Early 1900s Wm. H. Lutton Glasshouse Jersey City, NJ

I was looking through some very old articles online here from a magazine in the 1918s. I ran across a add that looks to be selling this exact greenhouse. I thought you maybe interested in seeing it. The add is right in the middle of the page. I believe it is on page 218.

http://www.google.com/books?id=MyoCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA202&dq=canna+cultivars&lr=&as_brr=1#PPA218,M1

Thanks for the ad link! Looks quite similiar except for the fact King Greenhouses was a different manufacturer vs. ours being a William Lutton greenhouse. The entrance in the ad looks very similar to the dormer entrances on our greenhouse. I've searched the net myself for info or ads on our greenhouse over the past year. Your internet search showing the King greenhouses ad is the closest representation I've seen that best illustrates our greenhouse's entrances.

- Thanks, Brad

Brad,
Where is your greenhouse marked 'Lutton'?
Mine is embedded in the sill plates. "William H Lutton, Jersey City, New Jersey".
No question it is a Lutton .. lol
Your sills look very much same as mine.

I know there have to be other Luttons out there in private hands.
And I know where there are several as part of institutions, commercial, etc.
In my research over the years with mine, I have quite a few of those vintage ads.
All are very neat!

Yes, Brian, this King one is similar. And very nice, too. Thanks for showing it.


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Oh my, I think I died and went to heaven looking at ya'lls beautiful vintage greenhouses. Oh how I would have loved to live in that period and lived and in a stately mansion with those greenhouse and period clothing. AHHHHHH just dreaming about it makes me happy.

Please by all means keep posting photos, links and so forth and taking us back to by-gone-days. What lovely thoughts and things to day dream about over the winter months.

Makes my little plastic greenhouse look like a joke. LOL But it does get the job done and keep my plants warm and healthy until spring.

Actually my husband has just brought home 6 huge old metal round spools. They are over 10 ft tall and each is over 31/2 fr wide and he's planning on making me some kind of greenhouse out of them. Let's just say they will not look anything like Alice or Brads beautiful antique greenhouses but they should be something to talk about and add a little interest to another part of the gardens and paths here on my humble dwelling. (Old broken down non working farm).

Thanks for sharing all the wonderful pictures Alice and Brad, now I'm going to be drooling for days just thinking about them both put together, full of plants and bursting at the seams with everything under the sun blooming.

Happy Gardening, Marian

One of the fun things and true to the original purpose of this glasshouse built in sw PA was to enjoy blooms and fresh produce through winter. Nearly 100 years later blooms and fresh produce are still grown through winter and make winter days good :-)
Brugmansia 'Bad Angel' in full flush on a cold early winter day in January.

Kydaylilylady:
Are any of them for sale now? Are they all quite large?

I would love to find a smaller sized one that would not look way out of proportion in the yard...I love the character of those. They are beautiful.

Rather, I really have no idea as to if they are for sale or not. They may not even be what you're looking for. They're attached to what was once a retail greenhouse and florist in Frankfort. I'd say they are probably not in the best of shape as there were a few small trees starting to grow in them. I'm pretty sure all the glass is gone out of them.

I am not sure who the above questions are directed .. lol
If to me, please send me a D mail if any are for me to respond.
Thanks :-)
Alice

Frosted glass in mid January looks like ferns ..

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another ..