Monday, July 23, 2012

'Georgian Court'

 'Georgian Court', the George Jay Gould estate designed by Bruce Price c. 1898 in Lakewood, New Jersey.  Gould was the railroad tycoon Jay Gould's eldest son who himself was involved with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad.  Following Gould's death the estate became Georgian Court University, click HERE for more.  Click HERE to see 'Georgian Court' on google earth and HERE on bing.






Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1900.

4 comments:

The Down East Dilettante said...

Lipstick on a Pig. One of the most awkwardly magnificent, and most magnificently awkward estates ever built in America. Very entertaining, but oh so vulgar.

The Down East Dilettante said...

I meant to add that this place really is the exact spiritual and aesthetic ancestor of all the new palaces, with their acres of gilt, awkward bronze & marble staircases, their embarrassing statuary---something a Saudi prince might conceive, if Saudi princes were inclined to build on pine barrens in New Jersey

chauncy primm said...

Its different definitely. I don't think Mr Price was that incline to creating magnificent cold interiors like the others. But its very reminiscent of Stanford White's dazzling Italian spaces in Manhattan

Old Grey Dog said...

I toured the mansion in the mid-1960s . . . that staircase, in the Great Hall, IS marble, as well as the facing of the balconies between the tall columns ~ the columns, themselves, were imitation marble. At some point the wrought iron railings had been gold leafed, and were dazzling !!! Fitted red velvet covered the hand rails.