Tuesday, June 2, 2020

"KNOLE" RESIDENCE OF HERMAN B. DURYEA, ESQ. at Westbury, Long Island Designed by Carrere & Hastings

"Knole" is said to be the house that architect Thomas Hastings most wished he could have built for himself.
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Friday, May 8, 2020

Returning to Romanticism "La Ronda"—A Castillan Villa Set in a Lovely Spanish Garden, at Bryn Mawr in Pennsylvania

There was a gate house, garage/stable/carriage house and the 51 room manor house. The grounds were comprised of 233 acres and included a swimming pool, tennis courts and a racetrack for horses. In the halcyon days when "La Ronda" was at it's peak it took a staff of 27 to keep the estate running efficiently.

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Friday, May 1, 2020

THE DOVECOTE on the Farm Group from "Dias Dorados" the Thomas lnce Estate, Beverly Hills

"THE DOVECOTE"'of the Farm Group on the Thomas lnce Estate, Beverly Hills. Roy Seldon Price, Architect. The roof is random laid with Varicolored Granada tile made by Gladding, McBean & Company—Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company. Watercolor sketch by J. E. Stanton.


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Sunday, April 26, 2020

THE ORIGINAL "WINFIELD HALL"

"Winfield Hall"
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Friday, April 17, 2020

"VELEZ BLANCO" 50 East 70th Street New York City

The home of George and Florence Blumenthal, Fifty East Seventieth Street, New York, 1920's

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Saturday, April 4, 2020

"Meudon" The William Dameron Guthrie Estate, Lattingtown, N. Y.

ENTRANCE PORCH TO RESIDENCE
CHARLES P. H. GILBERT, ARCHITECT
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Playhouse at "Florham"

The pool in the Playhouse at "Florham". Murals by Robert Chanler.
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Friday, March 27, 2020

"CAUMSETT" — MRS. MARSHALL FIELD — FIVE THOUSAND ROSES

MRS. MARSHALL FIELD — FIVE THOUSAND ROSES GEORGE STONEHILL, 1933
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Sunday, March 22, 2020