Identifier: villascottages00vaux (find matches)
Title: Villas and cottages
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 299 DESIGN No. 30. (D. & V.) VILLA OF BRICK AND STONE. This design was prepared for Mr. Matthew Vassar,of Poughkeepsie, and proposed to be erected at hiscountry place, called Springside, a little to the southof the city. This estate, being full of easy sweeps andgentle undulations, is somewhat secluded and park-like in its character, fine healthy trees being scatteredin groups and masses over its whole extent. Thesehave been sparingly and judiciously thinned out bythe proprietor, and the arrangement of the roads andgeneral distribution of the grounds has been adaptedto the peculiar features of the situation. The effectis very rural and homelike, although a great dealof rough work has been done, and it is only a fewyears since the hand of improvement was first laidupon it. The buildings of minor importance that have beenput up on various parts of the property interfere lessthan is often the case with the general result, eachhaving been studied with some referen

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