House and Garden 
THE PARTY ROAD—WHITNEY SECTION 
which contains 
squash court, bowl¬ 
ing alleys, pool room, 
etc. In all, the Whit¬ 
ney estate is a most 
heautiful home. It 
lacks distinctive or¬ 
namentation, but is 
even the more at¬ 
tractive thereby. 
Some portions of it 
are susceptible to 
more development, 
but still in their 
very wildness have 
a charm which it 
would seem even a 
pity to experiment 
with. 
Fhe Mackay and 
Whitney estates are both htted with all con¬ 
veniences that any possible requirements 
could suggest. Each has a private pump¬ 
ing plant, sewage disposal and extensive 
drainage system. 
"Fhe Duryea estate is located just beyond the 
southern boundary of the Whitney property 
and includes about eighty-hve acres. With the 
exception of the residence and its surround¬ 
ings the property has been developed unpre¬ 
tentiously, hut even the natural features alone 
would place it in the first rank. I'he residence 
is located upon the high portion, and although 
at a considerable lower elevation than the 
estates on the hills to the north, the views 
from this point are still broad and unob¬ 
structed. Almost the first work done on the 
estate was the cutting of a broad vista through 
the woods on the knoll where the house was to 
be located. The original idea was not carried 
out, however, of establishing this vista exactly 
on the central axis of the house, as the house 
location was later changed and the vista 
now, while perpendicular to the main axis of 
the house, passes on the side, thus differing 
from the usual arrangement on other estates. 
This passageway through the thick native 
timber is twenty feet wide, carpeted with an 
exceedingly smooth turf and bordered with 
a well trimmed privet hedge. Directly back 
of this hedge on both sides is a formal and 
regular line of tall cedars. The resulting 
effect has certainly formed a remarkable 
picture, the straight formal side lines, the 
velvety grass carpet and the considerable 
distance that has been obtained, producing 
an unusual and attractive contrast against 
the thick bordering forest of old trees. The 
house itself is formal 
in design, fashioned 
from those of the 
Louis XVI. period, 
and is built of brick 
with stucco of mixed 
lime and cement. 
The principal prob¬ 
lem here was to 
blend the building 
with the landscape. 
By means of a lat¬ 
ticed trellis border¬ 
ing the formal gar¬ 
den which inter¬ 
cepts the long vista 
at a point about 
midway in its 
length, the leap 
SERVICE ROAD—WHITNEY ESTATE 
A DURYEA VIST. 
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