Saturday, September 25, 2010
Miramar, Newport, Rhode Island
The George D. Widener Cottage on Bellevue Avenue, designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1913. Please enjoy the following Links to read! To see another house designed by Trumbauer which is in a similar style to Miramar, but no longer exisiting, click on Rose Terrace, the Anna Dodge mansion at Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Gala House Opening
Garden View
George Dunton Widener
Horace Trumbauer
Luxury Real Estate
Rose Terrace
Sheldon Good & Company
The Widener Family
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Luxurious Newport
Monday, September 20, 2010
The Mansions and Society of Long Island's Gold Coast from Holiday Magazine 1948
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Farnsworth, The Locust Valley estate of C K G Billings
Entrance Gates to the C. K. G. Billings estate.
While the mansion and caretakers cottage no longer remain, the garage and stable buildings have been converted to private residences. The gates still survive, but lead no where and are heavily overgrown, almost unrecognizable.
The Georgian style main house was designed by architect Guy Lowell in 1915. The Billings family sold it to the Wallis Bird family who lived there until the accidental death of Mr. Bird. Mrs. Bird later spent many years in Europe leaving the house short staffed, to fall into ruin and abandonment. The house was demolished in the 1960's and now the estate is subdivided into smaller lots.
Links to more about Farnsworth and it's owners.
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