Showing posts with label James Brown Lord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Brown Lord. Show all posts

Sunday, July 22, 2012

The Delmonico Building

The Delmonico Building designed by James Brown Lord c. 1896 at Fifth Avenue and 44th Street in New York City.  Built for Charles C. Delmonico, the building housed a restaurant and banquet hall and was the largest of all of the Delmonico establishments.  The restaurant closed in 1923 and the building was demolished in 1925.  Photo from The Brickbuilder, 1899.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Gen. A.D. Andrews Estate

 The General A.D. Andrews estate designed by James Brown Lord c. 1900 in Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York.  Andrews, a former Adjutant General, was head of the Asphalt Trust and president of the Barber Asphalt Paving Company.  I do not know if the house is extant.


Photos from Architecture, 1901.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The Charles L. Hyde Estate

 The Charles Livingston Hyde estate designed by James Brown Lord c. 1899 in Tuxedo Park, New York.  Hyde, member of the defunct banking firm of Hyde & Jackson, was president of the Brunswick and Birmingham Railroads and vice-president of the New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad.  Hyde's daughter would marry Darragh Park of Old Westbury, NY and their daughter Edith would marry Alastair Martin, son of Bradley Martin of 'Knole' also in Old Westbury.  The residence burned in 1962.




Photos from Architecture, 1900.