The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
IDEAL RESIDENCE DISTRICT
sevenoaks' Offers Every Opportunity
for Beautiful Homes-A Most
/ Attractive Estate.

y The new residence district known as
Sevenoaks, shortly to be opened by
the Walton syndicate, is unique as we'll
in the plan that will be adopted for
it's division, as in the extraordinary
variety Of its scenic attractions. 81, !
r. Edmund g. Walton has determined
that, owing to the extreme beauty Of
the landscape and the curiously 4adap-
table surface formation, he will not sell
this property as most residence prop:
erty is sold. = y =. e 2. b: ~.
A very pretty idea goes with this
plan. great many residence tracts
on the estate have been named in ac-
cordance with their own special at
tributes. Thus the delightful three
acre domestic made up Of timber and,
meadow, through which flows clear,
little. brook, is known as Meadowbrook, ).
the house to i be called, Meadowbrook
House. Mr.. Walton Intends keeping
this for his own use, and plans are now
in course of construction by Mr.. liza.
Lamoreaux, architect. ! /
than this could sbe found in a year s
march across country. 1t is an estate
in miniature, the Irregularities of
ground, the twists and curves afford a
most complete opportunity for clever
adaptation by thes landscape gardener.
IA pistol shot away, on the top of a
knoll, lies one of the most perfect sites
conceivable for a colonial home with
big white columns that will just rear
themselves above the sgreenery at diff
f ti2 stages Of the drive approach.
This is "Mt. Venom SO called be-
cause it will be to the Mississippi what
the Washington residence is to the Po-
tomac, and have the same commanding
''The spinney.''' e
Of course the four-acre division upon
which occurs the famous spinney, al
ready, referred to in previous articles,
bear no other ht ttle than Thf
the owner Of this fascinating bit will
possibly recognize the esthetic value
of a prefix indicating its occupant, as
for instance Ramsey Spinney or Nc
Hugh Spinney:71 ,ilss - sc:'
and there is little wonder, because it
is. probably the only place Of the kind
| inS this part. Of thA country. > The spin
ney lis. really, d vefy deep circular de
preston, densely wooded to its depth
and bearing, evidences in the, curious
|formation OF the trees at its base chat
il somez time more or less re-. remote. j; i
| W DIS uScu d AlCCI1hS p1oSO, POooAbAJ
a war council rendezvous, or a place OF
! worship by some=gone and forgotten
tribe Of Indians. At all events trees
have been felled from the deep seated
base of the spinney leaving a circular
arena hemmed in above and all about
with the densest foliage. ~ /. .s-<gz...
It is evident that the trees were cut
over "a century. ago, because only rot
ting mounds remain to indicate where
they were dragged by the unknown
woodsmen. From the level of the
ground over 100 feet above, there. are
several paths leading to the bottom Of
the pit, ill-defned, Of course, for while
the now famous spinney has been with
in stones throw of a public road fol
twenty years, it is doubtful whether
i half a dozen people have ever had the
curiosity to explore its recesses.
4 Then there is the stile-not the sor1
Of menstrosity that punctuates wire
j fence in the cattle, country, but a rea
4 old English stile such as may be en-
countered joyfully in any southern Eng
/ lish county where wicked bulls are {
i bar to trespassers, and pretty girls art
on the qui vive for help in surrounding
the difficulties Of ross-country pedes
trianism. .T@ IL. T.. Ia, l..
And so it goes all over the seyenoaks
estate. Every man owning a bit of thu
charming countryside will be to all in
tents and purposes as we'll off as though
he possessed an, estate Of 1000 acres
! because there will be no walls or fences