Long Island’s Gold Coast

The Memorial Cemetery of St. John’s Church, Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Another Kind of Planting Fields

The Memorial Cemetery of St. John’s Church, designed by the Olmstead Brothers, who designed the gardens at Planting Fields Arboretum, Oheka Castle and many other Gold Coast Estates – a lovely place to spend an afternoon or an eternity, from the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet.

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Chelsea Manor, East Norwich, NY: A Long Island Christmas Carol

Chelsea Manor, in the Muttontown Preserve in East Norwich, New York, was built by Benjamin Moore and his wife Alexandra. Moore was the great, great grandson of the author of the Night Before Christmas, also known as “a Visit From Saint Nicholas,” Clement Clarke Moore. A Christmas ornament from the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet

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Hempstead House and Castlegould: A Tale of Two Houses in Sands Point, New York

Hempstead House, Sands Point Preserve, Nassau County, Long Island, New York

The history of Castlegould and the Hempstead House in Sands Point, New York. Discover the story behind the construction and life of two of Long Island’s most incredible buildings, view photos of the gothic architecture, and relive the sex and scandal worthy of Jay Gatsby and F. Scott Fitzgerald in this curio from the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet.

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Rosemary’s Farm: "Life’s But A Walking Shadow …"

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Bridge to the stage at Rosemary Farm (Conklin Farm), Huntington, New York. Click here to view larger or to order prints “A poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” William [...]

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