"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.