"I dream't I dwelt in marble halls"
Devoted to the histories and current state of the great mansions of America's Gilded Age.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

"Mansions in the Movies"

Grey Gardens at East Hampton

Click HERE for, " Hooked on Houses" to see many of the mansions we all loved from the movies and TV Shows. Some of the houses, real and sets are from, The Adams Family, Brideshead Revisited filmed at Castle Howard, The Beales Grey Gardens, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and Manderly from Rebecca.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Stuart Blackton, Harbourwood

Click HERE to read about J. Stuart Blackton and his Oyster Bay Cove estate, Harbourwood. Click HERE to read todays story in Newsday.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Mrs. Astor & the Gilded Age

Grand Staircase of Mrs. Astor's Fifth Avenue mansion
Click HERE  to read part 1 about Mrs. Astor and her world on the New York Social Diary.

Click HERE  to read part 2 about Mrs. Astor and her world on the New York Social Diary.

Click the following for more on Mrs. Astors Fifth Avenue mansion at 65th street.

Mrs. Astor's grand staircase.

Floor plans of the Astor's Fifth Avenue mansion.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

"Phenomenal Places" Architect Creates Teeny, Tiny Models of Houses in the Hamptons

Claverack/Keewaydin Architectural model of a historic Southampton residence renovated by Architect, Francis Fleetwood of East Hampton.
Please click HERE for Curbed National's review of the exhibit at the Southampton Historical Museum, " Phenomenal Places" Architectural models by architect,Gary Lawrance, A.I.A.
The exhibit displays a dozen architectural models of beautiful Long Island homes, many built in the Hamptons by local prominent architects such as, Francis Fleetwood, Preston Phillips, Kitty McCoy, Peter Cook and Frank Greenwald.

Follow these links for more about the exhibit.

Curbed Hamptons, Tiny Houses Almost as Expensive as the Real Thing.
Newsday, Where all the best homes start- as scale models. 
Southampton Press, A View from Above: " Phenomenal Places", The Models of Gary Lawrance

Click HERE to go to Old Long Island to find out more about, Claverack Keewaydin which is also featured in " Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930" by Gary Lawrance & Anne Surchin Acanthus Press 2007
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