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.

'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.

'Darlington'

 'Darlington', the George Crocker estate designed by James Brite between 1902 and 1907 in Mahwah, New Jersey.  Crocker was in charge of overseeing much of his late father Charles Crocker's estate.  Click HERE for more on the background of the estate.  Click HERE to see 'Darlington' on google earth and HERE on bing.  Click HERE to see Herbert Pratt's 'The Braes', a later and similar design by James Brite in Glen Cove on Long Island.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1912.

The Howard Bayne Estate

 The Howard Bayne estate designed by Alfred C. Bossom c. 1921 in Morristown, New Jersey.  Howard was the son of Samuel G. Bayne, founder and president of the Seaboard National Bank of New York and president of the Security Oil Company.  Howard was vice-president of the Columbia Trust Company.  He held directorships at over a dozen companies and was on the board of the New York Botanical Garden and was treasurer of the American Society for the Control of Cancer and the New York Association for the Blind.  Alfred C. Bossom was married to Bayne's sister Emily (she died in a plane crash in 1932).

Photos from Architecture, 1922.

'Woodedge'

 'Woodedge', the William Stone Post estate designed by George B. Post & Sons c. 1902 in Bernardsville, New Jersey.  William was one of two of Post's sons to enter the architectural trade, thus changing the name of their father's firm to George B. Post & Sons (James Otis Post was the other).  His brother George B. Post Jr. resided at 'Kenilwood' in Bernardsville.  Click HERE for more and HERE to see 'Woodedge' on bing.

Photos from Architecture, 1911.

'Kenilwood'

 'Kenilwood', the George B. Post Jr. estate designed by George B. Post c. 1901 in Bernardsville, New Jersey.  Post was a founder of the brokerage firm of Post & Flagg and son of the noted NYC architect.  He died in the house in 1937 at the age of 72 and his son George inherited the estate.  In 1986 the estate was purchased with plans to be subdivided and in 1988 Mike Tyson acquired the main house and fourteen acres.  Click HERE to see 'Kenilwood' on bing.  The Images of America book on the Somerset Hills says the estate was built c. 1897 by Post as a present for his daughter Harriet's wedding to Thornton Wilson, however that wedding did not take place until 1921.  What makes the Post lineage ever more confusing is the re-use of the name George Post; there was George Browne Post, the architect, and his son George B. Post Jr. (owner of 'Kenilwood').  Post Jr.'s son was named George B. Post Jr. and that Post's son was also named George B. Post Jr. (why isn't he George B. Post IV?)

Photos from Architecture, 1911.

'Claremont'

 'Claremont', the George Browne Post estate designed by himself c. 1903 in Bernardsville, New Jersey.  The house was for sale in 2011 for $10,800,000, click HERE to see the listing.  Click HERE for Post's 1913 NYTimes obituary.  Click HERE to see 'Claremont' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architecture, 1911.

'Kimparo'

'Kimparo', the James Alexander Scrymser residence designed by Trowbridge & Livingston c. 1899 in Seabright, New Jersey.  Scrymser was President of the Central and South American Cable Company and the Mexican Telegraph Company.  In 1861 Scrymser enlisted in the 12th New York Regiment and after serving as a Lieutenant in the 43rd New York Volunteer Regiment was promoted to Captain and served as an aid with the Sixth Army Corps, taking part in all of the battles of the Union Army until 1864.  Following the war he was a pioneer in the telegraph industry connecting the United States with Central and South America, eventually laying a total of 14,300 miles of cable and 2,500 miles of land wires.  'Kimparo' escaped severe damage during a storm in 1914 that apparently destroyed many of Scrymser's neighbor's residences.  It is unknown if the house in extant.  Photo from Architecture, 1900.

'Stronghold'

'Stronghold', originally the James Coleman Drayton estate built c. 1886 and later the John Fairfield Dryden estate altered by George B. Post c. 1899 in Bernardsville, New Jersey.  Dryden was president of the Prudential Insurance Company and U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1902-1907.  In 1903 Dryden purchased the George Post estate which abutted his property.  Following his death in 1911 the estate was owned by his son Forrest F. Dryden.  From 1940-1996 'Stronghold' functioned as the Gill School but has since been returned to a private residence (as of 2005 it was owned by fashion designer Marc Ecko).  Click HERE to see 'Stronghold' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architecture, 1900.

The Hotel Ambassador

 The Hotel Ambassador designed by Warren & Wetmore c. 1919 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  Click HERE for more on the hotel which was ultimately demolished in 1981 and rebuilt as the Tropicana Casino & Resort.

Photos from The American Architect, 1920.

'Georgian Court'

 'Georgian Court', the George Jay Gould estate designed by Bruce Price c. 1898 in Lakewood, New Jersey.  Gould was the railroad tycoon Jay Gould's eldest son who himself was involved with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad.  Following Gould's death the estate became Georgian Court University, click HERE for more.  Click HERE to see 'Georgian Court' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1900.

The Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel

 The Blenheim Hotel addition to the Marlborough Hotel designed by Price & McLanahan c. 1906 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, creating the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel.  The hotel had been owned by the same family for practically its entire life, sold off in 1977 to Reese Palley who had plans to spend $35 million on renovations.  A month later Bally Manufacturing Company of Chicago acquired a 90% interest in the property with plans to spend $50 million on renovations.  A little over a year later Bally decided a renovation was too expensive and the entire hotel was demolished and replaced with Bally's Atlantic City.  Click HERE for more on the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1906.