House & 
Garden 
78 
Duryea 
In Sutton Place, New York City, each 
house has its own terrace separated from 
the others by a hedge or wall, and each is 
treated differently. The two houses shown 
here belong, on the left, to Miss Elizabeth 
Marbury and Miss Elsie de Wolfe, and, on 
the right side, to Miss Isabelle Camman 
Mrs. Vanderbilt’s house is at the end of 
the Sutton Place group. A high wall pro¬ 
tects it from the street. As it is higher 
than the other properties, a balcony is 
hung along the wall, with steps leading 
down to the common garden. Mott B. 
Schmidt was architect of the development 
Even where the backyards of 
only two or three city houses 
are thrown together quite an in¬ 
teresting community garden can 
be made. The two shown here 
are, on the left, part of the gar¬ 
den of Mrs. H. H. Duryea, and 
that on the left, Mrs. Lawrene 
Keene. The varying levels and 
use of pottery and sculpture give 
it interest 
