Showing posts with label Museum of Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museum of Art. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Clayton in Spring

Clayton, the Childs Frick residence in Spring.  Click HERE to see more on Clayton.



Click below to see 'Clayton' in a 1966 aerial shot.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Clayton



Originally built for Stephen Lloyd Bryce in 1901 by Ogden Codman Jr., Childs Frick (son of Henry Clay Frick) purchased the house in 1919 and had alterations done by Sir Charles Carrick Allom.  Today the estate is operated as the Nassau County Museum of Art.  Much of the property is still intact, including many nature trails, open fields and ponds.  Click HERE to see where Clayton is on google earth. 

































The rear of the house faces a large open field and pond.  The museum has placed a variety of large lawn statues all over the property.  The rear faces one on the pond.

















On the property is a house built by the poet William Cullen Bryant in 1860 for Jerusha Dewey.