'Welwyn', the Harold I. Pratt estate designed by Babb, Cook & Willard (pictured here before the Delano & Aldrich alterations) c. 1906 in Glen Cove. These photographs were taken shortly after Pratt had Lewis & Valentine plant numerous Elm trees across the front lawn, all of which have since died. Click HERE for more on 'Welwyn'.
Photos from Examples of Work by Lewis & Valentine, 1916.
The indoor tennis court at 'Welwyn', the Harold I. Pratt estate designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1906 in Glen Cove with extensive alterations by Delano & Aldrich in the 1920s (including the indoor tennis court). It seems that Nassau County rents out the residence that is attached to the tennis court but the court itself fell into a ruinous state many years ago. Click HERE for more on 'Welwyn'. Click HERE to see the tennis court on google earth and HERE on bing.
'Welwyn', the Harold I. Pratt estate designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1906 in Glen Cove. Pratt was a chairman of the board of North American Reassurance Co., president of the boards of North Shore Community Hospital and Brooklyn Hospital and treasurer and director of Morris Building Co. among many other things. He hired Delano & Aldrich to design alterations to the house in the early 1920s which can be seen HERE. Click HERE for more on 'Welwyn' (be sure to scroll past today's post). Click HERE to see 'Welwyn' on google earth and HERE on bing.
Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1907.
The gazebo at the end of the stone pier at the very bottom of 'Welwyn', the Harold Pratt estate in Glen Cove. The structure is completely falling apart and is resting on rusted out steel rods that are sitting on the rocks. Click HERE for more on 'Welwyn'.
A 1916 article from Country Life in America by Benjamin Goodrich on 'Dosoris Park', the Pratt family complex of estates at the northern end of Glen Cove, begun in 1891. All of the Pratt houses are mentioned along with the 'Oval' and stables. Click HERE for more on 'The Braes', the Herbert Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Welwyn', the Harold Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Killenworth', the George Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Poplar Hill', the Frederick Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Seamoor', the Charles M. Pratt estate; click HERE for more on 'Manor House', the John T. Pratt estate and click HERE for more on the Pratt Oval. 
If you would like to enlarge the print more than is possible on here you can view the article in google books by clicking HERE.
A shot if the rear of 'Welwyn', the Harold Pratt estate designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1906 in Glen Cove. The picture is of the house before it received its makeover by Delano & Aldrich in the early 1920s. Click HERE for more on 'Welwyn'. Picture from Country Life in America, 1917.
Recently uncovered from a couple of decades of unabated plant growth are the greenhouses to 'Welwyn', the Harold I. Pratt estate in Glen Cove. The main house was originally designed by Babb, Cook & Willard c. 1906 but Delano & Aldrich gave the house an extensive makeover in the 1920s. Click HERE for more on 'Welwyn'. The weeds around the greenhouses were cleared to create the 'Welwyn Farms Project', a future sustainable farm helping to feed the hungry. Click HERE to visit the 'Welwyn Farms Project' website. Click HERE to see the greenhouses on bing.
The path that leads down from the house to the greenhouses.
The front of Harold Pratt's 'Welwyn' in Glen Cove with a large dead elm tree on the front lawn. Click HERE to see 'Welwyn' with its front lawn full of elms before they died from Dutch Elm Disease.
'Welwyn', the Harold I. Pratt estate in Glen Cove. All images are from the Garden Club of America Collection. (Click for info on the above photo). Click info for additional photos.
Harold I. Pratt's 'Welwyn' estate in Glen Cove pictured here in 1933. 
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The two interiors are not from 1933.
Looking out into the garden and reflecting pool. The house is behind the camera here and the Long Island Sound can just barely be seen over the trees to the left. Photos from the Library of Congress.
An old colorized postcard of 'Welwyn' before the Delano & Aldrich makeover and a photo of 'Welwyn' after the alterations as it looks today, taken during winter of last year.
This picture was probably taken in the early 1930's, showing waiters setting up for a rather large event in the indoor tennis court at Harold I. Pratt's 'Welwyn' estate in Glen Cove. 
The reflecting pool and garden off the western wing of Harold I. Pratt's 'Welwyn' estate in Glen Cove.
Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt in her tulip garden at their estate 'Welwyn' in Glen Cove.
