The Frances Building

 The Frances Building designed by C.P.H. Gilbert c. 1911 at 665 5th Avenue at 53rd Street in New York City.  Financed by Edward Holbrook, the building was designed to house a bank on the ground floor and offices above.  Click HERE for more on the Frances Building which has since been demolished.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1912.

The John R. McLean Residence

 The John Roll McLean residence greatly enlarged and designed by John Russell Pope c. 1907 at 1500 I Street in Washington D.C.  Following McLean's death in 1916 the residence was inherited by his son Edward, husband of Evalyn Walsh McLean.  The house was eventually demolished in 1939. Click HERE for more on the McLean residence.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1908.

The William C. Whitney Residence

The William Collins Whitney residence originally built for Robert L. Stuart by William Schickel c. 1883 with substantial alterations for Whitney by McKim, Mead & White c. 1901 at 871 Fifth Avenue in New York City.  Click HERE for more on the Whitney residence which was demolished c. 1942.  Photo from the Museum of the City of New York.

The William B. Dickson Estate

 The William B. Dickson estate designed by Frank E. Wallis c. 1903 in Montclair, New Jersey.  Dickson was a vice-president of U.S. Steel and later president of the New Jersey Employers' Liability Commission.  He was a founder of the Montclair Art Museum.  It appears the residence has since been demolished.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1909.

The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Residence

 The John D. Rockefeller Jr. residence designed by William Welles Bosworth c. 1913 at 10 West 54th Street in New York City.  Rockefeller moved to 740 Park Avenue in 1936 and this townhouse was demolished in 1938.  The Rockefeller family had a series of properties on West 54th Street, click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the block.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1913.

'Hollow Hill Farm'

 'Hollow Hill Farm', the Paul Moore estate designed by Harrie Lindeberg c. 1914 in Convent Station, New Jersey.  Moore's son Paul Moore Jr. was the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and Newark.  'Hollow Hill Farm' was demolished in the 1980s, click HERE for more on the development.

Photos from Architecture, 1915.

'Avalon'

'Avalon', the Frederick W. Ayer estate designed by Parker, Thomas & Rice c. 1907 in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts.  Ayer was president of the American Woolen Company, textile manufacturers.  His daughter Beatrice was married to General George S. Patton.  Click HERE for interior photos from the Beverly Public Library.  'Avalon' was demolished in 1994.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1913.

'Shady Side'

 'Shady Side', the Wallace Hurtte Rowe residence designed by Rutan & Russell c. 1900 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Rowe was president of the Pittsburgh Steel Company.  The house is believed to have been demolished.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1904.

The Battery Building

The Battery Building designed by Clinton & Russell c. 1899 on State Street in New York City.  The building was adjacent to the Cass Gilbert designed Custom House (though predated it by 8 years) but was demolished in the 1970s.  Click HERE to see a c. 1910 photo of the Battery Building and Battery Park.  Photo from Architectural Record, 1901.

'Mortemar'

 'Mortemar', the Richard Mortimer estate designed by Hunt & Hunt between 1890-1900 in Tuxedo Park, New York.  Click HERE for more on 'Mortemar' which has since been demolished.

Photos from House & Garden, 1905.

'Fox Fields'

 'Fox Fields', the William Struthers Ellis estate designed by Wilson Eyre c. 1910 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Ellis, an attorney and civic leader, was the son of Rudolph Ellis, former president of the Fidelity Trust Company.  The younger Ellis was president of the Board of Commissioners of Radnor Township for many years.  Click HERE for a 1924 aerial of the estate from the Hagley Archives.  'Fox Fields' was demolished in the 1970s.

Photos from Architectural Review, 1914.

The J. Frederic Kernochan Residence

The J. Frederic Kernochan residence designed by Cross & Cross c. 1914 at 862 Park Avenue in New York City.  Kernochan was an attorney and a founder of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.  His wife was a granddaughter of Stephen Whitney, prominent NYC merchant and a founder of Green-Wood Cemetery.  At the time of Kernochan's death in 1929 he was living at 907 Fifth Avenue.  The residence at 862 Park Avenue has since been demolished.

Photos from Architecture, 1914.

The 'Victory Arch'

The 'Victory Arch', built by Mayor John F. Hylan and designed by Thomas Hastings c. 1919 at Fifth Avenue and 24th Street in New York City to commemorate the city's soldiers and war dead.  Click HERE for a 1919 NYTimes article on the arch's conception.  The arch was constructed of wood and plaster with the intention of eventually being replaced by a permanent structure which never happened.  The 'Victory Arch' was eventually demolished.

Photos from Architecture, 1919.

The Frederick Lewisohn Residence

 The Frederick Lewisohn residence designed by Harry Allen Jacobs c. 1910 at 835 Fifth Avenue in New York City (originally built for John W. Herbert).  Lewisohn, whose family had been involved in copper mining, helped found American Smelting and Refining and the United Metals Selling Company.  He merged his companies with H.H. Rogers and William Rockefeller to create the Amalgamated Copper Company, later merging with United Metals and becoming Anaconda Copper Mining Company.  Lewisohn was officially divorced from his wife Rhoda Seligman Lewisohn in 1937 though her name is listed on these photos so it's likely the couple split long before their divorce.  She remarried in 1937 and moved to Kenya.  This residence was demolished in 1929 and replaced with a Rosario Candela designed apartment building.

Photos from Architecture, 1920.

'Hillbrook'

 'Hillbrook', the George Arents Jr. estate designed by Lewis Colt Albro c. 1916 in Rye, New York.  Arents' father was the treasurer of the American Tobacco Company and Jr. was later associated with the American Machine and Foundry Company and the International Cigar Machinery Company.  It seems the house has been demolished sometime in the last twenty years as the front entrance had been for sale as recently as 2007.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1918.

399 Park Avenue

399 Park Avenue designed by Schwartz & Gross c. 1920 at the corner of East 54th Street in New York City.  The apartment building was demolished in the late 1950s and replaced with an office tower financed by Vincent Astor.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1921.

No. 7 & 9 East 48th Street

7 East 48th Street designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1912 and 9 East 48th Street designed by Alfred E. Barlow c. 1912 in New York City.  No. 7 was the John Ruszits Fur Company which had previously been located at Broadway and East 11th Street but lost that location in a fire in 1911.  Click HERE for a 1912 NYTimes article on the opening of this group of shops which have all since been demolished.  Photo from Architecture, 1912.

The Augusta E. Stetson Residence

The Augusta Emma Stetson residence designed by Hunt & Hunt c. 1905 at 7 West 96th Street in New York City.  Stetson helped organize the First Church of Christ, Scientist in NYC in 1887 under direction from Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, and helped finance the construction of the First Church at the corner of Central Park West and West 96th Street c. 1899.  Her house was built behind the church itself, a piece of which can be seen on the right side of the photograph.  In 1909 she was excommunicated on charges of insubordination and false teachings.  Stetson died in 1928 and the residence was demolished and replaced with an apartment house in 1930.  Click HERE to see the First Church on google street view.