Anson Phelps Stokes
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Anson Phelps Stokes was a wealthy American merchant, property developer, banker, genealogist and philanthropist. Born in New York City, he was the son of James Boulter Stokes and wife Caroline. His pa
Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, about 1898
Stokes Castle near Austin, Nevada
Ultima Globular Naval Battery, designed by Anson Phelps Stokes
229 Madison Avenue was one of three houses built in 1854. Occupiers Isaac Newton Phelps, John Jay Phelps and William E. Dodge.
Shadow Brook Farm Historic District is a historic district in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States. It includes six repurposed farm buildings related to the former Shadow Brook mansion, which was
Anson Phelps Stokes
…at 229 Madison Avenue. The house survives and is now number 231 Madison Avenue and part of the Morgan Library & Museum complex. In 1893, Stokes built Shadowbrook, a 100-room Berkshire Cottage at Lenox, Massachusetts. Shadowbrook was so large that a family anecdote tells of Anson Phelps Stokes Jr. being told by…
View of Shadowbrook, from a 1908 postcard
Berkshire Country Day School