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Notable American Homes 
By Barr Ferree 
‘““Deepdale,” the Estate of W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Great Neck, Long Island 
HE creation of a great estate is one of the comprehensive scheme that is being developed there is already 
most engrossing and delightful of occupa- apparent. 
tions. It means an intelligent appreciation The property lies at some distance from the railroad, and 
of the outdoor world, and an abounding _ is reached by a fine macadam public highway. <A plain high 
love for nature and nature’s products. iron fence presently announces to the traveler that ‘“‘Deep- 
beauty is helped by man’s art. The delights of this creative skirts the edge of beautiful Success Lake, the largest body of 
work are, indeed, so many and so varied, that the mere cata- fresh water on Long Island, an exquisite sheet of water whose 
loguing of them quiet silvery surface 
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many kinds of work, 
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work perhaps never 
done in the sense of 
final completion, but 
always varied and 
new, and always 
leading to the most 
fascinating results. 
eWeepdale” “is 
one of the newest of 
Long Island estates, 
and one of the riost 
considerable. Its 
area comprises 560 
acres and although 
now in a fine state of 
forwardness it can 
in no sense be re- 
garded as ‘“‘fin- 
ished.” But the 
work upon it has 
been so well begun 
and it has already 
been so far ad- 
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Sig (Sea It means, moreover, adding to nature’s dale’ has been reached. The carriage barn is passed for an 
beauty, since nature is never so fine as when her own _ entrance nearer the house; but before that is gained the road 
Mr. Vanderbilt’s ef- 
forts to obtain pos- 
session of the lake 
and include it with- 
in his property, have 
already become his- 
toric. One needs 
but to see it to un- 
derstand the ardor 
of his efforts. Its 
beauty is of a very 
extraordinary and 
penetrating quality, 
not the least of its 
attractions being its 
very unexpect e d - 
ness. It is directly 
on the borders of 
“Deepdale,” thie 
lands of which en- 
tirely enclose it on 
three sides, while on 
the fourth, but a 
narrow strip of land 
separates it from 
