'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.

The Weld Boathouse

 The Weld Boathouse designed by Peabody & Stearns c. 1906 for Harvard University along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The building was financed by Harvard alum George Walker Weld.  Click HERE to see the Weld Boathouse on google street view.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1907.

The Olympia Theatre

 The Olympia Theatre designed by William L. Mowll c. 1916 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.  Click HERE for more on the Olympia Theatre which has since been demolished.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1916.

'Eagle Rock'

 'Eagle Rock', the Henry Clay Frick estate designed by Little & Browne c. 1904 in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts.  Frick was the founder of H.C. Frick & Company and later chairman of Carnegie Steel. The house was demolished c. 1969.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1908.

'Overloch'

 'Overloch', the John A. Burnham estate designed by Winslow, Wetherill & Bigelow c. 1907 in Wenham, Massachusetts.  Click HERE to see 'Overloch' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from American Homes and Gardens, 1908.

'The Rocks'

 'The Rocks', the Eben D. Jordan estate designed by Wheelwright & Haven c. 1903 in Manchester, Massachusetts.  Click HERE for more on 'The Rocks'.  Click HERE to see 'The Rocks' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from American Homes and Gardens, 1905.

'Bellefontaine'

 'Bellefontaine', the Giraud Foster estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1897 in Lenox, Massachusetts.  Pictured is the estate in its current incarnation as a Canyon Ranch spa.  Click HERE for more on 'Bellefontaine'.  Photos courtesy of RSKL.

'Bellefontaine'

 'Bellefontaine', the Giraud Foster estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1897 in Lenox, Massachusetts.  Foster was the grandson of Andrew Foster, founder of Foster & Giraud, one of New York City's leading merchants in the second half of the 19th century.  Foster's sister-in-law, Mrs. Richard Gambrill, hired Carrere & Hastings to design her 'Vernon Court' in Newport, Rhode Island during the same time the firm was busy with 'Bellefontaine'.  Foster died at the house in 1945 at the age of 94.  Click HERE for more on 'Bellefontaine'.  Today the estate operates as a Canyon Ranch Spa, click HERE to see 'Bellefontaine' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architecture, 1902.

The Bayard Thayer Estate

 The Bayard Thayer estate designed by Guy Lowell c. 1901 in Lancaster, Massachusetts with landscaping by Herbert W.C. Browne.  Thayer was the grandson of Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Thayer, Unitarian minister of the First Church of Christ in Lancaster and son of Nathaniel Thayer, banker.  His obituary called him simply a "millionaire sportsman".  Today the house operates as the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center.  Click HERE to see the Thayer estate on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architectural Review, 1906.

'Pond Meadow'

'Pond Meadow', the Earle Perry Charlton estate designed by Parker Morse Hooper and Frank C. Farley c. 1918 in Westport Harbor, Massachusetts. Charlton owned E.P. Charlton & Co., five and dime stores, and in 1912 merged with F.W. Woolworth Co., becoming a director and senior vice-president of the company. Click HERE to see 'Pond Meadow' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architecture, 1919.

'The Rocks'

'The Rocks', the Eben Dyer Jordan II estate designed by Wheelwright & Haven c. 1903 in Manchester, Massachusetts. Jordan was head of the firm of Jordan, Marsh & Co., a dry-goods department store co-founded by his father Eben Dyer Jordan Sr. Click HERE to see the Jordan residence on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from American Architect & Architecture, 1904.