'Bonnie Manse' Court

The court at 'Bonnie Manse', the Charles E. Finlay residence designed by Little & Brown in Great Neck.  Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Bonnie Manse'.

'Bonnie Manse'

'Bonnie Manse', the Charles E. Finlay residence designed by Little & Brown in Great Neck.  Finlay was one of the developers of the Kensington neighborhood.  Click HERE for more on 'Bonnie Manse'.

The Court at 'Bonnie Manse'

The court at 'Bonnie Manse', the Charles E. Finlay estate designed by Little & Brown in Great Neck.  Finlay was one of the developers of Kensington.  Click HERE for all previous posts on 'Bonnie Manse'.

Postings are likely to be a bit spotty this summer... after 7.5 years I've finally run low on material and am a bit worn out...but shall persevere.  Check back often.

More 'Bonnie Manse'

'Bonnie Manse', the Charles E. Finlay residence designed by Little & Brown in Great Neck.  Click HERE for more on 'Bonnie Manse'.

'Bonnie Manse'

'Bonnie Manse', the home of Charles E. Finlay, designed by Little & Brown in Great Neck. Finlay was the founder and president of the former Aetna National Bank and developer of Douglas Manor in Queens and Kensington in Great Neck by way of the Rickert-Finlay Realty Company. Click HERE to see the Kensington development on google earth.

Kensington, Great Neck

After a short period of this being an 'unknown', the always informative Bruce A. supplied the following:  "It appears that Kensington was a "tony" development in Great Neck. The developer was one Charles E. Finlay and that his "estate" within Kensington was called "Bonnie Manse" the gardens of which are probably the subject of your second photo. My guess is your first photo is of the main gates of the development (it appears that there is a sidewalk within the gates)."

Sure enough, the barely visible name on the second photo is that of C.E. Finlay.