Harvard Reject Becomes Banking Legend: Inside Peacock Point on Long Island
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ม.ค. 2024
- Join us on a captivating journey back to the dawn of the 20th century, where we uncover the life of Henry P. Davison, an embodiment of the American Dream. From his modest beginnings to becoming a titan of finance, Davison's story is a testament to ambition and resilience.
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I just really like old houses ☺️
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I'm sorry this beautiful home was destroyed. It stuck me as odd the children would tear it down right after the mother died. Sounds like there might be another story there. Thanks, Ken
Agreed
Property taxes and cost to maintain an aging white elephant designed for an age of many servants.
I've been there. Mrs. Davison died decades after her husband and by then it was very expensive to care for such a house, which was right on the water....supported by a sea wall which needed redoing, I believe, to secure the house, which would have cost millions in todays dollars. Lastly the local property taxes skyrocketed up after world war II, as well as income taxes which reached over 95% in the top brackets. If families like this wanted to secure private school and university educations for their grand children and great grand children they could not afford to keep houses like this going.
@michaelplunkett8059 yes, makes sense.
@@d.annejohnson5631 Yes, good information. Thanks
A lovely, elegant home. I was quite intrigued by the breakfast room with its leaded-glass dome. I wonder if he had peacocks roaming the property?? Thanks for another great video.
Love the porch , hall , dining room , and library
Neo-Georgian….hm, now this house I like. Not too froo-froo with over-the-top architectural elements. Classic, understated with a modern twist. Love it!
Lovely home, would have great to see it maintained, possibly opened as a museum. Love these type homes.
The north shore of Long Island had a 100 or more houses like this...a few are museums or club houses... Wish today's billionaires would buy more of them instead of building new monstrosities....now that would be a public service.
How come you dont do tours anymore? I loved those videos
Thank you, very interesting
What’s on the property now if they demolished the house?
That's what I'm wondering!
They built another large, beautiful home right on the water (I’ve been in it). Very, very pretty.
I think for security purposes, they don’t want people to know about it. Don’t worry: they’re fine!
@@frostpond Thanks 👍🏼
Morgan and others built cottages on Jekyll Island, Georgia. There is a book published about the private club which is now a public park. May be some interesting house stories there.
I was good with the mansion as it was, but was dejected to find out the heirs either had no money or the intestinal fortitude to maintain their parent’s beautiful home. C’est la vie.
It has always amazed me how crowded cities were in the 1800's. I suppose they didn't all have cars, and the cities hadn't yet sprawled all over the landscape, so everything was more centralized. The result is, more people dressed up when they went out because no one wanted to look poor. These days, downtown areas are practically deserted after 5:00, and the general public dress like circus clowns in public. I think it's a shame.
This is more my style - one that is typical of the large brick houses I know from Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD. The dome must have been fantastic in person.
I really liked this house, very comfortable to live in! I noted an extensive use of tall-clocks through out the house, I wonder if he was a horologist? (Why was the house torn down after 1961?) Very cool his descendants still own the property!
Time is money, baby!
Crazy that the Manhattan house survived, but the one on the lot still owned by the family did not.
What a loss! THIS would be my Dream Home, no question. Frankly, I saw Biltmore House last summer, and I would find this much more impressive (but I would make that claim for Hillwood in Washington, DC, as well). Thanks for another awesome video Ken!
And another one bites the dust.
There must be protection for historical palaces and not be allowed to be demolished because they are part of the country's heritage
Who's going to pay for it?
@@garryferrington811 History must be respected and prioritized over financial gain. Most countries in the world respect their urban history. In some countries, there is a law prohibiting the demolition of buildings if they have a historical character. It saddens me to see these palaces that were built and inhabited by influential people at the country level demolished in this simple manner.
Interesting how Henry built his home in Glen Cove...exactly where JP Morgan had his mansion!
What is on the property now?
JP Morgan Jr, senior didn’t have a Long Island home
@@anthonypopola5773 Well. Was there a Jr.? Because there definitely were JP Morgan estates on Long Island and at least 1 was in Glen Cove.
Yes t@@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669 Yes, that house was, I believe Jack Morgans. There were more than one Morgan house on Long Island...one still remains on Peacock Point (adjacent to the original Davison House property, and one remains on Dsoris Island. The Morgan house on East Island, however, was torn down in the 1970's, replaced by many small houses, (which did came with great views, but not much else.)
Property taxes on these north shore of Long Island homes....Lattingtown and Locust Valley,, and especially Glen Cove, are staggering. There were. I believe hundreds of these houses built, but as many as half of them are town down to used for clubs, schools, museums, et.
Very Good!... #47 ✝ {1-29-2024}
Why did so many of these houses get destroyed? What's wrong with people?
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Something doesn't add up because this mansion looks identical to the Jesse Livermore estate. I should know cause I saw a video on him and it literally showed this exact same exterior shot
His estate was “Evermore” on Kings Point. There is only 1 postcard that mislabeled Peacock Point as Jesse’s estate.
ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DESPICABLE DEMOLITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALTHOUGH I LOVE THESE HOUSES, I HAVE NO USE FOR THE FED OR MOST OTHER SCHEMES OF THIS "MODERN WORLD"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shame it was demolished
Personal thought, question, idea. As a gay man I've wondered was there anyone of the Gilded Age that was Gay with a fabulous house? I know of the one black women from this period, but wonder about other minority figures?
Why was the house demolished after kate's death?
staggeringly high property and in the 1950's and early 1960's, income taxes.
Because the heirs were fools with no business acumen. Also, everything in Long Island that's remotely pretty and architecturally-interesting gets bulldozed sooner or later. Where else would they find the space to slop together all those hideous tract homes?
The announcer says George Banker but under his photo it says BAKER.???
It is George F. Baker. look him up
Is this still standing??
The house was torn down after Mrs. Davison's death in 1961.
The only thing that sickens me more than beautiful houses that should have been on the National Register of Historic Places getting the wrecking ball sent through them by developers is beautiful houses that should have been on the National Register of Historic Places getting the wrecking ball sent through them by their own owners. The Davisons should be ashamed of themselves. Although since Henry Sr. arsoned the Gates house to build it -- and the Gates house was nicer than Peacock Point -- I suppose turnabout is fair play, and it's only right that they were both destroyed.
Lost another one...
What a waste of hard work! I’ve heard lot f mansions everywhere is razed.
Treason pays well ...
Not a big Suprise that the children would tear it down ungrateful
They were not ungrateful. It was and remains a lovely family. The were many children and descendants and they were sensible given the non negotiable property taxes by Long Island on such a house