Three Houses By Hoppin & Koen

Three houses designed by Hoppin & Koen in Aiken, South Carolina.  The first is 'Sandhurst', the W.H. Sands estate built c. 1900.  Click HERE to see 'Sandhurst' on bing.  The second is 'Hopelands', the Charles Oliver Iselin estate built c. 1900.  The house was demolished in 1970 but the grounds are open to the public as Hopeland Gardens.  The third is the F.S. Taylor estate built c. 1901.  It is unconfirmed if the Taylor house is extant.  Image from Architectural Review, 1902.

The Richard T. Wilson Jr. Residence

The Richard Thornton Wilson Jr. residence designed by Frances Laurens Vinton Hoppin of Hoppin, Koen & Huntington c. 1906 at 15 East 57th Street in New York City.  Wilson was a banker at his father's firm of R.T. Wilson & Co and was heavily involved in thoroughbred horse racing.  In 1896 he joined forces with Harry Payne Whitney, brother-in-law of his sister Grace Wilson Vanderbilt (who was married to Cornelius Vanderbilt III), to purchase the Saratoga Race Course.  Wilson's older brother Marshall Orme was married to Caroline Astor, brother of J.J. Astor IV, sister Mary was married to Ogden Goelet and sister Belle was married to Sir Michael Henry Herbert.  The residence has since been demolished.  Photo from the Museum of the City of New York.

'Armsea Hall'

 'Armsea Hall', originally the General Francis Vinton Greene estate designed by Frances Laurens Vinton Hoppin of Hoppin & Koen c. 1901 on Ocean Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island but pictured here under the ownership of Charles Frederick Hoffman.  Hoffman was President of the Union Club and Treasurer of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.  He died at 'Armsea Hall' at the age of 63 in 1919 and the estate was passed on to his wife.  The following decades saw a series of owners and the estate was eventually purchased for development.  'Armsea Hall' was demolished c. 1969.  Click HERE for an early 1930s aerial photo.

Photos from American Homes and Gardens, 1906.

The Charles W. Cooper Estate

 The Charles William Cooper estate designed by Hoppin & Koen c. 1892 in Tuxedo Park, New York.  Cooper was the nephew of Peter Cooper of New York City.  He was a trustee of Peter Cooper's glue factory and of the Williamsburg Savings Bank.  Click HERE to see the Cooper estate on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architecture, 1900.

The J.F.D. Lanier Residence

The residence of James F.D. Lanier designed by Hoppin, Koen & Huntington c. 1904 on East 35th Street in New York City. Click HERE to see the Lanier residence on Long Island. Click HERE to see the Lanier residence on google street view.

Photos from American Architect & Architecture, 1904.