Soundview Manor Winter Scene, ca. 1920
Soundview Manor Summer Scene,
ca. 1930
Erma Revoir Allen in the Garden, 1927
Erma Revoir Allen in the Garden, 1927
All photos courtesy of
the Erma and Miner W.
Allen family, property owners 1925-1945. Read grandson Jeff
Allen's comments
The uniformed maid in the background, Minnie Berry, "came with the house, and stayed with the family for over 40 years". For a view of Soundview Manor's beautiful gardens and grounds, click here.
The uniformed maid in the background, Minnie Berry, "came with the house, and stayed with the family for over 40 years". For a view of Soundview Manor's beautiful gardens and grounds, click here.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND &
PHOTOS
EARLY HISTORY OF THE MANSION
The Westchester Historian, Fall 2011
"Historic Soundview Manor and Its Irish Roots"
White Plains Times, March 17, 2011
"Historic Soundview Manor and Its Irish Roots"
White Plains Historic Society Article
"There Really Was A Sound View"
ORIGINAL OWNER ROBERT B. DULA
In
1914, Patriarch Robert B. Dula, then
President of Lorillard Tobacco Company, thereafter Vice-President of
American Tobacco Company, became one of
White Plains' largest landowners when he purchased 81 acres located at
Sound View Avenue, Ridgeway Road,
and Miles Avenue. He had it subdivided and thereafter he
commissioned leading architect of his day,
Chester A. Patterson of Tarrytown, to design and build the mansion that
came to be known as Soundview Manor,
erected in 1920 as a wedding gift for his son Robert L. Dula and
young bride, Elsie Hinman of Brooklyn,
New York.
The Dulas were a noted North Carolina family: one of them, Tom Dula, is immortalized in the Appalachian ballad 'Tom Dooley'. Click here for more on the Dula family
The Dulas were a noted North Carolina family: one of them, Tom Dula, is immortalized in the Appalachian ballad 'Tom Dooley'. Click here for more on the Dula family