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Sayville Theatre
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'Frank House' by Andrew Geller
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1958
aka The Cube
History aside, amazing place. Looks like it is insulated too.

'Fire island House' by Arthur Erickson
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1977
with Francisco Kripacz

'Rumely House' by Horace Gifford
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1962

'Sprague/Geller House' by Horace Gifford
influenced by Charles Gwathmey's 1964 Miller House

'Evans/DePass House' by Horace Gifford
aka Kodak House

'Gifford House 2' by Horace Gifford

'Rompapas Beach House' by Harry Bates
design started by Horace Gifford and finished by Bates - see Bates Masi

'Tree House' by Harry Bates
aka Dwork House

'Travis Wall House' by Horace Gifford

'Katzen House' by Marcel Bretos
Bretos died before the house was completed

'de Rohan Chabot House' by James McCleod

'635 Fire Island Blvd' by Horace Gifford
one of three houses by Gifford on neighboring lots with the same floor plan.
Purchased and renovated by Charles Renfro from Diller Scofidio + Renfro in 2015

'Rockefeller House' by Harry Bates
Although this house was originally created as a rental, Jeanette Rockefeller acquired it shortly thereafter and asked Bates to design an unrealized second story in 1969.

'Roeder House' by Horace Gifford
started as a renovation of an existing cottage. Has been altered a few times...

'Adir House' by John Reilly

'Asher House' by Peter Asher
1968-69
Asher's own house with a distinctive paraboloid roof
Asher returned in 1980 to adjust the deck for the new owners

'Lipkins House' by Horace Gifford
restored in 2011 by Rawlins Design

'Fante House' by Marcel Bretos
with David Napoli
for Mel Fante, VP of Design for American Airlines

'Bonaguidi House' by Horace Gifford
Bonaguidi's second house from Gifford

'Wittstein Miller House' by Horace Gifford
Gifford's first commission, originally slated for Andrew Geller. This house started Gifford's Fire Island housing design career.
Renovation and enlargement of the house by Michael Kinlaw, GM of Edward Durell Stone's firm, in 1990. He lived here until his death in 1995.

'Rosenthal Dihé House' by Horace Gifford
1972-74
disagreements between Gifford and the clients led to a design that suffered from a popular 70s aesthetic preferred by the clients.

'Shurtleff House' by Harry Bates
Famous casting director, Michael Shurtleff's, "Wright inspired" house
Renovation: Nicholas Politis, 2015

'338 Shell Walk' by Earl Combs

'Patterson House' by Harry Bates
renovated in 2020 by Rawlins Design

'Blake Purnell House' by James McCleod

'Crawford House' by Horace Gifford
intriguing design

'Solstice' by Valerian Rybar
Rybar's own house now The Pines Club

'Dell House' by Horace Gifford
renovated with T-shape addition in 2010

'McGregor House' by Horace Gifford
Rooftop skylight addition 1973
The second Gifford design for the McGregor's -- still owned by the McGregor family

'Goodwin House' by Julio Kaufman
Kaufman lost his arm in a seaplane accident at the time of this house's construction.
2004 renovation by Hal Hayes

'Combs House' by Earl Combs
Combs' own house

'Wittstein Miller House' by Horace Gifford
Second design commission for these two but they allowed this one to reach Gifford's vision whose own house was next door.
Purchased and renovated/expanded by Philip Johnson protege, Scott Bromley 1983

'Fire Island House' by Roger Hirsch
with Susan Frosten & Drew Souza
included in Whitney's 'New American Cottage'
top 10 for me

'Bonaguid House' by Horace Gifford

'Pitcher House' by Harry Bates
still in the Pitcher family

'Kinlaw House' by Michael Kinlaw
Kinlaw's own house until 1989 when he picked up Gifford's 491 Bay Walk house and expanded it.
served many years as the GM for Edward Durell Stone's firm.

'Davison-Ackley House' by Steven Robinson
an early pioneer of ecological design

'Gifford House' by Horace Gifford
Gifford's own house that launched his prolific Fire Island CV.
He built the same design on lot 637(burned down) and 635

'Leedom-Cott House' by Horace Gifford
second story addition by Gifford collaborator, Louis Muller, 1985

'Posthorn House' by Don Page
renovation by Rawlins Design 2012-16

'Ayer House' by Horace Gifford
Actually a renovation of an existing beach house

'Fishman House' by Horace Gifford
nice renovation in 2019 by Andrew Franz

'Wittstein Miller House'
Although attributed to Horace Gifford, Wittstein and Miller asked Gifford to design two houses and then ran with the design on their own.
aka TV House