The Captain Marion Eppley Residence

The Captain Marion Eppley residence, a c. 1790 house with alterations by William Lawrence Bottomley in Oyster Bay Cove.  The Eppley residence is currently for sale for $9,500,000, click HERE to see the listing on Daniel Gale Sotheby's.  Click HERE for more on the Eppley residence and HERE to see the house on bing.

Photos from MLSLI.

'Planting Fields'

'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Oyster Bay as seen from the Italian Blue Pool Garden.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Planting Fields'.  Click HERE to see the estate on bing.

'Northwood'

'Northwood', the Mortimer Schiff estate designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1905 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Northwood'.

On the Grounds of 'Boscobel'

On the grounds of 'Boscobel', the Horatio Seymour Shonnard estate with enlargements by Donn Barber c. 1918 in Oyster Bay Cove.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Boscobel'.

Photos from American Architect, 1922.

'Mallow'

 'Mallow', the Walter Farwell estate designed by William Welles Bosworth c. 1918 in Oyster Bay Cove.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Mallow' which is now the East Woods School.  Click HERE to see the residence on bing.

Photos from American Architect, 1922.

'Planting Fields'

'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Planting Fields'.  Photo by Irving Underhill.

'Planting Fields' Aerial

A 1938 aerial of 'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Plating Fields'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.

'Mallow' Aerial

A 1938 aerial of 'Mallow', the Walter Farwell estate designed by William Welles Bosworth c. 1918 in Oyster Bay Cove.  Click HERE for more on 'Mallow'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.

'Northwood' Aerial

A 1938 aerial of 'Northwood', the Mortimer L. Schiff estate designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1905 in Oyster Bay Cove.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Northwood'.  Photo from Stony Brook University's Digital Archive.

The James Byrne Estate

The James Byrne estate designed by Grosvenor Atterbury c. 1906 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE for more on the Byrne estate and what would become 'Planting Fields'.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1908.

The Robert H. Fowler Residence

The Robert Henry Fowler residence designed by Edward S. Hewitt in Oyster Bay.  Fowler was a surgeon and author of Modern Tonsil Surgery, 1930.  He was also a founder and president of the New York Tonsil Hospital.  It is unknown if the house is extant.  Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1921.

'Northwood' Farm Group

 The Alfred Hopkins designed farm group at 'Northwood', the Mortimer L. Schiff estate designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1905 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE for more on 'Northwood' and HERE for more on the farm group.

Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1914.

Italian Blue Pool Garden Then & Now

A mashup of the Italian Blue Pool Garden designed by Guy Lowell and Andrew Sargent between 1915-1918 at 'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE for more on the garden and HERE for more on the estate.

'Fleetwood'

 Another look at 'Fleetwood', the Robert Van Vorst Sewell estate designed by A. Dunham Wheeler c. 1907 in Oyster Bay Cove.  Click HERE for more on 'Fleetwood'.

Photos from American Homes and Gardens, 1909.

'Fleetwood'

'Fleetwood', the Robert Van Vorst Sewell estate designed by A. Dunham Wheeler c. 1907 in Oyster Bay Cove.  Sewell was a painter and sculptor.  Click HERE to see 'Fleetwood' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Country Life, 1911.

'Notley Hill'

'Notley Hill', the Huntington Norton estate designed by Peabody, Wilson & Brown c. 1919 in Oyster Bay.  Norton was a stockbroker.  Click HERE for more on 'Notley Hill'.  Click HERE to see the residence on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architectural Forum, 1919.

'Northwood' Farm Group

The Alfred Hopkins designed farm group to 'Northwood', the Mortimer L. Schiff estate designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1905 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Northwood'.  Click HERE to see the farm group on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architectural Forum, 1919.

'Shoredge'

'Shoredge', the Howard Caswell Smith estate designed by Edward H. Ficken c. 1906 in Cove Neck.  Smith was partner in Charles Hathaway & Co., chairman of the board of Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. and former mayor of the Village of Cove Neck.  He was a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt and helped establish Roosevelt's 'Sagamore Hill' as a national monument following Roosevelt's death.  Smith was also chairman of the Oyster Bay Planning Commission and a member of the Nassau County Planning Commission.  He died in the house at the age of 94 in 1965 and 'Shoredge' was later demolished but click HERE to see roughly where it stood.  Click HERE to see the D.W. Smith estate 'Shoredge' that sits at the foot of the estate.  D.W. was not listed in Smith's obituary so he is not a son, perhaps a brother.  Photo from Garden & Home Builder, 1905.

Oyster Bay in 1905

Oyster Bay Harbor as seen in 1905 from what the photograph noted was the Oyster Bay Yacht Club.  It is possible this photo was taken from the shore of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club on Centre Island.  Photo from the Library of Congress.

'Boscobel'

 'Boscobel', the Horatio Seymour Shonnard estate enlarged by Donn Barber c. 1918 in Oyster Bay.  Click HERE for more on 'Boscobel'.

Photos from House & Garden, 1922.