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Williston House
Judge Horace Russell Estate
Horace Russell became Judge of the Superior Court of New York State near the turn of the century after spending his first decade in New York City as Assistant District Attorney and Judge Advocate General. Judge Russell is most well known for his counsel to the Alexander Turney Stewart estate. A.T. Stewart, an Irish immigrant, was most well known for his business enterprise A.T. Stewart & Co.
Judge Russell ordered his house built at 107 Captains Neck Lane, today known as Ox Pasture Road, by architect Gary Price in the 1890s. Price incorporated the Beaux-Arts style typical of this time period, utilizing the design’s formal and symmetric appearance. Landscape architecture also played a defining role in estate design of this time period. The typical landscaping was indicative of new money, and viewed as a symbol of affluence. As such, landscape design often accompanied homes of the Beaux-Arts building style. Annette Hoyt Flanders, a nationally-renown landscape architect, designed the property layout for Judge Russell’s Williston House.
The Williston House is still standing on the original property today. The building has been painted all white.
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Title: The Williston House; Creator: Henry Otto Korten; Subject: Dwellings//History; Description: The Williston House, the Judge Horace Russell Residence on Ox Pasture Road; Date: 1910; Coverage: Southampton (N.Y.); Identifier: Southampton142; Relation: HOKSSOU.A142; Format: Image/Tiff 87,215,670 bytes; Type: Still Image; Source: Nassau County Museum; Publisher: Nassau County Photo Archives Center; Rights Holder: Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation, & Museums.