"Woodbury House"

USA / New York / Syosset / Jericho Turnpike, 7800
 residence, Tudor (architecture), LIGC - Long Island Gold Coast
Tudor style home built for James Watson Webb, circa 1915, by Cross and Cross. Son of William Seward Webb and Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb {Shellburne Farms in Vermont}. James Webb's daughter, Electra, married Dunbar Bostwick. Had a Tiffany Studios interior when built. James W. O'connor designed tennis building now gone. Now the Syosset-Woodbury Community Park.

www.oldlongisland.com/2011/07/woodbury-house-advertisem...
www.oldlongisland.com/2010/01/woodbury-house_13.html
archive.org/details/countrylife67gard/page/n53/mode/2up
www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qt1m788w8pq7&lvl=19.2...
Moved here in 1921 - wikimapia.org/#lat=40.7663634&lon=-73.6039138&...
Photos - tinyurl.com/3gq5w9m
Article on Webb's father and William's upbringing -www.joesherman.com/photo/shelburnfarms.pdf
www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=7.72556414915...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watson_Webb,_Sr.
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Coordinates:   40°48'36"N   73°29'2"W

Comments

  • We always referred to it as the "Tinker Mansion", named after the last owner of the estate before it became a Town of Oyster Bay Community Park. Just to its west and across the street was the Tinker Barn Theatre which was razed in the 1960's.
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