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Old Long Island is dedicated to the preservation of Long Island's historic 'Gold Coast' estates and the history that goes along with it, as well as other historical sites in the area.
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Old Long Island Turns 2!
Today is the second anniversary of the creation of Old Long Island. After all this time there have been 663 posts, 195 estates featured, a few thousand pictures uploaded, about 50,000 visitors and almost 300,000 page views. So I hope you have enjoy...
\'Notley Hill\'
'Notley Hill', the residence of Huntington Norton designed by Peabody, Wilson & Brown c. 1919 in Oyster Bay. This house was built in between the Barnes and Ladd residences (shown the last two days) in the Long Island Farmhouse style more typical...
\'Farlands\'
More on 'Farlands', the Guernsey Curran estate designed by Guy Lowell c. 1918 in Oyster Bay. The house has since been demolished and the estate's outbuildings have been converted. Click HERE to see the brochure for when 'Farlands' was for sale (a...
\'Wrexleigh\' from House Beautiful, 1914
'Wrexleigh', the John A. Garver estate designed by Stephenson & Wheeler c. 1913 in Oyster Bay from a 1914 issue of House Beautiful magazine. Click HERE for more on 'Wrexleigh'....
When 'The Cliffs' Was For Sale
A brochure advertising 'The Cliffs', the James W. Beekman residence designed by Henry G. Harrison between 1863-65 in Oyster Bay. Beekman was a state senator and philanthropist and built one of the earliest estates in the area. Click HERE to see 'Th...
Farlands
'Farlands', the Guernsey Curran estate designed by Guy Lowell c. 1918 in Oyster Bay from a 1924 copy of American Homes of Today. Click HERE to see 'Farlands' when it was for sale....
When 'Shoredge' Was For Sale
A brochure advertising 'Shoredge', the D.W. Smith estate designed by York & Sawyer in Oyster Bay c. 1910. York & Sawyer both had worked at McKim, Mead & White where Sawyer assisted Stanford White with his residential commissions. Other ...
When 'Sunken Orchard' Was For Sale
A brochure advertising 'Sunken Orchard', originally the Fay Ingalls estate designed by George B. de Gersdorff c. 1914 in Oyster Bay Cove. Ingalls was a founding partner in the firm of Holter, Ingalls & Guthrie (Guthrie was the owner of 'Meudon' ...
When 'Farlands' Was For Sale
A brochure advertising 'Farlands', the Guernsey Curran estate designed by Guy Lowell c. 1918 in Oyster Bay with landscaping by A. Roland Sargent. The house was later renamed 'Mill River Farm' and was demolished sometime in the '50s. The outbuilding...
Sagamore Hill Revisited
'Sagamore Hill', the residence of Theodore Roosevelt designed by Lamb & Rich c. 1884 in Cove Neck. Click HERE for more on 'Sagamore Hill'....
Planting Fields Statuary
One of the numerous statues that dot the property of William R. Coe's 'Planting Fields' in Oyster Bay....
Planting Fields' Tea House
The tea house at William R. Coe's 'Planting Fields' in Oyster Bay....
Picture of the Day
A sundial off the Azalea walk at William R. Coe's 'Planting Fields' in Oyster Bay. It says 'Grow Old Along with Me, The Best is Yet to Be'....
Picture of the Day
A bench under the pergola at one end of the Italian Blue Pool Garden at William R. Coe's 'Planting Fields' in Oyster Bay....
The Grounds of Planting Fields
The courtyard outside the rear of William R. Coe's 'Planting Fields' in Oyster Bay.The 'Camellia House', designed by Guy Lowell between 1917 and 1922.The Italian Blue Pool Garden and tea house, designed by Guy Lowell and Andrew Sargent between 1915 a...
Planting Fields in Spring
'Planting Fields', the William R. Coe estate designed by Walker & Gillette in 1919 in Oyster Bay pictured in Spring. Click HERE for more on 'Planting Fields'. Above, the loggia with sundial, below a close up of the sundial. The view from t...
Picture of the Day
The entrance to the Camellia House at W.R. Coe's 'Planting Fields' in Oyster Bay, designed by Guy Lowell between 1917 and 1922....
