This house is about one block from mine. It was once the gatehouse to another great estate: V. Everit Macy’s Chilmark. Valentine Everit Macy (March 23, 1871 – March 21, 1930) was an American industrialist and philanthropist, involved in local government. In the 1910s and 1920s, he served in Westchester County, New York, as commissioner of the Department of Charities and Corrections, the Commissioner of Public Welfare, and as Commissioner of Parks.

Once upon a time part of this building was a covered entrance large enough for vehicles to pass through. A road ran through this ‘porte cochère’ , over a stone bridge and then up through the property to the main house. The bridge and main house still remain. The ‘porte cochère’ was subsequently covered and is now a room in the house, which was until fairly recently owned by two of my friends.

Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II