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| THE NORTHWEST TERRACE. ESTATE OF MRS CLYDE M. CARR, LAKE. FORREST, ILLINOIS Warren H. Manning Offices Inc., Landscape Architects, Cambridge, Mass. |
"The appropriation for a house should be divided into two equal parts, one-half for the house, the other for the gardens, pathways, court, approach, terrace and the rest of it, or, as it might be termed, one-half for the pudding, the other for the sauce." Architect Thomas Hastings
Showing posts with label Harrie T. Lindeberg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harrie T. Lindeberg. Show all posts
Monday, June 10, 2013
THE NORTHWEST TERRACE. ESTATE OF MRS CLYDE M. CARR, LAKE. FORREST, ILLINOIS
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Harrie T. Lindeberg on Round Hill Road, Greenwich, Connecticut for FREDERIC G. ACHELIS
Harrie T. Lindeberg on Round Hill Road, Greenwich, Connecticut for FREDERIC G. ACHELIS.
The property was sold in 2007 for $13,2000,000 and demolished sometime after that.(The music room might have been the reason) The gatehouse can be seen at Google Street View. Click HERE for a range of dates starting from 1934 through 2006 showing surrounding countryside. The most dramatic change can be seen at Google Earths' historical imagery - past 2007 - POOF - GONE. BING still has the house standing.
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| ENTRANCE FRONT MRS. FREDERIC G. ACHELIS GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 1919 |
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| EAST FRONT MRS. FREDERIC G. ACHELIS GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 1919 |
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| Entrance Front - 2007 |
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| 2007 |
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| East Front - 2007 |
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| Backyard - 2007 |
The property was sold in 2007 for $13,2000,000 and demolished sometime after that.(The music room might have been the reason) The gatehouse can be seen at Google Street View. Click HERE for a range of dates starting from 1934 through 2006 showing surrounding countryside. The most dramatic change can be seen at Google Earths' historical imagery - past 2007 - POOF - GONE. BING still has the house standing.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill.
IN considering the work of Mr. Lindeberg it is fair to take the Carr house as illustrative of many important points, many things which make Mr. Lindeberg's country houses definitely different from the usual country house. Different, specifically, from virtually all other work, which, in its general character could he taken as of the same class for purposes of comparison.
The Carr house is one which will long be conspicuous as an expression of a happy freedom of American domestic architecture from the tyranny of "style." Its style is positive
and personal and entirely outside the category of copy-book architecture or "paper" architecture. It is a living proof of its architect's belief that departure from precedent does not need to imply architectural vagary.
From the beginning of his career, Mr. Lindeberg has evidenced his strong architectural convictions in a succession of unusually vigorous solutions of the problems of modern country house design. Nor can these houses be discussed in terms of "style" as "style" is generally understood. They have a distinct "manner" but no "style"—a manner which seems individual and varied when viewed casually, but which adheres with extraordinary consistency to certain essential traits.
This manner, so vitally inspiring in the Carr house, seems to be a direct result of a fearlessly independent spirit, which respects precedent, but is not constrained by it.
