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House & 
Garden 
FARM BUILDINGS ON THE 
ESTATE of DR. CLARENCE 
FAHNESTOCK 
Cold Spring-on-Hudson, New York 
LEWIS COLT ALBRO, Architect 
The skyline offers an unusual study 
in the composition of roofs. These 
are of slate in varied sizes, heavily 
overlapped to form a pronounced 
eave. A slight easement lifts these 
roofs out of the ordinary and com¬ 
mercial and gives the composition a 
variety and rhythm. The practical 
means of ventilation are provided 
without marring the appearance of 
the roofs themselves. In the same 
way the silo has been made an archi¬ 
tectural feature, with a dovecot near 
the top to define the scale. The other 
silo is inside the building to the ex¬ 
treme left of the photograph 
It is not often that a windmill is 
made so architecturally pleasing. 
Here a little group was created with 
the tower and the pump house. It 
needs now only the softening of 
time and the growth of vines to 
complete its composition. The corner 
of the building to the left is a 
glimpse of the dairy. This is situ¬ 
ated at a distance from the barn. 
As in the other buildings a Norman 
touch is found in the coigning which 
is of native stone, rich in color. The 
walls are stone with stucco, rough 
troweled to give a sturdy texture 
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Photographs by Julian Buddy 
