House £5? Garden 
A FARMSTEAD ON A LAKE. 
Designed by Donn Barber , Architect. 
B ESIDE a western arm of the lake at 
Tuxedo, on the property of Mr. Richard 
W. Delafield, this scheme of farm buildings 
was laid out last autumn and is now being 
developed. Provision for the enjoyment of 
country life, rather than an equipment for 
agricultural pursuits, has been considered of 
primary importance. This a reference to 
the plan will show. At the margin of the 
THE FARMHOUSE AND THE BARN 
lake is a boat pier, where the owner arrives 
by a launch from his residence, located a 
mile and a half distant across the water—for 
the drive by land would be three or tour 
miles. Beside the pier is a boathouse; and 
a short distance above, the West Lake Road 
crosses Babcock Brook and skirts the fore¬ 
ground of the place along the base of a hill¬ 
side. What is now an easy slope leading to 
the buildings above was formerly a small 
valley largely composed of swamp land. It 
has been drained by lowering the bed of 
the brook and by filling in to a con¬ 
siderable height above the tile drains. 
Boulders have been replaced on the new 
land, and the mossy growths and shrubs, 
characteristic of the Tuxedo neighborhood, 
have been encouraged in order to obliterate 
the change. 
Of the nineteen acres devoted to the farm¬ 
stead, a large amount of space will be given 
up to stock-raising upon a small and con¬ 
venient scale, but the raising of flowers and 
dairy products will also be actively carried 
on. The including of such ornaments as 
two formal gardens will give a beautiful and 
designed appearance which few so-called 
stock-farms possess. A driveway, lined 
with Lombardy poplars, winds diagonally 
A FARMSTEAD ON A LAKE 
across the hillside to the farmer’s house, 
situated on the highest point of the property 
and built of light stucco and framed half¬ 
timbers. A turning-circle here becomes an 
axial point from which two avenues depart: 
one leading to a stable-court and stable; the 
other to the greenhouses, behind which is a 
formal garden. The stable-court is flanked 
by two low wings of equal size, providing 
accommodations for cows upon the south 
and ponies upon the north. From the ex¬ 
terior of these wings paddocks continue out¬ 
ward upon each side. Athwart the court at 
its distant end is the coach-house and 
stables. 
Along the avenue leading to the green¬ 
house are exhibition lawns for trained horses. 
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