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George Whitney. Below, his estate 'Home Acres' designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1915 in Old Westbury. Click HERE for more on 'Home Acres'.

'Brose' Clark

Ambrose Clark, owner of 'Broad Hollow House' in Old Westbury, seen taking a jump about 1920 from Church of the Advent: The First Fifty Years by Frederic Underwood, Ph.D. Click HERE for more on 'Broad Hollow House'.

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E.D. Morgan. Below, his estate 'Wheatly' designed by McKim, Mead & White between 1890 and 1900 in Old Westbury. Click HERE for more on 'Wheatly'.

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What better way to wrap up the series on 'The Chimneys', the Howard C. Brokaw estate designed by Horace Trumbauer c. 1916 in Brookville, than with a picture of his family. Click HERE for more on 'The Chimneys'. The undated photo is from the Library of Congress.

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George Monroe Moffett. Below, his estate 'Les Bois' designed by Mott Schmidt c. 1927 in Brookville. Click HERE for more on 'Les Bois'.

Photos from the Library of Congress/James Hogarty.

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Isaac Guggenheim. Below, his estate 'Villa Carola', designed by Howard van Buren Magonigle c. 1916 in Sands Point. Click HERE for more on 'Villa Carola'.

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Daniel Guggenheim. Below, his estate 'Hempstead House', originally built for Howard Gould by Richard Howland Hunt of Hunt & Hunt c. 1909 in Sands Point. Click HERE for more on 'Hempstead House'.

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Paul D. Cravath and daughter Vera. Below, 'Veraton', the first of three houses he would build that would bear Vera's name. The original was designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1905 in Lattingtown and burned to the ground in 1908. Click HERE for more on the first 'Veraton'. Click HERE for more on the second 'Veraton', built c. 1911.

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Colgate Hoyt and wife. Below, his estate 'Eastover' designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen c. 1891 on Centre Island. Click HERE for more on 'Eastover'. The photo is dated c. 1910 in the Library of Congress which makes it difficult to determine which wife this was. Hoyt's first wife died in 1908 (Lida Sherman) and he didn't remarry until 1912 (Katherine Sharp).

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Harry Guggenheim and wife. Below, his estate 'Falaise' designed by Frederick Sterner c. 1923 in Sands Point. Click HERE for more on 'Falaise'.

In other news... this is my 1,000th post.

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Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden (nee Cynthia Burke-Roche, later Mrs. Guy Fairfax Cary). Below, her estate 'Oak Hill' designed by John Russell Pope c. 1915 in Brookville. Click HERE for more on 'Oak Hill'.

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Mrs. Cortland D. Barnes (nee Katherine Lansing Barney). Below, 'Nonesuch House', the Barnes estate designed by Peabody, Wilson & Brown c. 1918 in Manhasset. Click HERE for more on 'Nonesuch House'.

Mrs. C.C. Rumsey (nee Mary Harriman). Below, the Rumsey estate designed by F. Burrall Hoffman Jr. c. 1910 in Brookville. Click HERE for more on the C.C. Rumsey estate.

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Goodhue Livingston (pictured with Mrs. Oren Root). Below, his estate 'Old Trees' designed by himself c. 1911 in Southampton. Click HERE for more on 'Old Trees'.

Henry P. Davison (pictured in 1913). Below, his estate 'Peacock Point' designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Lattingtown. Click HERE for more on 'Peacock Point'.

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J.P. Morgan Jr. Below, his estate 'Matinecock Point' designed by Christopher Grant LaFarge c. 1913 in Glen Cove. Click HERE for more on 'Matinecock Point'.

Ralph Pulitzer. Below, his estate 'Kiluna Farm' designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1910 in North Hills. Click HERE for more on 'Kiluna Farm'.

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Lathrop Brown. Below, his estate 'Land of Clover' designed by Peabody, Wilson & Brown between 1912-1917 in St. James. Click HERE for more on 'Land of Clover'.

Myron C. Taylor. Below, his estate 'Killingworth', a pre civil war farm house enlarged by Harrie Lindeberg c. 1922 in Lattingtown. Click HERE for more on 'Killingworth'.

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Charles Sabin and wife (pictured in 1917). Below, their estate 'Bayberry Land' designed by Cross & Cross c. 1918 in Southampton.

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Foxhall Keene. Below, his estate 'Rosemary Hall' designed by George Freeman c. 1902 in Old Westbury.

Frederick E. Guest. Below, his estate 'Templeton' designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1918 in Brookville.

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Otto Kahn. Below, his estate 'Oheka' designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1915 in Cold Spring Harbor.

Clarence Mackay. Below, his estate 'Harbor Hill' designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1899 in Roslyn.

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Irving Brokaw and wife Lucile. Below, their estate 'Frost Mill Lodge' designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1926 in Mill Neck.

Frederick Gilbert Bourne. Below, his estate 'Indian Neck Hall' designed by Ernest Flagg c. 1897 in Oakdale.