Houses of the Hamptons, Ballyshear

The garden at Ballyshear. Photo from the Frances Benjamin Johnston collection at the Library of Congress.

Ballyshear is one the great houses of the Hamptons, still maintained as a private  residence.
Last year it was bought by New York  City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. Please click HERE to read the chapter on Ballyshear from, " Houses of the Hamptons, 1880-1930" by Gary Lawrance & Anne Surchin, Acanthus Press 2007.

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