Posts Tagged as ‘Nassau County Museum of Art’

January 14, 2009

Jerusha Dewey Cottage, Roslyn NY

The Jerusha Dewey Cottage is on the grounds of Clayton, in Roslyn NY.  I visited it on October 8, 2008.  The cottage is not open to tour.   It was the guest house for William Cullen Bryant and it was built in 1862.
There are many paths to walk in the woods at Clayton.  The Jerusha [...]

January 14, 2009

Clayton, Roslyn NY

On October 8, 2007 I visited this estate.
Clayton was originally built in 1904 by the architect  Ogden Codman, Jr for Lloyd Bryce on land that was once owned by William Cullen Bryant.  In 1917 the estate was purchased by Henry Clay Frick for his son, Childs Frick and his new wife, Frances.  In [...]