tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post7483827590606222920..comments2023-10-26T02:31:21.489-07:00Comments on Mansions of the Gilded Age: Lands End, Sands Point DemolishedGary Lawrancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04375743235145440915noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-37604460455809093142011-04-18T09:36:13.781-07:002011-04-18T09:36:13.781-07:00Yes, I think they are. I was also the last to see ...Yes, I think they are. I was also the last to see it from this vantage point. I hope some others could have gotten there later in the day, but the weather was horrible and the tide was coming in. If it had been a nice day, I would stayed to to the end. It will be missed as a landmark and point of reference.Gary Lawrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375743235145440915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-49388314898658067492011-04-18T07:52:15.330-07:002011-04-18T07:52:15.330-07:00Gary...might these be the last photos of Lands End...Gary...might these be the last photos of Lands End shown entirely intact ever taken? Forget the ones from CBS...those don't count. I think they might be.Zach L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-23583498455304058682011-04-17T17:55:01.262-07:002011-04-17T17:55:01.262-07:00It's so sad to see such beautiful house destro...It's so sad to see such beautiful house destroyed. The staircase from the house is actually for sale. I actually stumbled upon it by accident. It's only $10,500... only... :) Here's a link http://www.ogtstore.com/carved-chestnut-stair-case-railing-and-balcony-rail.htmlStevenGLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534258613449045393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-5422742083581769782011-04-17T11:24:42.269-07:002011-04-17T11:24:42.269-07:00In response to DED -
Yes, you are correct on pare...In response to DED -<br /><br />Yes, you are correct on parentage. Malcolm's grandfather William and great-uncle John founded W. & J. Sloane Carpet Co. (later, a department store). His sister Florence married James Abercrombie Burden, Jr. and resided at Woodside in Muttontown. His wife Eleanor was the daughter of Charles Henry and Lucy Whitney Lee of Westlawn in Southampton. Eleanor's sister Cornelia married William F. Ladd, Jr. of Lawrence and Ocean Castle in Southampton. Cornelia subsequently married Payson McL. Merrill of Syosset.Ray Spinzianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-80765442427524779302011-04-17T08:33:49.946-07:002011-04-17T08:33:49.946-07:00P.S. Unless I'm mistaken, Malcolm Douglas Sloa...P.S. Unless I'm mistaken, Malcolm Douglas Sloane was the son of William Douglas and Emily Vanderbilt Sloane of Elm Court in Lenox?The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-23936998756380524512011-04-17T08:31:50.676-07:002011-04-17T08:31:50.676-07:00Not great architecture, but yet, as we've both...Not great architecture, but yet, as we've both noted, it did its job very well---a big handsome, comfortable house well placed and designed for the site, the right size and shape, the sum of the whole greater than the parts, and it captured perfectly the essence of an era. A fascinating story of changing tastes, fashion, and attitudes, with a dollop of greed thrown in for good measure.<br /><br />One assumes the good Georgian mantels were salvaged?The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-41810670612665067852011-04-17T07:13:30.908-07:002011-04-17T07:13:30.908-07:00Just having watched the CBS Sunday Morning report ...Just having watched the CBS Sunday Morning report of Lands End demolition moved Me in a way which words cannot describe. "Loss" seems to be something which all of Us have been subject to as all of the Great Actors and Actresses are almost gone as well as that way of Life. What We are left with is uncertainty in a time of uncertainty. God Help Us All...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-17134816996655394792011-04-17T06:04:30.962-07:002011-04-17T06:04:30.962-07:00Watch CBS Sunday Morning for story and video of th...Watch CBS Sunday Morning for story and video of the demo.HalfPuddingHalfSaucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322213537553774149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-74971138154939842272011-04-16T15:02:31.306-07:002011-04-16T15:02:31.306-07:00For some reason beyond explanation, this house and...For some reason beyond explanation, this house and its fate has wedged its way deeply into my consciousness. Thanks to both of you for the updates.<br /><br />F.I.<br />Amelia Island FLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028797990091655063.post-75528595775372989432011-04-16T14:25:55.091-07:002011-04-16T14:25:55.091-07:00The house, originally named Kidd's Rocks, was ...The house, originally named Kidd's Rocks, was built by John Scott Browning, Sr. on property he purchased in August 1910. [New York Tribune August 2, 1910, p. 8.] In 1921 Malcolm Douglas Sloane purchased the estate from Browning's widow Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hays Browning. After Sloane's death, his widow Eleanor Lee Sloane married Albert Delmont Smith and resided with him at the former Sloane Sands Point estate which the Smiths called Keewaydin. In 1929 the Smiths sold the estate to Herbert Bayard Swope, Sr., who continued to call it Keewaydin. In 1964 Horace Richter purchased the estate from Swope's widow. In 1968 it was purchased by Irwin Hamilton Kramer and in 1983 by Charles Shipman Payson. The Paysons called the estate Lands' End.Ray Spinzianoreply@blogger.com