and Herbert all either demolished and rebuilt or significantly altered their existing Glen Cove country houses starting around 1910. Click HERE to see where the first 'Killenworth' stood and where the current one stands on google earth.

Photos from Architects' and Builders' Magazine, 1900.

'Killenworth' Den

The den at 'Killenworth', the George D. Pratt estate designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913 in Glen Cove. Click HERE for more on 'Killenworth'. Photo from Country Life, 1916.

'Killenworth'

'Killenworth', the George du Pont Pratt estate designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913 in Glen Cove, as featured in a 1919 issue of Arts & Decoration. Below, Mrs. George du Pont Pratt, nee Helen Deming Sherman. Click HERE for more on 'Killenworth'. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Killenworth' was for sale.

Pictures courtesy of The Down East Dilettante.

'Killenworth'

A 1914 article from Country Life in America on 'Killenworth', the George du Pont Pratt estate designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913 in Glen Cove. Click HERE for more on 'Killenworth' and click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Killenworth' was for sale. Click HERE to see 'Killenworth' on google earth.

'Dosoris Park'

A 1916 article from Country Life in America by Benjamin Goodrich on 'Dosoris Park', the Pratt family complex of estates at the northern end of Glen Cove, begun in 1891. All of the Pratt houses are mentioned along with the 'Oval' and stables. Click HERE for more on 'The Braes', the Herbert Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Welwyn', the Harold Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Killenworth', the George Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Poplar Hill', the Frederick Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Seamoor', the Charles M. Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Manor House', the John T. Pratt estate and click HERE for more on the Pratt Oval.

If you would like to enlarge the print more than is possible on here you can view the article in google books by clicking HERE.

'Killenworth'

'Killenworth', the George du Pont Pratt estate designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman c. 1913 in Glen Cove. The house was later purchased by the U.S.S.R. and used as a United Nations retreat. Click HERE to see the brochure from when 'Killenworth' was for sale. Click HERE to see 'Killenworth' on google earth.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1914.

Picture of the Day

The pool at George Dupont Pratt's 'Killenworth' estate in Glen Cove. Click HERE for more on 'Killenworth'. Picture from American Homes of Today.

When 'Killenworth' Was For Sale

A brochure advertising 'Killenworth', the George du Pont Pratt estate in Glen Cove, designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman in 1913. The house was eventually purchased by the U.S.S.R. to be used as a diplomatic retreat (click HERE to see a picture of Nikita Khrushchev on the property in 1963). Click HERE for more on 'Killenworth'.

Brochure courtesy of SPLIA.