Gold Coast Grand Gestures, Part 3

The third post in a series. For Part 1 and Part 2.

Some Gold Coast residents received such decadent wedding presents from their parents as their own North Shore estate.

Apple Trees, home of Junius S. Morgan © Long Island's Gold Coast

Frances Tracy Morgan and siblings © Long Island's Gold Coast

Paul Pennoyer, husband of Frances Tracy Morgan © PJM

Round Bush, home of Paul and Frances Tracy Pennoyer (née Morgan) © PJM

Financier J.P. Morgan gave his children approximately 30 acres each on Duck Pond Road and a home designed by Roger Bullard.

Harry Guggenheim and wife.

Falaise © Sands Point Preserve

Daniel and Florence Guggenheim gave up their private golf course in order to give their son Harry and his bride, Falaise, a French Norman style home perched on a bluff overlooking Hempstead Harbor.

The Field's Caumsett © North Shore Long Island Country Houses, 1890-1950

Marshall Field and his wife Evelyn build their dream homes together in Manhattan (at 70th and 5th Avenue, razed) and Lloyd Neck (now Caumsett State Park).

Friends and family at Chelsea © Long Island's Gold Coast

Bridge near Yangtze River, inspiration photo taken by Alexandra Moore, 1921
© Long Island's Gold Coast

The Moore children on the Moat Bridge at Chelsea © Long Island's Gold Coast

Benjamin and Alexandra Moore designed Chelsea in Muttontown with the help of Delano & Aldrich and hundreds of pictures taken on their honeymoon trip to Europe and Asia. 

Gold Coast Grand Gestures, Part 2

The second post in a small series. For Part 1, click here.

Elaborate weddings were also commonplace in this era, with great country houses serving as backdrops for well-to-do brides and grooms, like F. W. Woolworth’s daughter, who utilized her future in-laws playhouse for their wedding, transforming the indoor tennis court into a lush garden of flowers that is rumored to have exhausted supplies of local florists.   

© Long Island's Gold Coast

Herbert Pratt of the Braes (now Webb Institute) had the ceremonies at their home and the couple received a charming home in Glen Head by renowned Carrère & Hastings.  

© Oheka Castle Hotel & Estate

© Oheka Castle Hotel & Estate

Besides being one of the most desirable locations for brides to be married today, Oheka was the first choice for owner Otto Kahn's daughter, Maude, to be married—the home movies of which can be seen on the Oheka website.

© Planting Fields Foundation

© Planting Fields Foundation

Natalie Coe got married at her parent’s estate Planting Fields with an elaborate garden party in May of 1934.