The Vanderbilt Family

Iron Gate detail at the Breakers

Click HERE to read about the Vanderbilt family  in a 1964 article "The Splendor of a Great Family" from Life magazine.

Ballyshear, Southampton New York

Ballyshear shortly after completion

Ballyshear is one of the last great estates ever built in the Hamptons "Gilded Age". Originally set upon vast acreage with commanding views  of the bay it is still today one of the finest properties in the Hamptons.
It has been reported that New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg has recently purchased the estate.
The estate has also been featured in the recent book, "Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930", by Gary Lawrance & Anne Surchin Acanthus Press 2007.

Please follow the links below to read more about Ballyshear, Please visit my other blog, Houses of the Hamptons for more great homes and estates.

Curbed Hamptons
Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930 as reviewed on New York Social Diary
Today's review of Ballyshear  on New York Social Diary
Old Long Island
 

Pensmore Mansion, Missouri

Click HERE to read on " Homes of the Rich" about one of the largest mansions in America being built today. it is called Pensmore and is located outside Kansas City. When completed it will be almost 72,000 Square feet and will join older " Gilded Age" mansions as one of the largest homes in America. Follow the links below for more on Pensmore.

News-Leader.com
New York Times

Beautiful Gardens in America, By Louise Shelton

The Garden at Wooldon Manor, Southampton, New York

Click HERE to view this important book about many of the great gardens of the,"Gilded Age", including Southampton's, " Wooldon Manor", when owned by Dr. Peter Wyckoff, James Breese's, " The Orchard",

Newport and many of the great gardens all around the country circa 1915.