Glen cove

Glen Cove, NY Morgans Park

I visited this house on January 29, 2012. This Jacobean-styled house was built in 1912 for Herbert Pratt and his wife. It is the second house to sit on this site. (The first house, a Georg…

Here are just a few of the many mansions that once stood or are still standing along the North Shore of New York's Long Island. This area due to the numerous concentration of estates and mansions built during the Gilded Age became known as the, "Gold Coast". It was here that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote and partied with the very rich, famous and celebrated people of the 1920's Jazz Age. The Gold Coast started at Great Neck, where Fitzgerald lived and ran along the Long Island Sound to…

The Great Gatsby isn't just an American classic, but a story of New York in the 1920s. Discover with us these NYC locations and characters.

Frank Woolworth used his fortune from namesake stores selling merchandise for spare change to build his luxurious yet haunted Winfield Hall.

The gorgeous Pembroke Mansion built by Captain Delamar, 1916. It was located in Glen Cove LI and demolished in 1968 ! Colorized postcard.

The multi-day celebration features fireworks, a parade, street fair, live entertainment, an old timers baseball game and more.

'Winfield Hall', the Frank W. Woolworth estate designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1916 in Glen Cove caught fire today under unknown circumstances. Click HERE for the CBS News story on the fire. Photo from HERE.

'The Braes', the Herbert L. Pratt estate designed by James Brite of Brite & Bacon c. 1912 in Glen Cove. Pratt, one of six sons of Charles Pratt, was president of the Standard Oil Company of New York. Click HERE and HERE for more on 'The Braes' and HERE to see the estate as it looks today. Since 1947 it has operated as The Webb Institute. Click HERE to see 'The Braes' on google earth and HERE on bing. Photos from Architecture, 1914.

Pembroke, Joseph R. De Lamar residence, designed by C.P.H. Gilbert, Glen Cove, New York, 1916-1968.