Comment: This house was originally a residence provided by James H. Post to the family chauffeur, John Larsen, while the family was living in Brookhaven. Larsen was well liked by the Post family, serving as their chauffeur in Brooklyn as well as Brookhaven. In addition to managing the Post's motor vehicles and carriages, he also managed the Post's boats, horses, and other aspects of the Brookhaven property.

I'd appreciate knowing the make, model and year of the car.

Comment: Notation on verso: "Brookhaven house in original position. Note the 2nd garage attached on back. View from just off Beaver Dam Rd. looking SSE. The car is a 1950-51 Plymouth suburban 2 door green."

About 1958-59, Dr. R.C. Anderson purchased the cottage from the Post family heirs, and had it moved one lot west, to a site on the former Hubert estate.*

The garage addition to the right (behind the car) was detached by the Andersons, and at the new site was remodeled as a library.

The photograph was taken by Dr. Anderson and currently is in the possession of the Kerins family, modern owners of the property.

Comment: Notation on verso: "View of back of Brookhaven house - 'chauffers [sic] cottage' in original setting. View is to the North north west. The line of trees to the left mark the property line of extended holding. ~1958-1959"

The photograph was taken by Dr. R. C. Anderson and currently is in the possession of the Kerins family, modern owners of the property.

Comment: While not notated, this view is probably from Beaver Dam Road.

Comment: Notation on verso: "Pete, Lisa, RC at 'mushroom' table. Note early wall on porch consisting of panels that could be removed & stacked in the summer. ~1959"

This picture was likely taken shortly after the Anderson family moved in.

The gabled side to the left (north) is the side facing Beaver Dam Road. At the end of the porch, to the left, was the Anderson library. Both features can still be found in the modern Kerins house.

This photograph was among those passed on by Dr. R. C. Anderson to the Kerins family, modern owners of the property.

Comment: The chauffeur's cottage has been incorporated into a completely remodeled Kerins house. The original house is the 2-story peaked structure and low 1-story auxiliary building (with chimney) to the right (west). The simple original cottage has become the distintive architectural feature of the remodeled house.

Comment: Closeup of the Chauffeur's Cottage as incorporated into the modern Kerins House. The white porch leads to the semidetached game room, the former Anderson library.

Comment: The Kerins family game room (the Anderson's library). The structure was originally a garage addition to the Chauffeur's Cottage.

Comment: The Kerins purchased the site from the Andersons in 2006. This Google satellite image was taken just as the Kerins began work on the site. The Anderson house has not yet been touched. Much of the site has been cleared, and some horse pens constructed. At the south end of the site can be seen the foundation for the barn.

When R. C. Anderson had the house moved in 1958-59, the path was across a culivated field planted with rye. It is said he had to pay the farmer $75 to get permission to create a clear path to move the building.

It is also said that this site was an early 20th century experimental field operated by Cornell University studying the feasability of growing grapes on Long Island.