Recent Posts Tagged With 'brookville'

• \'Hillwood\'

  Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 06:48 in post, hillwood, brookville

  'Hillwood', the Marjorie Merriweather Post and Edward F. Hutton estate designed by Charles Hart of the firm Hart & Shape c. 1921 in Brookville. Click HERE for more on 'Hillwood'.Pictures from the Architectural Record, 1922....

• When \'Mañana\' Was For Sale

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 06:25 in estate, brookville

  A brochure advertising 'Mañana', the E. Mortimer Barnes estate designed by Thomas H. Ellett c. 1914 in Old Brookville. The formal garden was designed by Annette Hoyt Flanders with specimens provided by Lewis & Valentine. Barnes was a stockbrok...

• When \'Haut Bois\' Was For Sale

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 06:59 in estate, brookville

  A brochure advertising 'Haut Bois', the Walter Effingham Maynard estate designed by Ogden Codman Jr. c. 1916 in Brookville. Maynard was a Francophile and had known Codman for some time, the two of them collaborating to create the house. Jacques Gre...

• When The Watriss Residence Was For Sale

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 08:42 in brookville, delano and aldrich

  A brochure advertising the Frederic Watriss residence designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1920 in Brookville. At some point in the home's life it suffered a major fire that resulted in a renovation that bore little resemblance to the original plan. ...

• 'Oak Hill'

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 07:06 in estate, john russell pope, brookville

  'Oak Hill', the Arthur Scott Burden estate designed by John Russell Pope c. 1915 in Brookville. Burden was president of Burden Iron Works located in Troy, NY. He suffered a polo accident on his estate in 1921 which resulted in his death. His widow...

• Big Tree Farm

  Posted on Saturday September 5th, 2009 at 06:57 in brookville, walker and gillette

  James N. Hill's 'Big Tree Farm' in Brookville, designed by Walker & Gillette c. 1917. Click HERE for more on 'Big Tree Farm'.Pictures from American Homes of Today....

• When 'Broadhollow' Was For Sale

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 07:06 in brookville

  A brochure advertising 'Broadhollow', the Winthrop Williams Aldrich estate designed c. 1926 in Brookville. Click HERE for more on 'Broadhollow'.Brochure courtesy of SPLIA....

• Templeton Aerial

  Posted on Sunday August 30th, 2009 at 08:02 in templeton, thomas hastings, brookville

  An aerial of Frederick Guest's 'Templeton' in Brookville, designed by Carrere & Hastings in 1916 (originally for Alfred duPont). Click HERE for more on 'Templeton'....

• Hillwood Aerial

  Posted on Saturday August 22nd, 2009 at 07:17 in post, hillwood, brookville

  An aerial of Marjorie Merriweather Post and E.F. Hutton's 'Hillwood' in Brookville from a 1930 issue of Country Life in America. Click HERE for more on 'Hillwood'. The thin road running E-W at the top of the picture is Northern Boulevard....

• When 'Elmcroft' Was For Sale

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 07:19 in estate, brookville

  A brochure advertising 'Elmcroft', the Frank C.B. Page residence designed by Little & Browne in Brookville between 1917 and 1920. Page was executive V.P. of E.W. Bliss Co., makers of machinery and munitions for World War I. Little & Browne ...

• Fairleigh

  Posted on Saturday July 4th, 2009 at 06:14 in estate, brookville

  'Fairleigh', the George Brewster estate in Brookville, built by Trowbridge & Livingston c. 1914. Click HERE for more on 'Fairleigh'....

• Brookville Reformed Church

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 07:08 in brookville

  The Brookville Reformed Church, the fourth church to be erected on this site built in 1924.  From the Village of Brookville's website: "In 1732, the Dutch bought the property at the intersection of what we know as Wheatley Road and Brookville Road t...

• Smithsonian's Archives of American Gardens - Fairleigh

  Posted on Saturday June 20th, 2009 at 08:38 in estate, brookville

  More from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Gardens: 'Fairleigh', built by the firm of Trowbridge & Livingston for George S. Brewster c. 1914 in Brookville.  James L. Greenleaf did the landscaping and Alfred Hopkins designed the estate's fa...

• The Orchards II

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 06:19 in estate, brookville

  Above, the George Rathbone Dyer Sr. house designed by Charles Platt c. 1909 in Brookville, featured HERE last week.  Below is the end result of Bradley Delehanty's renovations done in 1939 for Dyer's son Elisha Dyer VII.  This is Delehanty's only I...

• The Orchards

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 06:28 in estate, brookville

  'The Orchards', the George Rathbone Dyer Sr. residence designed by Charles Platt c. 1909 in Brookville.  Dyer was a partner in the brokerage firm of C.I. Hudson & Co. and later Dyer, Hudson & Co..  C.I. Hudson being Charles Hudson, owner of...

• Chateau des Thons

  Posted on Monday May 4th, 2009 at 06:23 in estate, brookville

  In 1928 Ashbel Barney had a French chateau, originally called 'Chateau des Thons' and located outside of Dijon, France, disassembled and shipped to Upper Brookville.  According to Monica Randall, the home was first built in the early 16th century an...