Nid De Papillon featured in New York Magazine

Nid De Papillon at East Hampton.

Click HERE to read the story about this unique mansion in East Hampton, recently featured in New York Magazine. Click HERE for more about Nid De Papillon.

Summer Residences on Ocean Avenue, East Hampton

Ocean Avenue, East Hampton. Postcard : Gary Lawrance Collection.

Here is a beautiful scene on Ocean Avenue of early summer cottages. In the first years of the Hamptons, when it became a fashionable resort for New York's social elite, many of the houses where easily visible from the road. It was only later that the large privet hedges that surround many of the homes in the estate sections, were planted. The house in the foreground was built for Reverend Stephen Mershon circa 1870s. The house in the background was built for Arthur Van Brunt circa early 1900's.

 Amazingly it seems these two homes still exist, looking very much as they always were.See them HERE today on Bing Maps. Make sure you open them in Bird's eye view.

Below are some books I recommend  about historic houses in the Hamptons.

Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930

Gary Lawrance & Anne Surchin

East Hampton's Heritage, An Illustrated Architectural Record 

 Lancaster/Stern/Hefner

Lost Hamptons

Steven Petrow with Richard Barons

Images of America East Hampton

 John W. Rae/East Hampton Library

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Please visit my other blog, Mansions of the Gilded Age. 

Residences on Lily Pond Lane

Residences on Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York.

See this view today HERE.
Make sure to click on Bird's eye view.

Please note that the home on the left called, Little Burlees, built for Edward T. Cockcroft in 1905 and designed by architect, Harrie T. Lindeberg. This beautiful cottage style home was totally destroyed by fire in 2008, which may not be reflected  in all aerial views.

Century old Lily Pond Lane home destroyed by fire.
Little Burlees on Old Long Island.

                                                                                      

Nid De Papillon, East Hampton

Nid De Papillon, East Hampton, New York

Nid De Papillon was built in 1917 on the dunes in East Hampton for Robert Appleton and his wife. It was designed by architect, Frank Eaton Newman and is most noted for its unique shingled roof, recalling the English cottage style. The home is still existing and can be clearly seen from the beach, next to the Maidstone Club. Click HERE to see on Bing maps.

Nid De Papillon is a featured house in, Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930, by Gary Lawrance and Anne Surchin, Acanthus Press 2007. You can preview the book HERE to see some of the homes within. You can also order Housesof the Hamptons, 1880-1930 through Acanthus Press. Be sure to look at their website and at the many other wonderful books that they publish.

Click HERE to read a review of the book in New York Social Diary.

The Restoration of Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens when first built.

Click HERE to read an article from the New York Times about the restoration of the gardens at the Edith Bouvier Beale home in East Hampton, called Grey Gardens. Also after reading the article look through the Grey Gardens News blog for everything you ever wanted to know about, "Grey Gardens".

Grey Gardens Before & After

Grey Gardens in its earliest years

Grey Gardens on You Tube,

Grey Gardens Before and After and After

Then & Now: Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens, East Hampton

Click HERE to go to a fascinating blog about the infamous "Grey Gardens" of East Hampton

Grey Gardens, East Hampton, New York

Here are two views of the house, called Grey Gardens in it's heyday. It was originally called Grey Gardens and was most famous for it's beautiful gardens, designed in shades of grey, blue and pink. It was later owned by the Bouvier family and acquired it's fame as a dilapidated ruin, lived in by Edith Beale and her daughter, known as Little Edie.