"La Selva"/"Delwood" (Upper Brookville, New York)

USA / New York / Mill Neck / Upper Brookville, New York / Planting Fields Road, 1349
 residence, LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast, movie / film / TV location, Mediterranean Revival (architecture)
Former estate of Henry Sanderson/Frederick Wheeler, Mediterranean Villa c. 1915. Hunt & Hunt designed estate, Olmsted did landscaping. Used for sometime as the St. Francis Monastery. A designer showcase was staged on the estate in the mid-2010's.

It is is now in private hands as a residence following a restoration by Schneider Architectural Works. The interior and exterior were used as a filming location for S1E1 of the HBO series "Pan Am", HBO movie "The Many Saints of Newark" (2021), and for the Amazon series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel".

www.oldlongisland.com/2011/05/la-selva.html
www.schneiderarchitectural.com/selected-works/la-selva
halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/2013/06/la-selva-resi...
halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/2014/09/metalwork-des...
archive.org/details/mansionsoflongis00rand/page/207/mod...
www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=%22La%20Selva%22%20for%2...
www.flickr.com/photos/olmsted_archives/albums/721576819...
www.flickr.com/photos/olmsted_archives/albums/721576473...
www.flickr.com/photos/olmsted_archives/albums/721576473...
www.flickr.com/photos/olmsted_archives/albums/721576892...
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1922-10-22/e...
danielmartella.smugmug.com/Library/Mansions/Long-Island...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_Mansions
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Coordinates:   40°52'7"N   73°33'26"W

Comments

  • well preserved most of structure from 1915
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