"Inisfada" - North Hills, New York (Pt. 3)

Part I on the history of "Inisfada" can be viewed here and part II here

Courtesy of History Center at the Manhasset Public Library (n.d.)

After the estate's public days had ceased, another sale was held by Capo Auction in November 2013 to sell off the remaining few pieces of value that were kept by the Jesuits. It raised $50,000 for Fordham University. In an attempt to repurpose the former organ, the Organ Clearing House of Boston was retained for for a two-week intensive dismantling, but after a few years of lying in storage, the parts were disposed of in April 2019.

"Villa Carola"/"Trillora Court" - Sands Point, New York (Pt. 1)

"Villa Carola" in Sands Point was designed c. 1916 in the Italian Renaissance Revival style by H. Van Buren Magonigle on originally 210 acres of land for Isaac Guggenheim who was an industrialist and financier. Guggenheim worked as a member of the Guggenheim Brothers mining holding company and director of American Smelting and Refining Co., National Park Bank, Plaza Bank, International Banking Corp., Lincoln Trust Co., and the Port Washington National Bank. He also worked as president of the Mexican Union Railway.  He was a member of the Lotos Club, Criterion Club, and Temple Emanu-El of Manhattan. The Guggenheim Brothers had their office on the 35th floor of 120 Broadway in Manhattan. Guggenheim also had a townhouse at 763 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The estate was named after Guggenheim's wife, Carrie.

"Warburton Hall"/"Hillwood" - Brookville, New York (Pt. 1)

The "Hillwood" estate in Brookville, New York first had its start as a country house named "Warburton Hall" which was designed c. 1911 in the Spanish Revival style by Addison Mizner on 177 acres of land for William Albert Prime, Sr. in what was known as Wheatley Hills. Prime was an industrialist who served as founder of the National Dredging Co. and director of Great Lakes Transit Co., Illinois Ship & Dredge Co., Charles E. & W. F. Peck Insurance, Cuban Oil Co., and Paso Robles Oil. He was also affiliated with the Marsh & McLennan insurance brokerage. Having appeared in the Social Register guide, it is obvious that they were in the high echelons of Long Island society. Prime was an avid horse-racer and yachter, with a 150' long vessel. Prime was also an early member and commodore of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club. The estate was to be used as a summer home to complement their winter home in Palm Beach, Florida.

"Inisfada" - North Hills, New York (Pt. 2)

Part I on the history of "Inisfada" can be viewed here and part III here

"Wild Bank" - Sands Point, New York

"Wild Bank" in Sands Point was designed c. 1907 by the firm of Trowbridge & Ackerman in the Mediterranean Revival/Arts and Crafts style on 2.5 acres of land for Alexander Buel Trowbridge {architect}. Trowbridge graduated from the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in 1890 and served as a named partner of the architecture firm of Trowbridge & Ackerman which had their offices at 114 East 28th Street in New York City. He also served as Dean of the College of Architecture at Cornell University from 1897-1902. Considered among the ‘who's who’ of New York, he was a member of the Century Association, Boston Architectural Club, and the Architectural League of New York.

"Inisfada" - North Hills, New York (Pt. 1)

"Inisfada" was designed c. 1916 in the Tudor Revival/Jacobean style by John T. Windrim on 300 acres of land as a summer home (from May through October) for Nicholas Frederick Brady. Brady had served as chairman of the New York Edison Co., and a director at Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Westinghouse Electric, National City Bank, Union Carbide and Carbon, et al. After his father, Anthony Brady, stepped down from the New York Gas, Electric Light, Heat, & Power Company, Nicholas became vice president of the Edison Electric Illumination Company and president of the New York Edison Company. He later became president of the New York Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. He was also a member of the Lido Golf Club and the Oakland Golf Club of Bayside. At only 34 years old, he was one of the youngest men in America to be in charge of a major corporation. If that was not enough, Brady married Geniveve Garvan in August, 1906. Ten years later they decided to build a country estate and called upon John Torrey Windrim to design a country home that could emulate--if not rival--those in Europe as a 10th anniversary gift to Geniveve.