'Allen Winden Farm'

'Allen Winden Farm', the William Dick estate designed by Lamb & Rich c. 1888 in Islip with alterations by Howard Major in 1915 and Adolph M. Dick between 1931-1935.  The home is pictured here under the ownership of Dick's son John Henry Dick.  J. Henry Dick was vice president of the Manufacturers National Bank where his father was president.  J. Henry's son William K. Dick, who would himself inherit 'Allen Winden Farm', married Madeline Force Astor, widow of J.J. Astor IV, in 1916 (which ended in divorce in 1933).  'Allen Winden Farm' was demolished in the 1960s.

'Peacock Point'

'Peacock Point', the Charles Otis Gates estate designed by Charles A. Rich c. 1902 in Lattingtown.  Click HERE for more on the first 'Peacock Point'.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of NY, 1902.

'Peacock Point'

The first 'Peacock Point', the Charles Otis Gates estate designed by Charles A. Rich of Lamb & Rich c. 1902 in Lattingtown.  Gates was president of the Royal Baking Power Company and professor of English literature at Adelphi College.  He died in 1906 and his widow would go on to build 'Dormer House' in Lattingtown.  'Peacock Point' was demolished in 1914 and replaced with a Walker & Gillette house by the same name for H.P. Davison seen HERE.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1904.

'Sagamore Hill'

A view of 'Sagamore Hill', the Theodore Roosevelt estate designed by Lamb & Rich c. 1884 in Cove Neck from Suburban Life, 1907. Click HERE for more on 'Sagamore Hill'. Click HERE to see 'Sagamore Hill' on google earth and HERE on bing.

'Talbot House' Interiors Part 2

Part 2 of the interior shots of 'Talbot House', the Talbot Jones Taylor estate designed by Lamb & Rich c. 1895 in Cedarhurst. Click HERE for Part 1 of the interiors and HERE for more on 'Talbot House'. Click HERE to view the 'Talbot J. Taylor Collection' via google books, published in 1906.

Pictures from the Talbot J. Taylor Collection, 1906.

'Talbot House' Interiors Part 1

Part 1 of the interior shots of 'Talbot House', the Talbot Jones Taylor estate designed by Lamb & Rich c. 1895 in Cedarhurst. Click HERE for more on 'Talbot House'.

Pictures from the Talbot J. Taylor Collection, 1906.

The Grounds of 'Talbot House'

The grounds of 'Talbot House', the Talbot Jones Taylor estate designed by Lamb & Rich c. 1895 in Cedarhurst. Click HERE for more on 'Talbot House'. A fire which started in the boiler quickly spread to the rest of the house and burned the mansion to the ground in 1914. Interiors to follow.

Pictures from the Talbot J. Taylor Collection, 1906.

'Talbot House'

'Talbot House', the Talbot Jones Taylor estate designed by Lamb & Rich beginning in 1895 in Cedarhurst. Taylor was a member of the NY Stock Exchange and head of Talbot J. Taylor Co., brokerage firm. He was married to Jessica Harwar Keene in 1892 and began plans for the house shortly thereafter. Jessica Keene was the only daughter of James R. Keene, father of Foxhall P. Keene, brother in law to Talbot who resided in Old Westbury at 'Rosemary Hall'. 'Talbot House' received various additions over the years and grew to be quite large (30 bedrooms). In 1908 Talbot and his wife divorced setting off a public battle over their assets. In 1909 it was decided that Mrs. Taylor would get the house in order to settle "all claims between husband and wife and for the support of Mrs. Taylor and her children in the future". Mrs. Taylor's lawyer told the court that it was her father, James R. Keene, that had paid for most of the couple's life and called it a "lucky day" when Taylor "struck the whimsical fancy of Jessica Keene". Apparently at some point during their marriage the elder Keene bought a house for the couple in Baltimore which Taylor sold and used to profits of which to buy a seat on the stock exchange. He also apparently lost Keene a good deal of money and instead of filing for bankruptcy was released of that debt by Keene ($4 million). Taylor's entire collection of art and antiques in the house was soon auctioned off and the house was destroyed by fire in 1914. Later in 1909 Taylor married Mrs. Marie Zane Cowles, who decorated 'Talbot House'. Their NYTimes wedding announcement mentions that "Mr. Taylor always maintained that his relations with Mrs. Cowles were purely of a business nature" during the years she worked at 'Talbot House'. A court hearing of that year detailed the relationship between Taylor and Cowles, stating that it began as early as 1897 (click HERE to read). Taylor died in 1938 at his home in Nice, France. Click HERE to see where 'Talbot House' stood on google earth.

According to SPLIA, the ceiling in the hall was probably derived from a ceiling in Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire (c. 1599).

Pictures from American Estates & Gardens.

The Front Door to 'Sagamore Hill'

The front door of Teddy Roosevelt's 'Sagamore Hill', designed by Lamb & Rich c. 1884 in Cove Neck. Click HERE for more on 'Sagamore Hill'.

'Sagamore Hill' Revisited

'Sagamore Hill', the residence of Theodore Roosevelt designed by Lamb & Rich c. 1884 in Cove Neck. Click HERE for more on 'Sagamore Hill'.

The Babbott Mansion

I was flipping through a magazine earlier when I saw an advertisement for 'The Lincoln', a recent condo conversion in the Park Slope Historic District in Brooklyn. 'The Lincoln' is the former city residence of Frank Babbott, designed by Lamb & Rich in 1887. Babbott had the architects design him a residence on part of the Pratt estate in Glen Cove in 1890 which can be seen HERE.

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The Frank Babbott estate in Glen Cove, c. 1890, Lamb & Rich.

'Seamoor'

'Seamoor' was built for Charles Millard Pratt c. 1890 by Lamb and Rich. C.M. Pratt was the eldest son of Charles Pratt, and was secretary, director and treasurer of Standard Oil Co., as well as the head of the syndicate that ran the LIRR and was the president of the board of the Pratt Institute. His estate, the first of the Pratt homes to be built in the Dosoris section, was named partially after his wife Mary Seymour Morris and was at one point close to 150 acres. The house is no longer standing.

'Sagamore Hill'

Built for the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, by Lamb and Rich c. 1884. The house is in the Queen Anne/Shingle style, and sits atop a large hill in Cove Neck, Long Island. The home served as T.R.'s summer White House, and back in his day the trees were low enough that the rear porch had a view of the cove and the Sound. In 1905 T.R. had Christopher Grant LaFarge design a trophy room addition, which is the large red room to the left of the porch in the photo above. Teddy loved this house as much as anything else in his life. He is buried nearby at Young's Cemetery. Click HERE to see Sagamore Hill on google earth.

The entryway. The front porch was risen so that one could dismount a horse right onto the porch.

If you enlarge the photo above, you will notice an inscription over the doors that leads to the porch. "Qui Plantavit Curabit" loosely translates to "He who sows shall reap", and was the Roosevelt family motto.

This windmill supplied the house with running water.

Babbott Residence

Built for Frank Lusk Babbott Sr. in 1890 by Lamb & Rich architects in Glen Cove, with Olmsted landscaping. Babbott was married to Lydia Richardson Pratt, daughter of Charles Pratt, and lived around the corner from all of her brothers. The house still stands but was extensively renovated in the 1950's. Click HERE to see the Babbott Residence on google earth.