October, 1911 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
20T 
First Prize of $250 Awarded 
A Country Home Built on a Plot 60x100 at 
Garden City Estates 
Read this letter from the Judges, representatives of the three well-known out-door papers 
“Town and Country“Country Life in America / 9 and “House and Garden:” 
"Honorable Timothy L. Woodruff, 
President, Garden City Estates, 
334 Fifth Ave., New York. 
Dear Mr. Woodruff: 
Acting as the judges in your Garden City Estates gardening compe¬ 
tition, we, the undersigned, recommend that the awards be made as follows: 
Prize 1. $250. The Most Complete All-Round Development of a Place. 
Mr. Henry Gehrken, first (60 x 100) --- to receive $200.; Mr. V/. F. 
Thummell, second —- to receive $50.; Mr. Wm. C. Meissner, honorable 
mention. 
Prize 2. $100. The Most Appropriate Formal Treatment of All or 
Part of a Place. Mr. Richard F. Corcoran first; 
Mr. Charles Dixon's place deserves mention. 
Prize 3. $75. The Most Attractive House Exterior. 
Mr. Willis M. Schuyler first; Mr. Woodruff, honorable mention. 
Prize 4. $75. The Product Showing the Greatest Gardening Skill. 
Mr. Geo. E. Leonard, first. 
These awards are based strictly on the points earned by each 
place, and this system developed very close competition and interesting comparisons. 
The Gehrken place is of all the most strikingly good. This 
little place is of exceptional merit. The design is excellent, suiting the slightly 
informal symmetry and balance of the house perfectly, giving at the some time a maxi¬ 
mum space effect and a remarkably complete garden, in the■strictest sense of the word. 
The well thought out filling in of annuals in those spaces where the perennial growth 
is not yet established, is good — and taken all in all the place is. a,liberal educa¬ 
tion in the difficult art of garden making within a very limited area. 
The very evident interest shown by the residents at Garden City 
Estates in these contests has given us great pleasure. There is a -marked improvement 
in so many of the places over last year that it surely must be traceable directly to 
this competitive impetus —- and of course the improvement of the individual places 
has improved the whole to a very definite degree. And the fact that so small a place 
should have won first prize indicates an immense stride in the right direction in the 
development of the suburban home. 
Very sincerely yours, 
(Signed) 
(Signed) .... 
(Signed) 
Prize 3: Residence of Mr. W. M. Schuyler 
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Prize 4: Residence of Mr. Geo E. Leonard 
T HE high character of Garden City Estates is assured. It is already an established community of over 500 delightful 
Country-loving men, women and children. It offers a country home with the best of social environment, and out¬ 
door sports of all kinds, including Tennis on turf and dirt courts, Golf on two of the most famous courses in the 
United States, and Horseback riding on beautiful roads and bridal paths. 
No other place offers all these attractions. To those interested in the development of Aviation, the adjacent 
flying field of the “Aero Club of New York” affords opportunities unequalled in this Country. A written request 
will bring an invitation and transportation to visit this beautiful and remarkably accessible suburb of New York City. 
TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF, President 
Garden City Estates Office, 334 Fifth Ave., New York 
Tel. 5900 Madison Square 
Nassau Boulevard Station 
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