James M. Mathes Residence (Plandome, New York) | Colonial Revival (architecture)

USA / New York / Plandome / Plandome, New York
 residence, Colonial Revival (architecture)
Residence designed c. 1910 by John A. Gurd for James Monroe Mathes, President and Chairman of the Board of J.M. Mathes, Inc., advertising agency. Mathes began his advertising career with N.W. Ayer & Son, and was an early proponent of radio as a sales medium. He was associated with the "Eveready Hour" radio program of the National Carbon Co., and was a director on the boards of Canada Dry Int'l., Emery Air Freight Corp., C.B. Seeley Sons Co., and Otarion Inc. He moved to Greenwich, CT in 1940. His son, James Jr., died fighting in WWI.

It was subsequently owned by Elaine E. Harding. Gurd also designed a home for Frank Morrell and L.F. Jordan in Plandome.

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Coordinates:   40°48'31"N   73°42'18"W
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