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| Plot Plan and Floor Plans Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill. |
Reverting again to the Carr house, a mention of its ingenuity of plan should form part of any critical estimate, for the plan is unusual in itself, while characteristic of the practical resourcefulness of its architect. The plan in this case was devised to afford absolute privacy, not only to the garden front, but also to the front commanding a view of the lake. This was attained by throwing the entrance drive off at an angle and screening it with heavy planting. ***C. Matlack Price 1920***
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| ENTRANCE FRONT Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill. |
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| Entrance Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| Entrance Door Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| View Through garden wall Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| Detail of Service Wing and Yard Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| Entrance Hall Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| Stair hall Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| Morning Room Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| Mantel in Living-Room Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| Loggia Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| South Front Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
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| Wrought Iron Entry Arch with a Large Coach Lamp Residence Clyde M. Carr, Lake Forest, Ill |
"Wyldwood" was a Country House of Character chosen by Architect Harrie T. Lindeberg.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
In The Garden of Henry C. Martin, Glen Cove, Long Island
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| A PATHWAY OF WIDE COLOR RANGE IN THE GARDEN OF HENRY C. MARTIN, ESQ. AT GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND. HARRIE T. LINDEBERG, ARCHITECT; CHARLES GALANTI, GARDENER AND DESIGNER OF THE FLOWER SCHEME. |
In the garden of Henry C. Martin at Glen Cove, Long Island, rose-violet cosmos and lavender-blue sage are companioned with plum balsam and cherry-red and maroon petunias. In these richer colors the designer of flower gardens has a range of selection that is indeed inspiring. The Martin garden, of which Harrie T. Lindeberg was the architect and Charles Galanti the gardener, is perhaps one of the most colorful of modern gardens. Not only are dark blue asters planted with such flowers as blue sage and lavender thistles, but there are combinations of yellow and red flowers that would have been considered insufferable in our one-time gardens. Greenish cream and buff zinnias, saffron and salmon dahlias, giant sunflowers are in the same scene with orange marigold, deep golden coreopsis, brilliant yellow calendulas, brownish yellow gaillardias. Injected in this wide gamut of yellows are reds as startling as the scarlet of the Mexican sage. The secret, however, that permits such striking combinations is that of the impressionistic painter; intermingled with the brilliant yellows and scarlets are the brownish red of heleniums, the plum of balsams, the magenta of straw flowers, the maroon of petunias. In such company of many colors the Mexican sage and sunflowers lose their individuality yet retain the brilliancy that gives vitality to the picture and renders it scintillating with light and palpitant with color energy.
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GLEN COVE, L. I., Feb. 4. 1923 The New York Times—Rescue of a common house cat by Mrs. Richard L. Davisson, daughter of William H. Porter, member of J. P. Morgan & Co.. marked the burning here today of the $150,000 home of Henry C. Martin, cotton goods broker, of 25 Madison Avenue, New York.
Mrs. Davisson was at the Nassau County Club, which adjoins the Martin estate, when flames were discovered in the roof. She hurried to the burning structure accompanied by several other wealthy club members and residents of the vicinity, who succeeded in saving several pieces of valuable furniture. As the blaze spread to the lower floors and further removal of the furnishings became dangerous, Mrs. Davisson saw a cat at a second-story window, and while those about, unable to restrain her, held their breath, she dashed into the blazing hallway and brought the animal to safety.
The fire, supposed to have been started by sparks from the chimney, made steady headway, unchecked by a dozen streams of water from Glen Cove and Locust Valley fire engines, rendered ineffective by inadequate pressure. Mr. Martin, who was called from a skating party on Beaver Lake, Oyster Bay, when the fire started, recently sold the devastated residence to Colonel William N. Dykman, President of the New York State Bar Association. Exactly to whom the property belonged at the time of its destruction could not be learned because it is not known whether the actual transfer of the deed had been consummated.
Smoke and flames from the burning building could be seen for miles and brought to the scene virtually the entire population of the fashionable district in which the house is situated, and, in addition to members of the Nassau County Club, members of the exclusive Beaver Dam Winter Sports Club at Mill Neck, Oyster Bay. Members of these clubs received slight burns as they aided in carrying out the antique chairs, inlaid tables and rare books which the slow progress of the fire permitted to be salvaged from the ground floor. As the flames died out, after also consuming a garage adjoining the house in the rear, many of the wealthy impromptu firemen stood guard over the rescued household furnishings until their removal to the home of Mrs. Jackson A. Dykman, daughter-in-law of Colonel Dykman, on Duck Pond Road.
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| E. Belcher-Hyde Map - 1914 |
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| E. Belcher-Hyde Map - 1927 BELOW - The Nassau Country Club is to the bottom left, St Andrews Lane cuts through the middle with a jog to the west just past Titus Road. Speculations and Possibilities - At the jog or turn to the west you can see landscaping/hedges that could have been the entrance. To the left of this entrance is a smaller shingled structure that is out of character to the neighborhood so perhaps it was a outbuilding of some sort. The area in question matches the above maps. What catches my eye is the double row of trees that can be seen to the west of the country club. Perfect location for "one of the most colorful of modern gardens."
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