Comments on: CKG Billings Estate http://myinwood.net/ckg-billings-estate/ Your Guide to Inwood, NY Real Estate Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:52:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nelson Billings Hitchcock http://myinwood.net/ckg-billings-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 Nelson Billings Hitchcock Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:02:31 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=3526#comment-1281 Hi Elizabeth, I am member of the Billings family. I do have a whole bunch of pictures of family members maybe I can help you identify the Billings in your photo. That being said I am also looking for a portrait of Cornelius K. G. Billings. Hi Elizabeth,
I am member of the Billings family. I do have a whole bunch of pictures of family members maybe I can help you identify the Billings in your photo. That being said I am also looking for a portrait of Cornelius K. G. Billings.

]]> By: Jennifer Hoppa http://myinwood.net/ckg-billings-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Jennifer Hoppa Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:32:00 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=3526#comment-1238 Today a woman who lived in the Billings Estate Gatehouse in the 1940s came to visit, Cecilia O'Connor (Today the Gatehouse is the Fort Tryon Park Cottage and my offices. (Northern Manhattan Parks and the Fort Tryon Park Trust). Cecilia had never seen photos of Billings Mansion Tryon Hall. I showed the historic postcard I had and I directed her to this fabulous link on your website. Cecilia recalled how in 1941, while living in the cottage (her father John O'Connor was the Fort Tryon Park Foreman from 1941-1956, following his stint as the Park foreman at Inwood Hill Park) there was an old control panel, an intercom system, that had previously connected the Gatehouse to Tryon Hall. Apparently there were over 4o buttons to link the Gatehouse to the Mansion, including ones for the bowling alley. To see more historic photos of Billings Estate and the construction of Fort Tryon Park, go to www.FortTTyonParkTrust.org to photo galleries and click on historic. Thank you for this wonderful site. Best, Jennifer Hoppa Executive Diretor of the Fort Tryon Park Trust. Today a woman who lived in the Billings Estate Gatehouse in the 1940s came to visit, Cecilia O’Connor (Today the Gatehouse is the Fort Tryon Park Cottage and my offices. (Northern Manhattan Parks and the Fort Tryon Park Trust). Cecilia had never seen photos of Billings Mansion Tryon Hall. I showed the historic postcard I had and I directed her to this fabulous link on your website.

Cecilia recalled how in 1941, while living in the cottage (her father John O’Connor was the Fort Tryon Park Foreman from 1941-1956, following his stint as the Park foreman at Inwood Hill Park) there was an old control panel, an intercom system, that had previously connected the Gatehouse to Tryon Hall. Apparently there were over 4o buttons to link the Gatehouse to the Mansion, including ones for the bowling alley.

To see more historic photos of Billings Estate and the construction of Fort Tryon Park, go to http://www.FortTTyonParkTrust.org to photo galleries and click on historic. Thank you for this wonderful site. Best, Jennifer Hoppa Executive Diretor of the Fort Tryon Park Trust.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://myinwood.net/ckg-billings-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Elizabeth Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:25:47 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=3526#comment-1237 does anyone have any portraits of CKG Billings himself? I have relatives with Billings name who have a photo taken in Chicago, written on back simply "Mr. Billing" yet none of that family lived there. we wonder if it might be connected to CKG and would like to compare photos with others. thanks for any information. does anyone have any portraits of CKG Billings himself? I have relatives with Billings name who have a photo taken in Chicago, written on back simply “Mr. Billing” yet none of that family lived there. we wonder if it might be connected to CKG and would like to compare photos with others. thanks for any information.

]]> By: Dean Ericson http://myinwood.net/ckg-billings-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Dean Ericson Wed, 26 May 2010 13:53:45 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=3526#comment-1196 As a resident of Hudson View Gardens and a history/architecture enthusiast I've been keenly interested in the old Billings estate since first walking the driveway under its grand entry arcade off the Hudson Parkway. Who would build such a driveway, and what sort of magnificent house went with such a magnificent entrance? I had found a distant and tantalizing view of the estate but wanted to see more, especially the interiors. The Times article on the House of Mercy (the mystery of the Inwood ruins revealed!) lead me to your site where I was delighted to discover exactly what I'd been longing to see -- a look inside Tryon Hall. Wonderful, and greatly satisfying! Thank you so much for posting it online. Thanks to Don Rice, also, for generously allowing these images to be published. As a resident of Hudson View Gardens and a history/architecture enthusiast I’ve been keenly interested in the old Billings estate since first walking the driveway under its grand entry arcade off the Hudson Parkway. Who would build such a driveway, and what sort of magnificent house went with such a magnificent entrance? I had found a distant and tantalizing view of the estate but wanted to see more, especially the interiors. The Times article on the House of Mercy (the mystery of the Inwood ruins revealed!) lead me to your site where I was delighted to discover exactly what I’d been longing to see — a look inside Tryon Hall. Wonderful, and greatly satisfying! Thank you so much for posting it online. Thanks to Don Rice, also, for generously allowing these images to be published.

]]> By: D Cardona http://myinwood.net/ckg-billings-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 D Cardona Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:49:27 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=3526#comment-1018 Thanks so much for sharing this. I'm a native of Washington Heights and have heard about the estate all of my life and always wondered what it looked like in its day. I was up there today with a friend and decided to do a search and found this page. Wonderful!!! Thanks so much for sharing this. I’m a native of Washington Heights and have heard about the estate all of my life and always wondered what it looked like in its day. I was up there today with a friend and decided to do a search and found this page. Wonderful!!!

]]> By: jjj http://myinwood.net/ckg-billings-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-308 jjj Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:13:42 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=3526#comment-308 Cole, you may be interested to check the follow up of your story here: http://www.washington-heights.us/yabbse/index.php?topic=958.msg71693;topicseen#msg71693 Cole, you may be interested to check the follow up of your story here:
http://www.washington-heights.us/yabbse/index.php?topic=958.msg71693;topicseen#msg71693

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