'Idle Hour'

'Idle Hour', the William K. Vanderbilt estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt c. 1899 in Oakdale.  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more on 'Idle Hour'.  Click HERE to see 'Idle Hour' on bing which is now part of Dowling College.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', originally built for Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point and later owned by William Randolph Hearst.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.

The Louis J. Horowitz Estate

The Louis J. Horowitz estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1918 in Lattingtown.  Click HERE for more on the Horowitz estate which was demolished in 1954.  Photo from the Year Book of the Architectural League of New York, 1918.

'Hempstead House'

'Hempstead House', originally the Howard Gould estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1909 in Sands Point and later owned by Daniel Guggenheim.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Hempstead House'.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', originally the Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont estate designed by Richard Howland Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point and pictured here in 1931 under subsequent owner William Randolph Hearst.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from the Museum of the City of New York.

'Hempstead House'

 'Hempstead House' originally built for Howard Gould by Richard Howland Hunt c. 1909 and later owned by Daniel Guggenheim.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Hempstead House'.

Photos from the Museum of the City of New York.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point and pictured here under the subsequent Hearst ownership.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.

'Brookholt'

'Brookholt', the O.H.P. Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1897 in Hempstead.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Brookholt' which has since been demolished.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.

'Beacon Towers' Before & After

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Above left is the house as it appeared after completion and on the right is as it looked following Mrs. William Randolph Hearst's c. 1927 alterations (click the image to enlarge).  Click HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for all the previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from the Library of Congress.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from the Library of Congress.

'Beacon Towers'

'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for all the previous posts on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from the Fairchild Aerial Survey.

'Beacon Towers' Aerial

An aerial of 'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers' (be sure to scroll past today's post).  Photo from The Vanderbilt Cup Races.

'La Selva' Aerial

An aerial of 'La Selva', the Henry Sanderson estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1915 in Upper Brookville.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'La Selva'.  Click HERE to see 'La Selva' on google earth and HERE on bing.  Photo from the Aiglon Archives.

'Beacon Towers' Aerial

An aerial of 'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from The Vanderbilt Cup Races.

'Beacon Towers' Aerial

An aerial of 'Beacon Towers', the Alva Vanderbilt Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1917 in Sands Point.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Beacon Towers'.  Photo from The Vanderbilt Cup Races.

The Louis J. Horowitz Estate

The Louis Jay Horowitz estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1918 in Lattingtown.  Horowitz was the president of the construction firm Thompson Starrett Co.  That construction company built such NYC projects as the Woolworth Building, the New York Herald Tribune Building and the Equitable Building among others.  The residence was demolished in 1954 but sat on Skunks Misery Road.  Click HERE for more on the Horowitz estate.  Postcard courtesy of the Gary Lawrance Collection.

'Hempstead House'

'Hempstead House', originally the Howard Gould estate known as 'Castlegould' and later the Daniel Guggenheim residence designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1909 in Sands Point.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Hempstead House'.

Photo from the Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, 1913.

'Brookholt' Advertisement

A 1920 advertisement for 'Brookholt', the O.H.P. Belmont estate designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1897 in Hempstead.  Belmont died in 1908 and his widow Alva built 'Beacon Towers' in Sands Point in 1917.  Click HERE for more on 'Brookholt'.  Advertisement from Country Life, 1920.