The Ogden Mills Residence

The Ogden Mills residence designed by Richard Morris Hunt between 1885-1887 at 5th Avenue and East 69th Street in New York City.  Mills was a financier, philanthropist, and son of Darius Ogden Mills.  He was married to Ruth T. Livingston and the two were the parents of Ogden L. Mills of Woodbury,  Gladys Mills Phipps of 'Spring Hill' in Old Westbury and Beatrice Mills Forbes.  The house was demolished in the late 1930s and replaced with an apartment building.  Click HERE for more on the Mills estate at Staatsburgh, remodeled by McKim, Mead & White c. 1895.  Photo from Architectural Record, 1895.

840 Fifth Avenue

The John Jacob Astor IV residence designed by Richard Morris Hunt c. 1896 at 840 Fifth Avenue and East 65th Street in New York City.  Click HERE for more on 840 Fifth Avenue.  Photo from the Museum of the City of New York.

840 Fifth Avenue

 The John Jacob Astor IV and his mother Caroline Schermerhorn Astor residence designed by Richard Morris Hunt c. 1896 at 840 Fifth Avenue and East 65th Street in New York City.  The Astors moved into this house after demolishing their brownstone at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue to build the Astoria portion of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.  Click HERE for more on the Astor residence which was demolished in 1926 and replaced with Temple Emanu-El.  The above photo was taken in 1897 and below in 1898 (which is one of the best images of Fifth Avenue before the turn of the century I've seen).  Photos from the Museum of the City of New York.

'The Breakers'

 'The Breakers', the Cornelius Vanderbilt II estate designed by Richard Morris Hunt c. 1893 in Newport, Rhode Island.  Vanderbilt was the eldest son of Commodore Vanderbilt's eldest son William Henry Vanderbilt.  C.V. II built 'The Breakers' on the site of Pierre Lorillard IV's residence of the same name which burned in 1892.  Following C.V. II's death in 1899 the house passed to his widow Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt and following her death in 1934 to their daughter Countess Gladys Szechenyi.  The Preservation Society of Newport County began leasing the house in 1948 and purchased it in 1972.  Click HERE for more on 'The Breakers'.  Click HERE to see the estate on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1895.

'Ochre Court'

'Ochre Court', the Ogden Goelet estate designed by Richard Morris Hunt between 1888-1893 in Newport, Rhode Island. Click HERE and HERE for more on 'Ochre Court'. Click HERE to see 'Ochre Court' on google earth and HERE on bing.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1895.