20 
House & Garden 
MT. KISCO, N. Y. 
Benjamin Wistar Morris, Architect 
From the upper garden level a 
broad road winds down between 
wall and arborvitoe hedge to the 
dining room wing. From this point 
the details of the architecture can 
be appreciated—the pink stucco 
walls capped by the red Spanish 
tile roofs, the arch of the windows 
and the wrought iron balcony 
above the middle French door 
Off the end of the music room wing—you see 
this room on page 35 —is an arched, gate that 
lets out on to the bottom of the lawn shown 
above. The path here skirts a low wall banked 
with boxwood and leads up broad stairs to an¬ 
other level where, set in a grass plot, lies the 
swimming pool. Oil jars have been effectively 
used for accent points and their ruddy tone 
mingles well with the pink of the walls and 
the green stretches of pathside grass and clipped 
box. Beyond, the trees are silhouetted sharply 
against the sky 
“SHALLOW 
BROOK FARM” 
THE ESTATE OF 
J.C. BALDWIN, Jr., 
Esq. 
To one of the lawns background is given by a 
wall in the center of which are ramps leading 
up to the higher level. The top landing breaks 
out into a balustraded balcony and below is a 
wall fountain that plays out to a flat basin. 
Cedars and boxwood mass on either side, find¬ 
ing a rich background in the pink stucco walls. 
This fountain forms the terminal of the cross 
axis of the music room lawn. To one side lies 
the outdoor swimming pool; to the other, the 
stretch of lawn and the loggia pictured on 
pages 10 and 17 
