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[ARCHITECTURE -- NEW YORK]. [BOWMAN, John McEntee (Owner); WARREN, Whitney & WETMORE, Charles Evan (Architects); BARBER (SuperinBiblio.com

Album of twenty-nine linen-backed photographs detailing the construction from 1920-1922 of the Biltmore Country Club “Westchester Country Club” which upon completion was considered one of the premier hotels and golf courses in the world. These exceptional images submitted to the superintendent for the George A. Fuller Construction Co. open with the laying of foundation and piers in Dec. 1920 and finish with the completed club and grounds in July 1922.

1920réf. 56974New York: George A. Fuller Construction Co. Westchester-Biltmore Country Club 1920-1922. Oblong 4to. 29 linen-backed silver gelatin photos sized 7.75 x 9.75 in. w/ negative numbers & dates at lower fore-edge of image w/in the negative a few stamped for the George A. Fuller Co. Surveying Dept. for Supt. Barber in pencil on verso. Recent black cloth post-binder brass screw posts stamping on front cover NF collection of photos. This revealing set of original photographs provide essential details of the stages of construction for the extraordinary Westchester-Biltmore Country Club. Bowman sought to create the quintessential 1920’s sportsman’s oasis easily reached by automobile or train from Manhattan which along with mechanics maids servers and gardeners eventually featured 45 holes of golf three polo fields bridle path horse racing track tennis courts and a casino. The images open with finishing the footings and foundation in Dec. 1920 with structural steel quickly arising by Dec. 30 1920. The photos show the massive winged structure taking shape steel i-beams set in place and stone and masonry facade installed in stages through August 1921. As shown in many of these photos the project moved quickly enough that the roof had been mostly completed and the facade finished by Jan. 1922 with a series showing snow-covered parking lot and scaffolds still carrying material up the side as the wings were finished staircases enclosed so that by April 1922 the main construction has been completed except for some work in the portico front entrance and finishing touches of masonry and architectural details. Fitzgerald’s Gatsby would have felt more than at home with the finished Club amidst the saltwater pool man-made lagoon 800 bathhouses and dance floor with the total build cost for the project exceedingly $ 6 million in 1922 or $ 100 million currently. Designed by both the Biltmore Co. and George A. Fuller Co’s favorite architects Warren 1864-1943 & Wetmore 1866-1941 who were also known for the Ritz-Carlton Biltmore Commodore & Ambadssador Hotels they were also the preferred architect’s for Vanderbilt’s New York Central RR. No copies of these photos either in the Warren & Webmore Architectural Photographs & Records 1889-1938 Columbia University Avery Library or listed in Warren & Wetmore Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Athaenaeum Uof Penn Philadelphia Hist. Comm. or PA Historical & Museum Comm. See: Westchester Country Club History John McEntee Bowman Founder 2018. George A. Fuller Construction Co., Westchester-Biltmore Country Club, hardcover

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