Tremedden, Ocean Road, Bridgehampton

Tremedden, Ocean Road, Bridgehampton. The Richard Esterbrook home.

Tremedden was the Bridgehampton home of Richard Esterbrook, Jr. It was located on Ocean Road, just south of Minden, the former John E. Berwind estate. Mrs. Berwind was the niece of Antoinette Esterbrook.

This wonderful Victorian style house is no longer existing.

Otto H. Kahn's Estate Oheka, Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Oheka from the terrace. 

Sketch by Chester B. Price
http://www.oheka.com/

The estate is also used in the popular TV Series," Royal Pains". 

Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930

Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930, Gary Lawrance & Anne Surchin, Acanthus Press 2007.

Please read the following links for reviews and previews,

Acanthus Press

New York Social Diary

Period Homes

Acanthus Press Publishers

Here is the new catalog for Acanthus Press. Many great books that everyone's library should have! http://www.acanthuspress.com/PDF/2012Web.pdf

Houses of the Hamptons, Ballyshear

The garden at Ballyshear. Photo from the Frances Benjamin Johnston collection at the Library of Congress.

Ballyshear is one the great houses of the Hamptons, still maintained as a private  residence.
Last year it was bought by New York  City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. Please click HERE to read the chapter on Ballyshear from, " Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930" by Gary Lawrance & Anne Surchin, Acanthus Press 2007.

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