"Ormston" (Lattingtown, New York)

USA / New York / Lattingtown / Lattingtown, New York
 residence, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
Residence built for John Aldred {public-utilities magnate} c.1913-1918 as a dark gray fieldstone Tudor designed by Bertram Goodhue {Fort Hill}. Structural elements were provided by the Guastavino Fireproof Tile Co. Landscaping by Olmsted on 117 acres. 74-rooms with 2 gatehouses, stable and farm complex.

Along with neighbor William Guthrie, {Meudon} Aldred purchased and then razed half of Lattington in order to obtain a desired view. Listed on The National Register of Historic Places, the former estate is now Saint Josaphat's Monastery.

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Photos -tinyurl.com/24j725q



www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg8qR5Zlfrg
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_Mansions
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Coordinates:   40°53'40"N   73°36'55"W

Comments

  • Adorning the estate are two works of sculpture notable for their beauty and grace. "Nymph with a Butterfly" and "The Three Graces" fountain. The sculpture is the work of J. Selmer-Larsen (1876-1967), sculptor, painter, a founder of the Marblehead (Mass.) Arts Association. Selmer-Larsen worked for the landscape design firm of Frederick Law Olmsted and Arthur Shurtleff. Besides this estate, examples of his work can be found at Boca Grande Hotel (1916-1975) in Florida, the Crane Estate (1915) in Ipswich, Mass., the Rockefeller Chapel, Hyde Park, Chicago; the Widener Library at Harvard (1915). His paintings, model yachts, wood carvings and personal memorabilia can be found through the Marblehead Arts Association, 2 Hooper St., Marblehead; and through his family members, Ann Whittier, 10 River St., Salem, Mass.; and Erik Brown, 139 Sunrise, Palm Beach, Fla.
  • I am happy to be the protector of his fountain of "Three Graces".
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