ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL OF LONG ISLAND

Tour an original Gold Coast estate—virtually!

Join us for a virtual exploration of Planting Fields, a 409-acre Gold Coast estate in Oyster Bay built between 1918 and 1924 for insurance magnate William Robertson Coe, and his wife, Standard Oil heiress Mai Rogers Coe, and their four children by renowned architects Walker & Gillette with landscape design by the world-famous Olmsted Brothers.

Led by ​docent Elizabeth Abrams, our unique experience around the historic 65-room mansion and lushly landscaped estate will include:

• The history and story of the Coe Family, from their accumulation of vast sums of wealth to the ambitious transformation of their grounds into a botanical marvel
• A discussion of the Planting Fields landscape (designed by Guy Lowell, A. Robeson Sargent, and the Olmsted Brothers firm), teeming with historic formal gardens, greenhouses, and rare species of trees and plants
• A digital tour of Coe Hall, the 65-room Tudor Revival mansion at the center of the estate that features examples of Mai Coe’s patronage of living artists including commissioned murals by American artists Robert Winthrop Chanler and Everett Shinn, ironwork by Samuel Yellin, and interior design by famed tastemaker Elsie De Wolfe
• Rare archival photos from the 1920s by Mattie Edwards Hewitt that reveal the evolution of the buildings and gardens of the estate

Afterward, there will be a Q&A with Elizabeth — any and all questions about Planting Fields are welcomed and encouraged!