A TUXEDO HOUSE 
Hunt & Hunt, Architects 
/ T V HE regulations governing community life 
at Tuxedo Park, New York, and the 
physical characteristics of the place, were 
fully described and illustrated in the August 
issue of House and Garden. 
One of the more recent houses, not included 
in our former article, is shown in the accom¬ 
panying illustrations. This is the residence 
of Mr. Mortimer, erected not long since on 
the high hill to the eastward of the lake. 
The architects were Messrs. Hunt & Hunt, 
of New York, and the somewhat Teutonic 
manner in which the exterior design has been 
carried out is due to the wishes of the owner. 
This style has not, however, been consist¬ 
ently adhered to in the interior of the house, 
which presents a somewhat more conven¬ 
tional aspect. The plan is interesting, both 
for its general arrangement and its elabora¬ 
tion of detail in accordance with the tendency 
of the social usages of the day. The plan 
of the American house of the best class shows 
a much higher degree of sub-division than 
does that of any other nationality—just as 
our domestic habits of living have become in 
recent years far more refined in the true sense, 
relegating to their proper place in the plan 
those minor divisions which are strangely in 
evidence in the best European residences. 
An interesting feature of this house is 
the terrace upon which it stands. The hill 
sloped so steeply on the site that a high 
retaining wall was built, and partly by ex¬ 
cavation against the bank and partly by an 
equivalent fill behind the retaining wall a 
level place for the house was secured. 
THE ENTRANCE FRONT 
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