Category Lime House Centre Island

Centre Island Revisited

May 2, 2014 · by · in 'Eastover' Long Island, 'Red Maples' Southamton, Arnold Arboretum, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Beatrix Farrand, British Ambassador's Residence Washington, British Embassy Gardens, British Embassy Washington, Centre Island New York, Charles Sherman Hoyt, Charles Sprague Sargent, Colgate Hoyt, Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Lady Lindsay, Lime House Centre Island, Olivia Bayard Cutting James, Ronald Lindsay, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club · Leave a comment

The first ambassador’s wife to live in and influence the new British Embassy in Washington, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was the spirited Lady Lindsay. She has born Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt and grew up and died on Centre Island, New York. The place was formative to her character and early career, instilling a love of […]

Elizabeth Lindsay at the End

March 2, 2014 · by · in Beatrix Farrand, British Ambassador's Residence Washington, British Embassy Gardens, British Embassy Washington, Dumbarton Oaks, Isabella Greenway, Lady Lindsay, Lime House Centre Island, Mildred Barnes Bliss, Ronald Lindsay · Leave a comment

After leaving Washington and diplomatic life, Elizabeth Lindsay was to finally have a home and garden entirely of her own making. She initially intended to stay in New York for only a while before following Sir Ronald to England. But with the outbreak of war, the condition of her own health and unspecified “family problems,” […]