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===20th Century Owners===
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Owners of the Jay Estate in modern times included architect [[Henry Ives Cobb]] (1904) who purchased the land with hopes to develop it; Dutch financier Warner M. Van Norden and Grace Talcott (1905-1911) who kept rare animals including Highland cattle and Grevy zebras;<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Amsterdam [NY] Evening Recorder|date=November 15, 1906|at=p. 3, paragraph 3|title=Zebra Testing Scheme}}</ref> [[Princeton University|Princeton]] benefactor and [[Palmer Square]] creator Edgar Palmer and his wife Zilph (1911-1935); National Horse Show President Walter B. Devereux and his wife Zilph (1935-1966);<ref>{{cite news|title=SOUND, Shrewd property-owners developed area landscape|publisher=Gannett Newspapers|date=April 20, 1981|page=A9}}</ref> the Methodist Church (1966-1979); and lastly DGM Partners, a real estate concern formed by Diane Millstein, wife of philanthropist Ira Millstein (1979-1992).
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Owners of the Jay Estate in modern times included architect [[Henry Ives Cobb]] (1904) who purchased the land with hopes to develop it; Dutch financier Warner M. Van Norden and Grace Talcott (1905-1911) who kept rare animals including Highland cattle and Grevy zebras;<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Amsterdam [NY] Evening Recorder|date=November 15, 1906|at=p. 3, paragraph 3|title=Zebra Testing Scheme}}</ref> [[Princeton University|Princeton]] benefactor and [[Palmer Square]] creator Edgar Palmer and his wife Zilph (1911-1935); National Horse Show President Walter B. Devereux and his wife Zilph (1935-1966);<ref>{{cite news|title=SOUND, Shrewd property-owners developed area landscape|publisher=Gannett Newspapers|date=April 20, 1981|page=A9}}</ref> the Methodist Church (1966-1979); and lastly DGM Partners, a real estate concern formed by Diane Millstein, wife of philanthropist Ira Millstein (1979-1992).
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It is during this period (circa 1917) that a large Indoor Tennis House is constructed. Landscape architects Brinley & Holbrook redesign the gardens.
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It is during this period (circa 1917) that a large Indoor Tennis House is constructed. Landscape architects Brinley & Holbrook redesign the gardens.
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