Swope’s Mansion
Land’s End, Long Island
Home of newspaper magnate Herbert Bayard Swope, inventor of the “op-ed”
Real-life counterpart to Jay Gatsby’s mansion &/or the Buchanan’s home (Fitzgerald did not write about a particular home but based his fictions on the ones that he knew), built 1902 by architect Stanford White (2002 NY Times article claims this is more legend than fact: “A Whisper Of White, A Hint Of Daisy”; even so, it’s the only one left and was definitely a home Fitzgerald visited)
Remembered only by a sole preservationist in the May 9, 2008 Port Washington News [tonnews.com/portwashingtonnews/2008/05/09/opinion/”>letter] [topix.com/forum/county/nassau-ny/TOPR29DAKHJGQV9LH”>more]
Demolished June 2008
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Articles and information
tonnews.com/portwashingtonnews/2008/05/09/opinion/”>opinion piece
Photographs: [amazonify]1596524987::text::::Historic Photos of Long Island[/amazonify] by Joe Czachowski (Turner 2008)
See also [amazonify]1412049407::text::::Glitter That Was Once Gold: Long Island Gold Coast Trivia[/amazonify] by Kevin Durst (Trafford 2006)
“Inventing the American game” by Bob Alman is a contempoary (2005) illustrated profile of Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr.
Related: Sara and Gerald Murphy’s estate in the Hamptons [NY mag feature]
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For further reading
[amazonify]1596524987[/amazonify]
[amazonify]1412049407[/amazonify]