'Peacock Point'

'Peacock Point', the Henry Pomeroy Davison estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Lattingtown.  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more on 'Peacock Point' which is no longer extant.

'Black Point'

'Black Point', the Henry Huddleston Rogers estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Southampton.  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more on 'Black Point' which is no longer standing.

'Peacock Point'

'Peacock Point', the Henry P. Davison estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Lattingtown.  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more on 'Peacock Point'.

'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.

'Peacock Point'

'Peacock Point', the Henry Pomeroy Davison estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Lattingtown.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Peacock Point' which has since been demolished.

'Black Point'

'Black Point', the Henry Huddleston Rogers estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Southampton.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Black Point' which has since been demolished.  Photo from SMU's Robert Yarnall Richie Collection.

'Peacock Point'

'Peacock Point' the Henry P. Davison estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Lattingtown.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Peacock Point'.  The postcard is mislabeled the Jesse Livermore estate.

'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.

'Black Point'

 'Black Point', the Henry Huddleston Rogers estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Southampton.  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more on 'Black Point' which has since been demolished.

Photos from Arts & Decoration, 1916.

'Big Tree Farm'

'Big Tree Farm', the James N. Hill estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1917 in Brookville.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Big Tree Farm'.  Photo from the Aiglon Archives.

'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 Henry Fletcher Godfrey Estate

The Henry Fletcher Godfrey estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1910 in Old Westbury.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Godfrey estate which has since been demolished.

'Kiluna Farm'

'Kiluna Farm', the Ralph Pulitzer estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1910 in North Hills.  Pulitzer was the son of Joseph Pulitzer and publisher of the New York World.  The estate is pictured here in 1942 under the ownership of William S. Paley (before his 1947 marriage to Barbara Cushing Mortimer, better known as Babe Paley).  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Kiluna Farm' which was demolished c. 1990 after an arson fire destroyed much of the building.

Photos from the Library of Congress.

The H.F. Godfrey Estate

 The Henry Fletcher Godfrey estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1910 in Old Westbury.  Godfrey was a member of the stock brokerage firm of Winthrop, Mitchell & Co. and was Master of Hounds at the Meadowbrook Hunt Club.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the Godfrey estate which has since been demolished.

Photos from American Homes and Gardens, 1912.

'Peacock Point' Interiors

 The accompanying interiors to 'Peacock Point', the Henry Pomeroy Davison estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Lattingtown.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Peacock Point'.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1917.

'Peacock Point'

'Peacock Point', the Henry Pomeroy Davison estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Lattingtown.  Click HERE for more on 'Peacock Point'.  Interiors tomorrow.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1917.

'Black Point'

'Black Point', the Henry H. Rogers estate designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1914 in Southampton. Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more on 'Black Point'. Photo from Examples of Work by Lewis & Valentine, 1916.

When 'Oliver's Point' Was For Sale

A brochure advertising 'Oliver's Point' the Herbert Ludlam Smith estate designed by Herbert R. Brewster c. 1912 on Centre Island. Smith was a partner in the brokerage firm of Smith & Lewis. The estate was later owned by George Fisher Baker III who renamed it 'Ventura Point' and hired Walker & Gillette to design alterations in the 1930s (as it is pictured here). Baker was the grandson of George Fisher Baker and chairman of the board of First National Bank of New York. The house has since been demolished. Click HERE to see where 'Oliver's Point' stood on google earth.

Brochure courtesy of SPLIA.