Word: comey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...next month from Massasoit St. Set on a nine-acre wooded tract through which flows a private trout stream, the 16-room house was designed by Manhattan Architects Murphy & Dana in 1914 for Henry Noble MacCracken, then Professor of English at Smith College, now president of Vassar. Morris L. Comey, textile manufacturer, bought it from Dr. MacCracken. His widow sold it to Citizen Coolidge...
Newshawks demanded an inspection of The Beeches. At first Mrs. Comey refused them entrance. Mrs. Coolidge explained: "Really, it's Mrs. Comey's home still." Later Mrs. Comey relented, led 14 newsmen through the house, let them gape at the wine cellar in the basement, the billiard room in the attic, the sweeping outlook across meadowlands to Mount Holyoke and Mount Tom. The press inspectors rode up and down in the self-operating house elevator, stared speculatively at the outdoor swimming pool and tennis court, strolled through the ivory-tinted living room, the pinkish dining room, the bedroom...