. Villas and cottages . PERSPECTIVE PIAN OF PRINCIPAL FLOOE. VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 259 DESIGN No. 23. SIMPLE PICTURESQUE COUNTRY HOUSE. This design, which is fully illustrated on a subse-quent page, was carried out in a simple manner afew years ago for the residence of Mr. N. P. Willis,at Idlewild, his beautiful country place on the banksof the Hudson (with the omission of the bell turretand a few minor features that may possibly be addedat some future time). The position selected, while itcommands a full view of Newburgh Bay, is on theedge of a wood, and on the verge of a plateau that a
. Villas and cottages . PERSPECTIVE PIAN OF PRINCIPAL FLOOE. VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 259 DESIGN No. 23. SIMPLE PICTURESQUE COUNTRY HOUSE. This design, which is fully illustrated on a subse-quent page, was carried out in a simple manner afew years ago for the residence of Mr. N. P. Willis,at Idlewild, his beautiful country place on the banksof the Hudson (with the omission of the bell turretand a few minor features that may possibly be addedat some future time). The position selected, while itcommands a full view of Newburgh Bay, is on theedge of a wood, and on the verge of a plateau that al-most overhangs a deep ravine. The rocky sides of thisgorge are clothed with sturdy pines and hemlocks, andthus often shut out from the eye, but never from theear, a turbulent mountain stream that roars throughthe long, narrow pass, and falls some two hundredfeet in a series of rapid, successive leaps within a shortdistance of the house. There is also a quieter brookthat winds its way through the property, and yet an-other smaller rivule
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