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Preservation Long Island SOCIETY FOR THE P RESERVATION OF LONG ISLAND A NTIQUITIES P RESERVATION N OTES N EWSLETTER Vol. L Nos. 1 and 2 Fall 2015 preservation notes TURNS 50! It has become apparent that those of us, interested in conservation and pres- ervation, need to be alerted to threats of destruction to the ideas and irreplaceable things that comprise our heritage, and to the moves designed to avert such threats. These brief notes are designed to alert you. ****** This was the credo Barbara Van Liew (1911-2005) put on the front cover of SPLIA’s firstPreservation Notes edition in March 1965. BVL, as she was affection- ately known, felt Long Island’s cultural Owner Jonathan Pearlroth (right) stands with Jake Gorst (left) grandson of architect, Andrew Geller. heritage needed a voice and she was deter- mined to make a SPLIA newsletter be that DOUBLE-DIAMOND HOUSE Restored If you’ve ever been down Dune Road roth’s mother, Mitch, on one of the walls. in Westhampton Beach, you’ve seen the In the photo, she is wearing Cat Eye sun- Pearlroth House. The modernist structure glasses and is standing on the beach with is no stranger to curious stares. the house in the background. The eventual In 1958, Arthur and Mitch Pearlroth restoration of the house was a collabora- commissioned architect Andrew Geller tive effort of sorts between Pearlroth and to design a modest beach house, and gave Gorst - with Gorst acting as a volunteer him creative freedom to execute his vi- consultant on the project. sion. The end result: a 600 square foot Over the years, the house saw some house with distinctive “double diamonds” changes. Poorly constructed wings were and an interior defined by clever nooks for added in the 1970s to create more space leisure and sleeping. for the family and the ocean air contribut- Barbara Van Liew, 1981. According to architectural historian ed to the deterioration of the additions. By Alastair Gordon, the Pearlroth House “is 2006, they were demolished, leaving the voice for preservation. Volume I of Pres- one of the most important examples of ex- original structure intact. Pearlroth wanted ervation Notes consisted of spring, sum- perimental design built during the postwar to create a larger space for his family but mer, and fall editions covering issues such period – not just on Long Island but any- he also understood the importance of pre- as: a proposed sand and gravel mine in where in the United States. It is witty, bold serving the Pearlroth House as both a fam- Wading River and Shoreham; endangered and inventive.” ily touchstone and as a modernist beacon buildings at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (in- This past spring, SPLIA visited the on Dune Road. cluding the 1806 Commandant’s Resi- newly restored Pearlroth House. Our tour Gorst referred Pearlroth to COOK- dence, designed by Charles Bullfinch); the guides for the day had a personal connec- FOX architects in Manhattan. As Andrew announcement of New York City’s Land- tion to the house: filmmaker Jake Gorst Geller devotees, they devised a solution marks Law; the establishment of architec- is Andrew Geller’s grandson (who has that would allow Pearlroth to build a larg- tural review boards in Northport and Sea devoted much of his professional life to er house on the site for his family while Cliff; and the proposed demolition of the preserving Geller’s legacy) and Jonathan also restoring and moving the Andrew original Garden City Hotel, designed by Pearlroth is the current owner and son of Geller-designed structure closer to the Stanford White. Arthur and Mitch. Pearlroth recounted road. Fifty years later, the credo remains and childhood memories of his playing hide- The goal is to open the modernist struc- SPLIA strives to keep BVL’s voice alive in and-seek in the house; the family’s person- ture to the public for tours by appointment. Preservation Notes, covering preservation al connection to the home is also evident For more information and updates please issues and success stories from the East in an old black and white photo of Pearl- visit: pearlrothhouse.org. - Kate Tuohy River to Montauk. PRESERVATION NOTES Vol. L Nos. 1 and 2 Fall 2015 1 Crown HEIGHTS north III historic DISTRICT, BrooKlyn The Crown Heights North III Historic and two-family row houses. The LPC’s recent historic district des- District in central Brooklyn was designat- The Historic Districts Council, a New ignation of this particular section of the ed by New York City’s Landmarks Preser- York City preservation advocacy group, neighborhood is a major step forward vation Commission (LPC) in March 2015. included Crown Heights North on their in the local community group’s effort to Adjoining the Crown Heights North and annual Six to Celebrate list in 2015, ad- preserve the rich architectural fabric in an Crown Heights North II Historic Districts vocating for