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    • Lyndhurst for George Merritt, Tarrytown, New York (first floor plan), 1870
    Alexander J. Davis (American, 1803–1892)
    Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper

    25 1/4 x 54 1/8 in. (64.1 x 137.8 cm)
    Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924 (24.66.42)

    This plan, which shows an unrealized design for round pavilions at the north end of the house, may have been drawn about 1870. According to architectural writers of the day, one of the great benefits of designing irregularly massed buildings was that they could be added to easily. Davis proved this at Lyndhurst, where he only slightly modified the original plan of Knoll (1838–42), and added all the rooms to the north of the original dining-room alcove in the 1860s.

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  • Lyndhurst for George Merritt, Tarrytown, New York (first floor plan), 1870
    Alexander J. Davis (American, 1803–1892)
    Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper

    25 1/4 x 54 1/8 in. (64.1 x 137.8 cm)
    Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924 (24.66.42)