'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.

'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.

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.

'Planting Fields'

'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Upper Brookville.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Planting Fields' and HERE to see the estate as it appears today.  Click HERE to see 'Planting Fields' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Arts & Decoration, 1920.

The Italian Blue Pool Garden at 'Planting Fields'

 The Italian Blue Pool Garden designed by Guy Lowell at 'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Oyster Bay.  These 1924 photographs were taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Click HERE for more on the Italian Blue Pool Garden and HERE for more on 'Planting Fields'.

Photographs from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

'Planting Fields'

A spread from Town & Country magazine on 'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Oyster Bay. Click HERE for more on 'Planting Fields'.

Article from Town & Country, 1921. Floorplans from Architectural Record, 1921.

The Italian Blue Pool Garden at 'Planting Fields'

The gate to the Italian Blue Pool Garden designed by Guy Lowell c. 1915 at 'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate in Oyster Bay. Click HERE for more on the Italian Blue Pool Garden and 'Planting Fields'.

'Planting Fields' in Spring

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

The Camellia House at 'Planting Fields'

The Camellia House at William R. Coe's 'Planting Fields' in Oyster Bay, designed by Guy Lowell between 1917-22. This was also closed last year for restoration work but was recently reopened. Click HERE for more on 'Planting Fields'.

The Italian Blue Pool Garden at 'Planting Fields'

The Italian Blue Pool Garden and tea house, designed by Guy Lowell and Andrew Sargent between 1915-18 at William R. Coe's 'Planting Fields' in Oyster Bay, now complete after undergoing a few years of restoration. While the general public is not allowed inside you can still walk around the perimeter and get a good look. Click HERE for more on 'Planting Fields'.

The Chanler Mural at 'Planting Fields'

The Buffalo Room painted by Robert W. Chanler in 1920 at 'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Oyster Bay. The Coes spent their summers in Wyoming and I assume had this done to hold them over while they were at this house. Click HERE for more on 'Planting Fields'. Picture from American Homes of To-Day, 1924.

'Planting Fields' Interiors

The accompanying interiors to 'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Oyster Bay. Click HERE for more on 'Planting Fields'.

Pictures from Architectural Review, 1921.

'Planting Fields'

'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1919 in Oyster Bay. Click HERE for more on 'Planting Fields' and HERE to see what 'Planting Fields' looks like in Spring. Click HERE to see the grounds of 'Planting Fields'.

Pictures from Architectural Record, 1921.

Picture of the Day

The front gates to 'Planting Fields', the William Coe estate in Oyster Bay pictured after the last big snowstorm. Click HERE for more on 'Planting Fields'.

Planting Fields Statuary

One of the numerous statues that dot the property of William R. Coe's 'Planting Fields' in Oyster Bay.