Mansions of the Gilded Age: October 2011

Friday, October 28, 2011

Pembroke, Glen Cove Long Island

Pembroke

Click HERE to see a great black and white photo of the same view on Old Long Island.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1905 James A. Burden Jr. House -- No. 7 East 9...

Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1905 James A. Burden Jr. House -- No. 7 East 9...: photo by Americasroof In 1898 Andrew Carnegie surprised New York’s wealthy class when he chose to buy land at 91 st Street for his new m...

The Isacc Fletcher Mansion at Fifth Avenue & 79th Street

Photo from Wikipedia

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Daytonian in Manhattan
Scouting New York
Wikipedia

Daytonian in Manhattan: The Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion

Daytonian in Manhattan: The Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion: Without a doubt, the tale of the grand limestone chateau on Madison Avenue at 72nd Street is the one of the most bizarre in New York social ...

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

1020 Fifth Avenue, New York

1020 Fifth Avenue at 87th Street

Click HERE to read in today's New York Times about 1020 Fifth Avenue.
Click HERE to see the magnificent mansion of William Salomon that it replaced at 87th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Winifred Bird and Farnsworth

The organ hall at Farnsworth.

Click HERE to read about the mysterious death of Winifred Bird in Time Magazine.
Click HERE to read a newspaper article from google books about her death also.
Click HERE to see more about Farnsworth, her mansion at Locust Valley.

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