"The Hameau" (Brookville, New York) | Tudor (architecture), LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast, historic remains

USA / New York / Muttontown / Brookville, New York
 residence, Tudor (architecture), LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast, historic remains
Estate home designed c. 1930 in the Tudor style by Roger H. Bullard of the firm of Goodwin, Bullard & Woolsey on originally 32 acres of land for Henry Upham Harris, Sr {financier, capitalist, industrialist}. Upham served as partner of J.P. Morgan & Co., chairman of Harris Upham & Co., and director of Chemical Bank, Southern Pacific Railroad, and Texaco. Inspiration for the entry was taken from Upper Swell Manor, Gloucestershire in England.

The 31.56-acre property includes a gatehouse, a greenhouse, a pool and a tennis court. Louise Payson and Ellen Biddle Shipman jointly designed formal landscaping. The stone used for the estate taken from the excavation of New York City’s subway system tunnels.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_Mansions
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Coordinates:   40°49'25"N   73°33'40"W
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