New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16
PICTURESQUE DAHElM.
COUNTRY SEAT OF CHARLES F. DIE
TRICH NEAR MIII.BROOK, DUCHESS
COUNTY. HAS MANY ATTRAC-
TIVE FEATURES.

Fifteen miles east Of Poughkeepsie. and three
uarters Of a mile from the Millbrook station
, the Newburg Duchess and Connecticut Rail
road Charles +. Dietrich, the gas man, Is max
ing one If the most beautiful country seats In
the United states. The work is well ad-
vanc,d and the landscape architecture already
completed is an earnest of what the extensive
s.allcs. tie walls Of which are up. and the ele-
CANT mansion yet To be built will be.
The estate of Mr. Dietrich includes in its area
II about 800 acres every natural characters
&c If the countryside in which 1t Is situated
,.aere aye rivuIets mi brooks. undulating low
l~nd. gentle slope. hills almost worthy to be
called mountains stately woods well cultivated
field. fine orchards and rolling meadows. From
,Ee hiel. ground IN clear weather the CatskiIIS'
oa th,.. other side OF the valley OF the HUDSON
tower hi.h above the horizon. and the berkshire
IIIs ia Mas aChusets are scarcely less clea''S
visible t. the northeast. Nature has laVished
Lee. charms upon the place freely and its pres
ent owner inhucd with love for the locality
Of which the name h has chosen Is tesu-
mouial is adding to its natural charms. ia
Gin to the German heart is eloquent OF love
for the place. and that is the name Mr.. ble'ilcl
has bestowed upon it.
There is a distinct theme running through
all the improvements at Daheim The soudity
OF the structures so far built and their rugged
rassivenes; are distinctly Old German. The IA
vorte material is the native stone. innocent of
the marks Of the mason's hammer, and colored
with the mOsses and lichen which have been
growing on the powders during centuries OF
exposure to the weather. Whatever the style
Of the architecture. and something representa-
tive of nearly all the schools of Importance is
TO be found, the effect is rendered in rustic
stone.
In he and dan Nyb wal
against which the greenhouses for grapes and
fruits are built and in the towers and turrets
with which IL IS embellished, there is q minglinp
of Medieval German, Ancient Roman and Old
Greek. but il is all presented in the same ma
terials. The stone is laid in cement. with
sunken joints. and arches pilasters friezes and
capitals all stand out boldly in the one struct-
ural material. The Swiss building, in which the
bowling alleys situated. is of stone with
wooden gables and a roof of red cedar shingles
nearly two inches thick. weighted with
powders It's half timbered exterior super
structure of hard wood is an index to the mas
sve timbered ceilings and heavy dark ratings
and wainscotings within. The rises of the stair
cases the copngs and the window sills and
castings only are of partly dressed stone In
this building and few of the features OF
the landscape architecture at Daheim, orna-
mental ironwork is sparingly employed
Structural steel is largely used in the con-
struction of the enormous greenhouse for grapes
and fruits. This is rooted with plate glass
with curved panes to fit the contour of the roof
This one greenhouse is over five hundred feet
long and in it grown grapes, pears. apr
cots, peaches and few ornamental shrubs and
plants The entrances massive stone struct
ures at each end. approached by a drive below
the viaduct and by stairways from the road
way which crosses II, leading from Waysidt
shelters in the turrets. The towers, fountain
for horses and rests at the western end of the
Usaduct the especial pride Of Mead & Taft