VINTAGE HEMINGRAY GREEN INSULATOR FROM THE ROCKEFELLERS OVERHILLS ESTATE INSIDE FORT BRAGG NC
THE INSULATOR HAS A SCREW BASE. IS APPROX 3 3/4 INCHES TALL, APPROXIMATELY 7 INCHES AT THE BASE IN CIRCUMFERENCE, AND WEIGHS 8.9 OUNCES.
HAS HEMINGRAY-9 ON ONE SIDE AND MADE IN THE USA ON THE OTHER SIDE
THIS APPEARS TO BE A CD106 STYLE WITH ROUNDED DRIP POINTS
IT'S GOOD SHAPE OTHER THAN A SMALL CHIP IN THE CAP.
The 1920’s were the golden years at Overhills. Elite membership formed a “wealthy syndicate of sportsmen,” who spent winter seasons chasing foxes, fishing, golfing, hunting, and playing polo. The Rockefellers continued to acquire land surrounding Overhills, both to expand hunting lands and to further insulate the grounds from outside development.
A rail freight station and miles of new track were added to the Atlantic Coast Line to ease shipping of dry goods, farm produce, horses, and nursey stock.
Overhills Hunt Club Card, circa 1920. (courtesy National Sporting Library Archives)While there are no written records of who designed the hunt courses and bridle trails at Overhills, a popular version of events recalls the landscaping being the work ofBeatrix Farrand, one of the eleven founding members of theAmerican Society for Landscape Architects.
OVERHILLS WAS TURNED OVER TO FORT BRAGG FROM THE ROCKEFELLERS. THE INSULATORS BROUGHT POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS TO OVERHILLS.
