House and Garden 
of West Point, the view northward over the 
Hudson. The award was bestowed upon 
Messrs. Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, who 
exhibit six of their drawings, all beautifully 
rendered, the buildings of the plan being 
picked out in dull yellow upon a background 
of gray. The design utilizes the present 
buildings, and preserves the view and the 
traditions of West Point,—the first of which 
demands the Gothic style which thus be¬ 
comes peculiarly fitted for the last. This 
style also seems to be required by the site 
itself, for the vertical lines of the perpen¬ 
dicular architecture seem to fairly spring as 
it they were a part of the jutting palisade 
upon which West Point is situated. And 
the retaining walls of this scheme are proper¬ 
ly not ornamented so that their ruggedness 
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