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half-circle in plan, rubble filled with granite facing and spherical finials on gateposts flanking blackpainted,
spear-tipped iron palisade gate. Piers 14' 10" tall. Wall approximately 6' tall.
North Property Line Wall
Undocumented feature. Marks northern boundary of the estate. Consists of a dry-laid, flat
fieldstone/slate wall. About 1,650' in length, laid east/west on northern property boundary. Wall is
24"-36" tall, two stones wide with single slab cap stones.
Power House Dam
Designed by W.T. Hiscox and Co. and constructed in 1897. Dam consists of a 46' long span across
Crum Elbow Creek below the powerhouse. The dam is built of fieldstone rubble masonry with
concrete block on the upstream side. Top of dam is a sloped slab of concrete. Drop off is
approximately 6' from top of dam.
Railroad Bridge
Designed and constructed by New York Central Railroad in 1912. Replaced an earlier bridge here
during Sexton ownership crossing between Bard Rock and the main parcel of the estate. Functionally
the bridge is akin to the subway. Bridge consists of a single-lane concrete span carrying Bard Rock
Road over two parallel Conrail rail lines. It has asphalt paving and 6' tall concrete bridge walls with
concrete coping along top. East abutment is random course fieldstone masonry, west is concrete
imprinted with the year "1912."
Rose Garden Pool
Probably designed by Robert Cridland during his employment with Thos. Meehan and Sons.
Constructed in 1910. Consists of a circular pool 20' in diameter with concrete basin and limestone
coping. A terra-cotta pedestal supports a broken statue of "Orpheus," a Greek mythological figure.
Cobblestone Bridge/Rustic Bridge
Designed and constructed by Norcross Brothers in 1897. This bridge carries a narrow one-lane
roadway over Crum Elbow Creek northwest of the Coach House. It has smooth river cobble masonry
veneer over two reinforced concrete arches and low stone guardrails with rough-hewn stone copings.
Squat stone piers flank the approach.
South Entrance Gate
Part of a system of walls and gates designed by McKim, Mead & White to satisfy their client's wishes
for privacy. Constructed in 1897. Gate features two 90 degree, 25' radius arcs of granite veneer,
rubble-filled, wall flanking two 15' tall granite gate posts and a 13' wide black-painted iron gate. Gate
posts surmounted with spherical stone finials. Iron bars making up palisade are styled with a motif of
spear points.
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