Houses of the Hamptons

The 4th Annual Tour of Southampton Homes

The Southampton Historical Museum will be holding their annual house tour this Saturday from 1:00pm to 4:30pm. A champagne reception will follow afterwards from 4:30 - 6:00 pm. Always a wonderful event and a chance to visit homes rarely seen!

Please contact the Southampton Historical Museum for tickets at,

www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org

631.283.2494

" Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930"

Villa Mille Fiore, Southampton, New York.

On April 27th 2013 at 2pm, Gary Lawrannce, AIA architect and co-author of, " Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930 will be speaking at the Southampton Historical Museum about some of the great mansions of the Hamptons.

The talk will open with brief history of the founding of the Summer Colony, then go on to discuss the following houses,


Wooldon Manor, Jesse Woolworth Donahue's magnificent mansion at Southampton, once called the most opulent home in the Hamptons.

Black Point, H.H. Roger's seaside villa at Southampton.

Bayberry Land, The English styled manor of Charles & Pauline Sabin at Southampton.

Chestertown House, the 50 room oceanside home of Henry DuPont.

Villa Mille Fiore, Albert Boardman's incredible two towered Southampton mansion modeled on Rome's Villa de Medici.

Red Maples, Alfred Hoyt's enormous Mediterranean mansion at Southampton.

The Orchard, The sprawling Southampton Colonial Revival home of James L. Breese.

This event is being sponsored by the Southampton Historical Museum and The Rogers Memorial Library. To read about some of these houses, please click HERE for New York Social Diary's review of "Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930".

Please click HERE for reservations.

For more on the great estates and homes of America's Gilded Age, please visit the following,

Mansions of the Gilded Age

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This group, now with over 2000 members, including many architects, designers, historians, museum curators, artists and lovers of the period has become a popular place to read others comments, add your own or ask questions if your researching or just curious about these great estates and homes, many demolished and lost forever.

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Architectural House Models of Houses in the Hamptons, Long Island's Gold Coast and New York City built by Model Maker Gary Lawrance, AIA of Lawrance Architectural Presentations, Stony Brook, New York.

Please click HERE to read online today's article, "Scaling Down Expectations" in the Wall Street Journal's real estate section, "Mansion", about architect Gary Lawrance, AIA and his firm, Lawrance Architectural Presentations.

Below are a few more photos of architectural models that have been created by architect/model maker Gary Lawrance, AIA. My firm, Lawrance Architectural Presentations has been building architectural models for many notable Hamptons architects for over 20 years. These models have been used during design development, for Architectural Review Boards, ARBs or for presentation pieces to be appreciated as art works in the completed home. I also do many models for architects on Long Island's North Shore where villages such as Old Westbury and Brookville require architectural models for new construction or major renovations. For more information please contact me at, lawrance@optonline.net Please also visit my other blog, Mansions of the Gilded Age and friend Gilded Age Mansions on facebook and ask to join the group, Mansions of the Gilded Age.

Click HERE to see a listing of other media sources and exhibitions where more examples of my work can be seen at the bottom of this post.

Architectural Model Created for John Laffey Architect, Watermill, New York.


Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by John Laffey Architect,Watermill, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by John Laffey Architect,Watermill, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architetcural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by John Laffey Architect,Watermill, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by John Laffey Architect,Watermill, New York.

Architectural Model Created for Katherine McCoy Architect, Bridgehampton, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Katherine McCoy Architect, Bridgehampton, New York.


Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Katherine McCoy Architect, Bridgehampton, New York.

Architectural Model Created for John David Rose Architect, Southampton, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by John David Rose Architect, Southampton, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by John David Rose Architect, Southampton, New York.

Architectural Models Created for Preston T. Phillips Architect, Bridgehampton, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Preston T. Phillips Architect, Bridgehampton, New York.


Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Preston T. Phillips Architect, Bridgehampton, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a New York City Townhouse designed by Preston T. Phillips Architect, Bridgehampton, New York.

Architectural Models Created for Frank Greenwald Architect, East Hampton, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Frank Greenwald Architect, East Hampton, New York.


Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Frank Greenwald Architect, East Hampton, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Frank Greenwald Architect, East Hampton, New York.


Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Frank Greenwald Architect, East Hampton, New York.

Architectural Models Created for Fleetwood/McMullan Architects, East Hampton, NewYork.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Fleetwood & McMullan Architects, East Hampton, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Fleetwood and McMullan Architects, East Hampton, New York.

Architectural model by Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Fleetwood and McMullan Architects, East Hampton, New York.

Architectural Models Created for Andrew V. Giambertone & Associates, Architects, Cold Spring Harbor New York.

Architectural Models Created for Peter Cook Architect, Southampton, New York.

Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930

"Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930" by Gary Lawrance & Anne Surchin

Please visit my Amazon store for a few books from my collection I have listed for sale. Today I have listed a copy of, " Houses of the Hamptons,1880-1930" autographed by both authors, Gary Lawrance and Anne Surchin. Copies of this book are now rare and becoming a collectible.

Please click HERE to bid on eBay.

Architectural House Models of Hamptons Houses Created by Model Maker/Architect Gary Lawrance, AIA of residences designed by Peter Cook Architect, Southampton, New York.

Below are architectural models that have been created by architect/model maker Gary Lawrance, AIA for Southampton, New York Architect, Peter Cook. My firm, Lawrance Architectural Presentations has been building architectural models for many notable Hamptons architects for over 20 years. These models have been used during design development, for Architectural Review Boards, ARBs or for presentation pieces to be appreciated as art works in the completed home. I also do many models for architects on Long Island's North Shore where villages such as Old Westbury and Brookville require architectural models for new construction or major renovations. For more information please contact me at, lawrance@optonline.net

Please click HERE to read online, "Scaling Down Expectations" in the Wall Street Journal's real estate section, "Mansion", about architect Gary Lawrance, AIA and his firm, Lawrance Architectural Presentations.

Please click HERE and HERE to see a listing of other media sources and exhibitions where more examples of my work can be seen.

Architectural model by model maker Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Peter Cook Architect, New York.


Architectural model by model maker Gary Lawrance, AIA Lawrance Architectural Presentations of a Hamptons home designed by Peter Cook Architect, New York.

Peter Cook Architect, AIA