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 Left: the
beach. Right: "Old Entrance to Belle
Terre, Port Jefferson, L. I." The card was mailed in January 1912 from
Bridgeport Connecticut. The lodge that was built as a replacement is
quite
a contrast! I image the card was published to emphasize the improvement. |
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 Left:
"Old Homestead, Belle Terre" mailed in 1912 was a Strong family home, now gone.
Right: "Nevalde, Belle
Terre"
(also known as "The Overlook"). Nevalde was built for Dean Alvord,
developer of Belle Terre. Both are
photos by A. S. Greene. |
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 "Lodge
Belle Terre Long Island, Copyright 1909 by A. S. Greene" built in 1903.
It is still there with few changes. There is a man in uniform
standing
under the peak of the porch. The real photo card was mailed in 1909.
Right:
a later view. |
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 Left:
"Bridge,
Belle Terre" mailed in 1910. This is another real photo postcard
(number
610) by A. S. Greene. There is a
boy sitting
on a bench in the middle. Right: "Scene From the Porch - Home
of the Rieger's. |
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 "Road
to Giants, Belle Terre" 1909. Right: "Road to Anchorage, Belle Terre".
Both are photos by A. S. Greene. |
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 "Pergolas"
by A. S. Greene about 1906. The two identical Pergolas were designed by
Stanford White. Pergola is a fancy term for arbor or trellis. Right:
They were dismantled in 1934. |
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 Left: "Belle
Terre Club, Port Jefferson, L. I." Mailed in 1910. At the time this was
mailed the club was very new. The area once called Mount Misery was
renamed
Belle Terre by Dean Alvord, and construction of the club
house
was started by him soon after with a nine-hole golf course. Right: View from the
other side by Greene was apparently taken later. |
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 Left: The foyer
of the Belle Terre Club from a 1909 issue of Brooklyn Life. Right: an
interior
view.The club building burned down in December of 1934 and was replaced with a more modern structure. |