Category Archives: The Great American House

Traditional American Comfort

Posted November 25, 2014. Filed in Anglo-American Style, Bill Sofield, Bunny Williams, David Easton, English Country House Style, Gil Schafer, Jeffrey Bilhuber, Mark Hampton, Michael S. Smith, Miles Redd, Peter Dunham, Rose Tarlow, The Great American House

When I think of American traditions and our ideas of comfort I cannot separate those ideals from those of our country’s forefathers, the British. Invariably, English style decor figures into the dreamscape of our collective imagination when we design and build our traditional edifices, whether they be Georgian-style manors, British Colonial-style plantations, Regency-style townhouses or […]

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Hunt Country Style

Posted November 17, 2013. Filed in Antony Childs, C. Z. Guest, Colefax & Fowler, English Country House Style, Gil Schafer, Hunt Country Style, Kerry Joyce, Michael S. Smith, Miles Redd, Parish-Hadley, Ralph Lauren, Robert Kime, Simon Blow, Suzanne Rheinstein, The Great American House, Vincent Fourcade, Ward Denton

The time-honored tradition of the hunt is in full swing, beginning as early as September, despite a 2004 law forbidding the actual killing of foxes in the UK, where it originated in the 16th-century. For true hunt masters and their servants (fellow huntsman, not personal attendants or wait staff) it is the thrill of the […]

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Crow Hill

Posted March 4, 2013. Filed in Greek Revival, Neo-Palladian, Neoclassical, The Great American House

Margaret Rogers came to America from Ireland to stay with relatives after the death of her half-brother’s father. Bonds were made and Margaret decided to stay on, eventually marrying Charles Whiting. Here, in New York’s Columbia County, she brought to life her dream of building an 18th-century Irish Neoclassical temple. Fifteen years ago Crow Hill […]

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