List of Events and Webinars by Gary Lawrance
This is the story of the mansions and gardens of the Hamptons between 1880 and 1930, and the dozens of elite families in New York and New England society who made the area their summer playground.
This webinar celebrates the palaces that lined New York’s Fifth Avenue, built by America’s rich millionaires from both "old" and "new" money. Whether it was the Astors, Vanderbilts, Fricks, or Goulds, all of them modeled their residences after the great palaces of Europe, and filled them with everything from Rembrandts to ancient velvets. It's time to go inside these palatial homes and uncover the secret splendors that took place beyond their gilded doors.
Newport, Rhode Island wasn't just any American resort town of the late 19th century and early 20th century — it was the destination for the phenomenally rich to spend their summers. Picture magnificent marble palaces, luxuriant gardens, and large shimmering yachts in the harbor; or the elite's fancy carriages parading up and down Newport's main street to get to their important appointments like an afternoon of tea time and tennis or a lavish ball to show-off custom-made gowns and priceless jewels. This is the story of Newport, Rhode Island, the highest step of the social ladder — the "Queen of Resorts”.
A webinar showcasing the opulent Pratt Family estates and mansions throughout Glen Cove, NY, from their days as some of Long Island's most extravagant private homes to their conversion into a variety of modern-day uses.
This is the story of some of the most prominent mansions and families that likely inspired one of the greatest American novels – and why so few of these architectural wonders are still left standing one hundred years later.
This webinar chronicles two summer cottages in Southampton, NY during the Gilded Age, The Orchard and Wooldon Manor. From wild parties that would make Jay Gatsby blush, to being the pièce de résistance of the era's top architects, these two country estates outshined and outsized their fellow neighbors in every measurable way. It's time to explore two supersized seaside palaces of the day, whose owners would come to discover that money does not always bring happiness.
This webinar is about railroad executive, financier, and speculator Jay Gould, and the incredible Gilded Age homes purchased or built for him and his fabulously wealthy children throughout the world.
For Gilded Age families at the time, having the most artistic postcard of their estate was not just an illustrative way to help passersby identify a local landmark, but rather a status symbol.
This webinar is a virtual glimpse behind the hedges of America’s elite during the Gilded Age, told through rare color postcards dating back nearly a hundred years.
A list of upcoming shows with links to make reservations can be found here.