Built for George Fisher Baker Jr. by architects Walker & Gillette. According to SPLIA "it is perhaps the most traditional in plan and scale of all the firm's Georgian Revival designs."
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| GATE ENTRANCE AND EASTERLY COTTAGE JUNE 1914 |
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| ENTRANCE GATE APRIL 1914 |
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| ENTRANCE GATE JUNE 1914 |
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| DRIVE TOWARDS ENTRANCE NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| DRIVE TOWARDS ENTRANCE MAY 1914 |
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| DRIVE TOWARDS ENTRANCE JUNE 1914 |
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| ENTRANCE GATE JUNE 1914 |
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| DRIVEWAY FROM ENTRANCE NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| DRIVEWAY FROM ENTRANCE JUNE 1914 |
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| WESTERLY COTTAGE AND GARAGE NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| WESTERLY COTTAGE AND GARAGE JUNE 1914 |
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| EASTERLY COTTAGE NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| FROM DRIVE ACROSS VEGETABLE GARDEN TO MR. ALDRED'S JANUARY 1914 |
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| FROM DRIVE ACROSS VEGETABLE GARDEN TO MR. ALDRED'S JUNE 1914 |
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| SERVICE ENTRANCE FROM DRIVE JANUARY 1914 |
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| SERVICE ENTRANCE FROM DRIVE JUNE 1914 |
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| SOUTH END OF GARDEN BANK FROM DRIVE JANUARY 1914 |
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| SOUTH END OF GARDEN BANK FROM DRIVE JUNE 1914 |
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| VEGETABLE GARDEN ENTRANCE MAY 1914 |
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| SOUTH FRONT OF HOUSE NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| VIEW OF GARDEN WALL AND EMBANKMENT NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| VIEW OF HOUSE FROM SERVICE YARD NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| SOUTH FRONT OF HOUSE DECEMBER 1913 |
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| SOUTH FRONT OF HOUSE JUNE 1914 |
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| FROM ENTRANCE ARCH DOWN DRIVE JANUARY 1914 |
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| FROM ENTRANCE ARCH DOWN DRIVE JUNE 1914 |
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| ENTRANCE ARCH APRIL 1914 |
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| ENTRANCE ARCH JUNE 1914 |
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| ENTRANCE ARCHWAY FROM THE DRIVE JUNE 1914 |
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| SERVICE WING FROM CARRIAGE TURN JANUARY 1914 |
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| SERVICE WING FROM CARRIAGE TURN JANUARY 1914 |
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| SERVICE WING FROM CARRIAGE TURN JUNE 1914 |
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| FRONT TURN AROUND APRIL 1914 |
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| NORTH SIDE OF HOUSE JUNE 1914 |
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| PATH TO TERRACE APRIL 1913 |
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| PATH TO TERRACE JUNE 1914 |
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| BASE OP CARRIAGE TURN WALL NORTH FROM THE SERVICE STEPS JANUARY 1914 |
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| SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSE AND GARDEN FROM ALDRED'S NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| WEST END OF HOUSE FROM TERRACE LOOKING NORTH JANUARY 1914 |
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| WEST END OF HOUSE FROM TERRACE LOOKING NORTH JUNE 1914 |
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| HOUSE AND GARDEN FROM WEST SIDE OF GARDEN NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| HOUSE FROM GARDEN DECEMBER 1913 |
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| SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSE FROM GARDEN APRIL 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN SPRING 1917 |
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| OLD APPLE TREE SOUTH SIDE FROM LAWN APRIL 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| HOUSE FROM GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN SPRING 1917 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN SPRING 1917 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN DECEMBER 1914 |
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| PATH LEADING FROM GARDEN DECEMBER 1913 |
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| PATH LEADING FROM GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| GARDEN DETAIL JUNE 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN APRIL 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN APRIL 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN SPRING 1917 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| FORMAL GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| LAWN AND BENCH JUNE 1914 |
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| SOUTH GARDEN WALL AND THE POOL DECEMBER 1913 |
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| SOUTH GARDEN WALL AND POOL JUNE 1914 |
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| POOL JUNE 1917 |
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| POOL AND GARDEN HOUSES JUNE 1914 |
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| POOL JUNE 1917 |
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| POOL AND GARDEN HOUSES JUNE 1914 |
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| PATH WEST OF GARDEN JUNE 1914 |
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| AIGLON PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION 1920'S |
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| PATH TO SOUND NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| PATH TO SOUND JUNE 1914 |
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| PATH TO PIER APRIL 1914 |
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| PATH TO PIER JUNE 1914 |
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| PROPOSED LOCATION FOR DOCK JANUARY 1914 |
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| PATH TO BOAT FLOAT JUNE 1914 |
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| BEACH AND PIER JUNE 1914 |
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| PIER JUNE 1914 |
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| BEACH FRONT JUNE 1914 |
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| PATH TO BEACH |
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| VIEW OF BEACH FROM CASINO AT "PEACOCK POINT" JUNE 1914 |
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| WOODLAND POND NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| WOODLAND POND NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| WOODLAND POND JUNE 1914 |
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| GROVE NOVEMBER 1913 |
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| GROVE JUNE 1914 |
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| GROVE JUNE 1914 |
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| "VIKINGS COVE" STONY BROOK AERIAL DIGITAL COLLECTION 1947 |
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| Portrait of Edith Kane Baker astride a dappled grey hunter. Sir Alfred Munnings (British, 1878–1959) |
George married Edith Beavoort Kane in 1911. In 1923 his net worth was estimated to be upwards of $300 million.
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| Duchess of Windsor and Edith Kane Baker. |
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| Ann and Bill Woodward. |
On October 1955, the Duchess of Windsor was the guest of honor at "Vikings Cove", along with Ann and Bill Woodward. That night Mrs. Woodward mistook her husband for a prowler and shot him twice, killing him instantly.
Little Viking, Viking I and Viking II - Great Yachts of Long Island's North Shore By Robert B. MacKay
In 1906 Architect A. Stewart Walker married Sybil Kane, sister of Edith Brevoort Kane Baker.
fantastic construction and landscaping photos. archibuff
ReplyDeleteCannot thank you enough for posting these pics. Especially the construction pics. This post, alone, is a Garden Design, course.
ReplyDeleteHave pinned much.
Again, THANK YOU.
Garden & Be Well, XO T
great photos
ReplyDeleteI live near VC, theres a network of tunnels connecting the estate that are now sealed off, although a visible entrance is present at near their gaming parlor. The families that reside near the beach use the garage as kayak storage. Neat!
ReplyDeleteIs this house near Cedar Swamp Road? and was GF Bakers house still there in 1940? I believe my grandfather may have worked in the home, he later worked for the Mortimer Family in Tuxedo Park
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