House & Garden 
his adherence to its name. “ Wyck ” is 
Welsh for “ white ”—and nothing could be 
truer to its name than the snowy walls of the 
old house to-day. 
Should one pass through the gate, whose 
easy opening belies the rather forbidding air 
of a tall fence, he finds himself upon the 
broad, brick walk of the entrance front. 
It is to be re¬ 
membered that it 
is the end of the 
house which is 
toward the street. 
The click of the 
gate behind one 
seems to trans¬ 
form the bustle 
and noise and 
hurry of the street 
into peace and 
quiet and calm. 
Inviting as the 
surroundings appear, let us first make our 
introductory bow to the house itself, hoping 
to obtain afterward a better acquaintance with 
the garden. Pausing a moment before the 
entrance, our architectural instincts prompt 
us to step back a moment for a critical survey 
of the low elevation before us. Long, hori¬ 
zontal lines predominate; the two stories 
of windows are 
p r o - 
their 
PLAN OF THE ALTERATIONS TO THE HOUSE 
Executed b\' William Strickland, Architect, 
and found among the papers at “ Wyck" 
beautifully 
portioned, 
tiny, heavily 
muntined panes, 
forming the only 
verticals, stopped 
by the cool, deep 
shadow of a heavy 
cornice. Who 
can say how much 
those long hori¬ 
zontals contri¬ 
bute to the feel- 
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