Brookside, Brook Street, West Sayville. This was the place the Greens called home. Theres a housing development there now, but immediately east of it is the lake, Ikes bridge, and the gate house, all now owned by Suffolk County and in the care of the Great South Bay Audubon Society. Brookside was an example of the water garden/park era, when the great estates were hiring landscape architects. Isaac Greens father, Samuel Willett Green began the work at Brookside. After his death in 1893, Isaac took over and designed this house. It was built by Philip Ritch and William Bason in 1896. Tudor Style, though this house is gone, you can see his work in this style in the Roosevelt cottage on Candee Avenue, the Bayard Cutting Gatehouse in Great River and St. Marks Parish House in Islip. The Robert B. Roosevelt Jr. House, The Lilacs is said to have been like this house. Sadly there are no pictures. Brookside house had a spacious great hall that was bordered by a small parlor to the south, dining room to the north both rooms entered through arches. Two fireplaces, back to back (similar to Meadowcroft), sharing a common chimney, stood, one in the parlor, the other in the great hall. Isaac Greens home office was through a door to the north of the parlor. The kitchen was north of the dining room. The stairs to the second floor swept up from the back of the great hall, a landing, then a turn to the right and the final climb to the bedrooms. The top floor was for the servants. Also on the property was a windmill that pumped water, followed by a carriage house.. It was a gracious gentlemans estate. When Isaac Green died in March of 1937, his wife Emma continued to spend summers there. The house was sold in 1962. It burned down in December of 1970, a faulty oil burner switch set the fire.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:27:06 +0000
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