Abundantly styled with decorative elements and colors, the house was executed in light buff stucco with contrasting limestone-tinted cornices and columns. A standing-seam tin roof painted peacock blue complemented the turquoise Venetian grills and blinds and shutters.
A flat-roof portico supported by fluted Doric columns and flanked by a pair of relief medallions on the second-story dominates the facade. Four classical urns were placed along the front edge of the portico roof, which was enclosed in black wrought-iron railing, forming a balcony off the second-floor front bedroom suite. A belt course running beneath the recessed second story divides the two levels of the central block.
The original terra-cotta panels flanking the front door can be seen above. Note the missing urns and railing above the portico. RESIDENCE OF ERNEST P. DAVIES, ESQ., ROSLYN, LONG ISLAND. N. Y. c. 2007 |
Located in the wing adjacent to the dining room is the kitchen, pantry, servants' hall, bedrooms, and porch. RESIDENCE OF ERNEST P. DAVIES, ESQ., ROSLYN, LONG ISLAND. N. Y. c. 2007 |
Two guest suites and the enclosed south porch occupied the wing off the drawing room.
The U-shaped floor plan creates a grassy courtyard accessible from the sun room, drawing room, dining room, guest room, and enclosed south porch. Full-length windows and doors on the first floor and double-hung sash windows on the second floor provided abundant light and ventilation.
LIBRARY RESIDENCE OF ERNEST P. DAVIES, ESQ., ROSLYN, LONG ISLAND. N. Y. |
The library is positioned at the center of the first floor and surrounded by the public entrance hall, drawing room, dining room, and sun room.
A small curved stairway in the entrance hall ascended to the second-floor owners' suites.
Dean Alvord, one of the earliest large home, developers in the United States, began to sell houses and sites in Roslyn Estates in the village of Roslyn. The area's 263 acres, complex topography, winding roads, and rustic beauty make it unique among suburban communities developed during the early 20th century. Thirty-four houses were erected by Alvord by 1920 in a variety of revival styles. In 1915 one of these houses was built for Mr. Davies with designs by Architect William Lawrence Bottomley. Ernest Pinckney Davies was a member of the stock brokerage firm E. H. H. Simons and Co., died in 1934. Married Marguerite Helene Walbridge, who died in 1966. She was the daughter of Henry David and Lucy Sivey Walbridge of "Waldene" in Roslyn. The Davies house is one of a few that remains essentially as built.
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A small curved stairway in the entrance hall ascended to the second-floor owners' suites.
Nassau County 1939 Long Island Dolph & Stewart, 1939 |
Dean Alvord, one of the earliest large home, developers in the United States, began to sell houses and sites in Roslyn Estates in the village of Roslyn. The area's 263 acres, complex topography, winding roads, and rustic beauty make it unique among suburban communities developed during the early 20th century. Thirty-four houses were erected by Alvord by 1920 in a variety of revival styles. In 1915 one of these houses was built for Mr. Davies with designs by Architect William Lawrence Bottomley. Ernest Pinckney Davies was a member of the stock brokerage firm E. H. H. Simons and Co., died in 1934. Married Marguerite Helene Walbridge, who died in 1966. She was the daughter of Henry David and Lucy Sivey Walbridge of "Waldene" in Roslyn. The Davies house is one of a few that remains essentially as built.
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Thanks to Ray Spinzia for the updated information on Mr. Davies.
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