the Crown Heights North As- area of Brooklyn that has recently become (designated 2007 and 2011 respectively), sociation’s effort to broaden the neighbor- an epicenter for real estate speculation and the three districts contain more than 1,000 hood’s historic district boundaries. redevelopment. buildings representing a wealth of archi- tectural styles and building types dating from the 1870s to the 1930s. Until the first half of the 19th century, the area comprising present-day Crown Heights North consisted of large tracts of farmland belonging to Brooklyn’s old Dutch families, such as the Lefferts, who also held their family seats there. Follow- ing the opening of the Kings County Ele- vated Railway in 1888 (which ran along Fulton Street to the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge), the area later exploded with hun- dreds of high-style row houses. Referred to as the St. Mark’s District and marketed as “fashionable” and “select,” develop- ment intensified in the early 20th century and led to a proliferation of apartment flats Prospect Place “Super Block,” courtesy of LPC Designation Report. ridgewood, queens: PRESERVATION NOTES RICH IN GERMAN history Late in 2014, New York City’s Land- level of integrity and ambiance that has Vol. L Nos. 1 and 2 Fall 2015 mark Preservation Commission (LPC) distinguished it for the last century. Iss 0885-7326 designated the Central Ridgewood His- During the neighborhood’s rise, Ridge- Jason Crowley, Editor toric District in Queens. The neighbor- wood was considered one of the fastest hood is significant as an intact grouping growing sections of the city. The area Published by of nearly 1,000 buildings of mostly brick was populated mostly by Germans who The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities row house design, representing one of the had first settled in Manhattan’s Lower most harmonious and intact enclaves of East Side and Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. 161 Main Street early 20th century working-class dwell- Many worked in Brooklyn’s sugar refin- P.O. Box 148 ings in the city. The neighborhood was de- eries along the East River and breweries Cold Spring Harbor veloped in the first decades of the last cen- in Bushwick. Though no longer a pre- New York, 11724 tury, leading up to the First World War, by dominantly German community, the LPC [email protected] German-Americans and immigrants from notes Central Ridgewood’s success as a 631-692-4664 Germany. Most of the row houses, featur- comfortable and attractive working-class Credo: It has become apparent that ing round projecting bays, were designed neighborhood that continues to the present those of us who are interested in con- by the architectural firm Louis Berger & day as an aspect of this newly-designated servation and preservation need to be Company. Today, the district retains a high historic district’s significance. alerted to the destruction of the irre- placeable values and environments that comprise our heritage and to the actions proposed to avert such threats. These notes are designed to raise awareness. For SPLIA Membership Information visit www.splia.org or call 631-692-4664 Preservation Notes is listed in the Avery Index to Architectural periodicals and is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts 69th Avenue street view showing typical row houses, courtesy of LPC Designation Report. PRESERVATION NOTES Vol. L Nos. 1 and 2 Fall 2015 2 Buffalo ROOM restoration at COE HALL Over the last several years, major changes have taken place at Coe Hall, the grand medieval revival mansion designed by Walker & Gillette that was completed in 1921 for William Robertson Coe and his wife, Mai Rogers Coe. The Coe’s break- fast room, known as the Buffalo Room for its murals painted by artist Robert Win- throp Chanler in 1920, depicts romantic scenes of the Wyoming landscape where the family owned “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s hunting camp, Irma Lake Lodge, in Cody, Wyoming. Born into a patrician New York fami- ly, Robert Chanler was close friends with Mai Rogers Coe and gave drawing lessons to the Coes’ second son Robert. Described by Robert Coe as “eccentric and almost bizarre,” Chanler’s work often utilized metallic pigments and textured plaster to accentuate the feeling of movement and energy. In the Coes’ Buffalo Room, he used the impasto technique on the mural Detail of Chanler’s Buffalo mural in the Breakfast Room of Coe Hall, 2015. to create a textured relief, and hints of system has been installed (utilizing the to enhance the preservation and interpreta- gold applied to the buffalos give the inti- original forced hot air vents) to maintain tion of the grounds and mansion. mate space a dramatic effect. ideal conditions to preserve the rare mu- The progress on the Buffalo Room Conservators from the New York State rals.
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