tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post3577321123452496985..comments2024-03-17T00:08:48.923-04:00Comments on Beyond the Gilded Age: The Ogden Mills ResidenceZach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-63209199174216564462012-11-07T12:22:43.214-05:002012-11-07T12:22:43.214-05:00As long as we're playing one degree of separat...As long as we're playing one degree of separation, let's also not forget Ogden Mills' sister, Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, whose New York house was the main wing of the Villard houses, and whose country house, 'Ophir Hall' is this weeks feature in Big Old Houses (http://newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1908721). <br /><br />Quite a well-housed family, all-in-all. The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-91269576638531251652012-11-07T12:22:27.649-05:002012-11-07T12:22:27.649-05:00Horace redid this mansion, along with an addition....Horace redid this mansion, along with an addition. not a beautiful mansion, most likely Hunt's worst design. He deviated so far from his typified French gothic and renaissance for this Italian gothic box. Maybe he shouldve went to Venice first before designing this one. But i would love to floorplans. This mansion had a lot of roomschauncy primmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099894744964516223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-66622749229155280102012-11-07T12:03:08.171-05:002012-11-07T12:03:08.171-05:00I have a feeling that this is a house one would ha...I have a feeling that this is a house one would have to see to appreciate---certainly not Hunt's most photogenic. How at odds this exterior is with the lavish French interiors the Mills's later installed (Trumbauer? Do I remember correctly?)The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.com