New-York tribune., 1902-04-06

the plans, and they win work in squads from sun
by early summer. Besides the house. Mr. Patterson
will have stables in keeping, with his residence,
gardeners quarters. lodge b@use and other hand
Samuel rockingham Of New-York. has plans for
a new summer residence on the site OF The Poplars
the former estate OF the late Pnlp A u nrnns ol
last fall and his plans call for a modern house OF
b TcS Sn a0d oaooE 9o Isur hke and IS
the heart of the best residential district Of Lenox
adjoining the handsome country places Of George
Westinghouse. William D. Sloane. the late David
Mrs Edward Wharton. the novelist. is erecting
on the shore Of Laurel Lake cottage, where she
and S i emt aG T.snee in Future MRS
finds the at9sphere Of the the Berkshire ss HIS GO con
large parcel OF land With hne lake 'front.' Mss MS
Wharton has personally supervised the work OF
laying out the grounds There is a drive approach.
the lake and through woods througn which
ys.a have been S % TIE h0gss and g9qads @ hags
collected by Nr and Mrs: Wharton. WI. Who ,1 made q
George Turnure. Of New-York. has plans for
Charles cha Lanier. Of New-York Ir rurnures rest
will sis high @ W gp n ths 6 aS @ IN
town, and will be built in course of the summer
andssdpe efeefs Mr. TGrnures expenditure on his
country place viii foot up 10000 o..
has decided to make Lenox his place Of residence
the Lenox Horse Show Association. has built the
last winter English manor house on his 1ne
place in the northeast of the village This place
will cost fully s75.C00
and slightly resort hotel in the state begun In
March. 1901 will be finished for use in May. and
will be opened in June. II represents an expendi-
ture of s35GO1O on buildings and appointments The
building is 450 feet long and 100 feet wide in the
widest part. Its piaZZas are % feet wide There
are 80 bedrooms. 100 bathrooms, great ballroom
a dining that Will seat 400 guests. with many
open air dining rooms. roof gardens. and 4l0
wind ten miles OF bOulevards and miles OF bridle
paths. From this hotel Vermont New-Yorx and
Connecticut be seen Its elevation is 100 feet
William d. Slcene's new greenhouses, which have
lust been finished a cost of S5o.000 the
wonder of the town. In them it is proposed to
produce fruits flowers and vegetables all the year
around The inclosed gardens cover more than
with a circular roof for peaches and other fruit
The centre house is so by 20 feet in which will be-
grown flowers and plants. There will be three
houses each 30 by % feet for the production OF
melons and small fruits.
Other residences 10 be built in Lenox at
once are for Thomas Shields Clark. of New-
York vice-president Of the New-York Art League,
Mattoon Farm. In connection with il he VIII have
a studio for sculpture. George III. CfrSwOld is to
build country place In WeSt-St. The town OF
I.enox is building and beautiful town build
ing the site of the old Stanley building. In
Walker-st-. to cost $4,000
Nearly all of the cottages for rental In Lenox
have been taken. and the prospect OF the season Is
market is Shadow Brook. the great estate of Arson
Phelps Stokes. built in 1895. which Mr. Stokes has
abandoned fOr a new residence now bulldlng on
Long Island Sound. near Greenwich Conn.,