Frank M. Gould Garage
Cold Spring Harbor, New York State
1928
More Architecture: 1920s
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Mr & Mrs Clarence Dillon Summer House
Dark Harbor, Isleboro, Maine1921A masterful assembly of a series of cottage-like elements in an offset, interlocking block along the shore. - Featured
Pook's Hill: Mr & Mrs Mott B. Schmidt Country House
Bedford, New York State1926Schmidt's creative watershed, 1926, culminated in the building of his own country house, whimsically named from a children's book by Rudyard Kipling. - Featured
Marienruh: Mrs Serge Obolensky Country House
Rhinebeck, New York State1926Schmidt's Astor patronage produced this fine colonial revival country house for Ava Alice Muriel Astor, Vincent's eccentric sister. - Featured
53 East 66th Street
New York, New York City1923This mid-block building appropriates the facade organization of a Georgian row at a greatly inflated scale, and accommodates four large apartments per floor. - Featured
1088 Park Avenue
New York, New York City1924Schmidt's largest apartment house stands proudly among upper Park Avenue's distinguished palaces. - Featured
Sutton Place
New York, New York City1920The houses of Sutton Place represent the first milestone in Mott Schmidt's career. - Featured
Anne Morgan Townhouse
New York, New York City1921Mott Schmidt's first major commission achieves the kind of sophistication and understatement that became hallmarks of his style. - Featured
Mrs W.K. Vanderbilt Townhouse
New York, New York City1921The more austere Anne Vanderbilt townhouse occupies the 57th Street corner of Sutton Place. - Featured
Guy Fairfax Cary Townhouse
New York, New York City1923This large house shows Schmidt's gift for gracious and functional planning. - Featured
Miss Emily Trevor Townhouse
New York, New York City1926This tiny jewel of a townhouse is an unusual variation on Schmidt's planning formula. - Featured
Vincent Astor Townhouse
New York, New York City1926Another Adam-inspired townhouse, the Astor house is considered by many to be Schmidt's best New York building. - Featured
Walter E. Hope Townhouse
New York, New York City1928This elegant limestone-fronted townhouse is probably the best of Schmidt's later urban residences. - Featured
French City Village Houses
Coral Gables, Florida1925One of a series of period revival theme villages, French City Village is a semiurban enclave which anticipated the "townhouse" developments of the 1970s. E. Farrar Bateson Townhouse
New York, New York City1920ADDITIONAL RESOURCES- Recent Addition
Ormsby Mitchell House
Rye, New York State1920One of Mott Schmidt's first major works, the country house was built on the grounds of a 200-acre waterfront property. Facade Alterations
New York, New York City1920Facade Alterations
New York, New York City1920W.H. Andrews House
Watch Hill, Rhode Island1921Elizabeth Marbury Townhouse
New York, New York City1921Mott B. Schmidt and interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe collaborated on the renovation of Elizabeth Marbury’s house at No. 13 Sutton Place.Anderson A. Fowler Townhouse
New York, New York City1921Chauncey Olcott Townhouse
New York, New York City1921Mott B. Schmidt Townhouse
New York, New York City1921H.L. Batterman Townhouse
New York, New York City1921A major blow to the character of Clinton Hill came in the 1940s when two complete blocks of houseEmily Dalzell Townhouse
Brooklyn, New York City1922The Emily Dalzell Townhouse was one of the last great private residences built in the Park Slope district of Brooklyn.H.H. Anderson House
Roslyn, New York State1923Mrs F.C. Havemeyer House
Roslyn, New York State1923John L. Wikie House
New Windsor, New York State1924Mrs F.C. Havemeyer Townhouse
New York, New York City1924This understated building was characterized by four stories of red brick, highlighted only by two thin stone bandcourses and a pedimented centered doorway.Louis Steckler Townhouse
New York, New York City1924Vincent Astor House
Rhinebeck, New York State1925N.J. Booker Townhouse
New York, New York City1925Anderson A. Fowler House
Peapack, New Jersey1925House of Coral Gables
Miami Riviera, Florida1925Mrs W.W. Lawrence House
Princeton, New Jersey1925Mrs Monroe D. Robinson Townhouse
New York, New York City1925Warehouse
New York, New York City1925G. Richard Davis House
Scarsdale, New York State1926Clarence Dillon House
Far Hills, New Jersey1926Charles D. Hoyt House
Katonah, New York State1926Braker Memorial Home
Bronx, New York City1927Mrs Phillip Brown House
Princeton, New Jersey1927William T. McIntire House
Englewood, New Jersey1927George F. Moffett House
Roslyn, New York State1927Mrs Guy Cary House
Jericho, New York State1928Frederick Patterson House and Cottage
Montgomery, Ohio1928I. Newton Perry Apartment
Chicago, Illinois1928Elizabeth Arden Store Alterations
New York, New York City1929Mott B. Schmidt designed a modern entrance for Elizabeth Arden framed in polished black stone.Dillon Bigelow Corporation Townhouse
New York, New York City1929Albert H. Ely Jr. House
Cold Spring Harbor, New York State1929- Recent Addition
Elizabeth Arden Building (Graham Realty Corporation Building)
Washington DC, Washington DC1929A unique example of Schmidt's work and his only known multi-story office building. Rabbit Hill: William S. Lambie House
Briarcliff Manor, New York State1929The quintessential English country house re-imagined and set on 15 acres overlooking the Hudson River.First Church of Christ Scientist, Sunday School Addition
Richmond Hill, New York City1929- Recent Addition
655 Park Avenue
New York, New York City1924A collaboration between Mott Schmidt and architect James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr., the building is centered around a courtyard garden facing Park Avenue. Facade Alterations
New York, New York City1920ADDITIONAL RESOURCESJosiah L. Webster Townhouse
New York, New York City1921157 East 75th Street
New York, New York City1920In 1920, the apartment houses at 157 and 159 were combined as a co-op, and the facade altered by Mott Schmidt in the new style of plain tinted stucco.