magine living in the broad embrace of many acres
of trees, in a capacious country house, Georgian in spirit
but erected in 1929 and therefore redolent of a certain
modernity. Mott B. Schmidt (1889-1977) was an American
architect noted especially for the townhouses he built at
Sutton Place, but he was also the architect, between 1923
and 1970, of over fifty country houses, mostly in the New
York area. One such wonderful abode, located at Sleepy
Hollow Road in Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, is now
for sale, a splendid opportunity to own a twentieth century
American classic, one which might be called "streamlined
Georgian." The Sleepy Hollow house reflects Schmidt's
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