Mansions

Creation Date

1904-10-21

Creator(s)

President Roosevelt’s summer home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.

View of President Roosevelt’s summer home

Collection

Creation Date

1904-07-11

Creator(s)

President Roosevelt’s summer home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.

Front view of President Roosevelt’s summer home

Collection

Creation Date

1904-07-16

Creator(s)

View across the veranda towards the harbor, Roosevelt home at Oyster Bay, L.I.

View from the side of and across the front of President Roosevelt’s summer home

Collection

Creation Date

1919-04-09

Creator(s)

Keystone View Company

Bulloch mansion, the house of his mother, visited by President Roosevelt, Roswell, Ga.

Several people gathered around the porch of the home of President Roosevelt’s mother

Collection

Creation Date

1905

Creator(s)

Painting of John Mason’s mansion

Painting of John Mason’s mansion. Depicted in the painting is a north view of the mansion as well as the landscaping and drive. Caption on back lists the location as both Analostan and Mason’s Island, which are both previous names for the island now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island.

Collection

Creation Date

1820

Creator(s)

Map of Analostan Island

Map of Analostan Island, later Theodore Roosevelt Island. Depicted on the map is the location of John Mason’s estate as well as the causeway which connected the island tot he mainland. Also included is a rough estimation for the layout of plants and trees on the island.

Collection

Creation Date

1880

Creator(s)

Photograph of remains of John Mason’s mansion

The burnt remains of John Mason’s mansion on Theodore Roosevelt Island.

Collection

Creation Date

1930

Creator(s)

Mason House, Analostan Island, Washington DC: Photographs, written and historical data

Begins with a brief history of the Mason family including how General John Mason became owner of the estate on Analostan Island, later Theodore Roosevelt Island. It continues with a discussion of the appearance of the mansion built by Mason as well the beauty of the island as taken from accounts by contemporaries collected by Charles Cochran. Following the history is an extensive survey of the burnt remains of mansion by Stuart M. Barnette, an architect in the Park Service working for the Historical American Building Survey. Using photographs, observations of the site, and architectural drawings made by himself, Barnette discusses how the mansion might have appeared during Mason’s occupancy and points out the Classical Revival influence in the temple structure of the buildings. Barnette systematically discusses every aspect of the estate describing every room and ancillary building. He particularly focuses on finding an explanation for the incongruous layout of the buildings since according to Classical Revival style the layout would be symmetrical.

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Cochran, Charles; Barnette, Stuart M. (Stuart Moffett), 1905-1992

Creation Date

1936

Creator(s)

Painting of John Mason’s mansion on Mason’s Island

Painting of John Mason’s mansion. Depicted in the painting is a north view of the mansion as well as the landscaping and drive. Caption on back lists the location as both Analostan and Mason’s Island, which are among the previous names for the island now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island.

Collection

Creation Date

1820

Creator(s)

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Letter from Louis M. LeHardy to Theodore Roosevelt

Louis M. Lehardy informs Theodore Roosevelt that the homestead property of his great-grandfather, Daniel Stewart, is up for sale and offers Roosevelt the opportunity to purchase it.

Collection

Creation Date

1911-09-05

Creator(s)

LeHardy, Louis M. (Louis Marcel), 1864-1913

Cliff House, destroyed by fire Sept. 7, 1907, San Francisco, California

Colorized postcard showing a large mansion, Cliff House, on a cliffside by the ocean in San Francisco, California. A steamship visible on the ocean.

Collection

Edward H. Mitchell (Publisher)

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Palais du Grand-Trianon

This postcard shows a view of the palace of the Grand Trianon, looking over the gardens seated outside it.

Collection

ND Phot.; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

Creation Date

1910-12

Creator(s)

Palais du Grand-Trianon – La Façade

This postcard shows the front of the palace of Grand Trianon, located near Versailles. In front of the facade is a large cobbled courtyard, where there are a number of potted trees. A carriage drives away from the palace. Charles C. Myers explains that this palace was built by Louis XIV as a more secluded palace for his wife, Madame de Maintenon, and was a quieter place to hold balls and receptions.

Collection

ND Phot.; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

Creation Date

1910-12

Creator(s)

Palais du Petit Trianon – Cóté du Parc

This postcard shows the palace of the Petit Trianon, another building in the vicinity of Versailles situated near the Grand Trianon. This smaller white building stands in behind a lawn bordered with beds of plants, as well as a reflecting pool holding a statue. Charles C. Myers says that like other buildings in the area, it was used by the royal family as a resort and place of rest.

Collection

ND Phot.; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

Creation Date

1910-12

Creator(s)

Three monuments

On either side of a broad street, “Vanderbilt’s Palace” and the “Cooper Institute to Science and Art” appear. In the distance is “Stewart’s Cathedral” (the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built as a memorial and mausoleum for Garden City’s founder Alexander Turney Stewart). Symbols of wealth frame the left side and symbols of art and science frame the right side. Puck is seated at center, over a quote by Joaquin Miller: “For all you can hold in your cold dead hand is what you have given away.”

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