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Ogden Livingston Mills | Art Property Contained in the Residence of Late Ogden L. Mills, | 1938 | Parke-Bernet Galleries, Incorporated, 1938 Art Property Contained in the Residence of Late Ogden L. Mills, Liberalism Fights on What of tomorrow? Constitutional Liberty... The Cortlandt F. Bishop Collection ...: Furniture & art objects The historic site is located within Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park.[1] The mansion, a New York State Historic Site, is considered a fine example of the great estates built during the Gilded Age. In 1792, Morgan Lewis, the third Governor of New York, purchased an estate covering of about 334 acres (135 ha) and commissioned the construction of a colonial-style house on the site of the present day mansion. In 1832, this first house was destroyed by a fire, said to be an act of arson committed by disgruntled tenant farmers. Work started in 1895 and when completed in the following year, he had turned the house into a Beaux-Arts mansion with 65 rooms, 14 bathrooms, and 23 fireplaces. The cost of the work is reported to have cost about $350,000. Historical records matching Ogden Mills. Ogden Mills in MyHeritage family trees (Pointapedia Web Site). Ogden Mills. Added 2014-03-04 11:09:41 -0800 by Private. A member of The Jockey Club, he raced horses in the United States and maintained a racing stable in France in partnership with Lord Derby. Among their successes in that country, they won the 1928 Grand Prix de Paris with the colt Cri de Guerre, bred by Evremond de Saint-Alary. On his death in 1929, as part of Ogden Mills's bequeaths to his daughter Beatrice, a resident of London, England married to Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, he left her his French racing stable and a home and 73 Rue de Varenne in Paris. That year, Beatrice led all French owners in purses earned. Ogden Mills' sister, Gladys Livingston Mills, married Henry Carnegie Phipps of the prominent Phipps family of Pittsburgh. Ogden and Gladys owned Wheatley Stable, a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation that met with great success and was the foundation of the Phipps racing dynasty. Their stable owned and bred Seabiscuit as well as Bold Ruler who became a leading sire in the United States and whose offspring includes the great Secretariat. Ogden Mills also owned Kantar who won the 1928 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race in France. Ogden Mills Ogden L. Mills, Ogden Livingston Mills August 23, 1884 â“ October 11, 1937 was an American lawyer, businessman and politician He served as United States Secr. Later lifeedit. After leaving the Treasury Department, Mills was highly critical of Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal policies He continued to be active in business, and published his views in two books, What of Tomorrow in 1935 and The Seventeen Million in 1937. Mills served on the boards of the Lackawanna Steel Company, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Mergenthaler Linotype Company and the Shredded Wheat Company. Ogden Mills' sister, Gladys Livingston Mills, married Henry Carnegie Phipps of the prominent Phipps family of Pittsburgh. Ogden and Gladys owned Wheatley Stable, a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation that met with great success and was the foundation of the Phipps racing dynasty. Their stable owned and bred Seabiscuit as well as Bold Ruler who became a leading sire in the United States and whose offspring includes the great Secretariat. Collections. Both Ogden L. Mills and his nephew Ogden Phipps inherited his father's passion for collecting French antiques and works of art. Mills died October 11, 1937 at age 53. See also. Darius Ogden Mills (1825-1910), a Gold Rush adventurer, sailed from New York to California in 1848 at the age of 23. He tried mining for gold but soon abandoned that effort, deciding instead to focus his energies on âœmining the miners.â After one year as a shopkeeper Mills turned an initial $5,000 investment into $40,000 of profits.1 On his next trip to New York, Mills brought back another item that was much needed in Gold Rush California: a large safe. With his reputation for integrity and the reassuring presence of his large safe in the store, miners began to deposit their newfound gold with Ogden L. Mills Pilides Costa Oil on canvas 1933 60 x 42 3/4 x 2 1/2" P.1932.1. Toward the end of his term Secretary Mellon spent much of his time overseas, and President Hoover grew to rely greatly on Mills, who served as Acting Secretary during Mellon's absence. Hoover promoted Mills to Secretary when Mellon vacated the position in 1932. Costa served in the French Foreign Legion and was encouraged by Herbert Hoover, whose official Presidential portrait he painted in 1930, to come to the United States to paint portraits. His portraits of Hoover hang in the White House and in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. Costa painted Ogden L. Mills, Secretary of the Treasury under Hoover, from life in 1933. Page Image..