...acres, was completed early in 1835. It is a beautiful spot (he says, in a letter written at the time), capable of being made a little paradise. There is...as a nest to which I can resort when in the mood. It would have been very unlike him, however, if he had thought of himself alone. His brother Ebenezer...

...architect up there, and shall build upon the old mansion this summer. My idea is to make a little nookerv somewhat in the Dutch style, quaint but unpretending....as a nest to which I can resort when in the mood. It would have been very unlike him, however, if he had thought of himself alone. His brother Ebenezer...

...purchased the Dutch cottage on the Hudson, with ten acres of ground, which he intended to remodel and make "a little nookery, somewhat in the Dutch style, quaint but unpretending, and keep it as a nest." It was, I believe, the original " Wolfert's Roost," near the "Tappan Zee, being,...

...architect up there, and shall build upon the old mansion this summer. My idea is to make a little nookcry somewhat in the Dutch style, quaint, but unpretending....as a nest, to which I can resort when in the mood." Soon afterward he writes again : " The workmen are busy upon my cottage, which I think will be a snug...

...work on the plan of his proposed cottage. In July of the same year he writes to his brother Peter: " You have been told, no doubt, of a purchase I have...style, quaint but unpretending. It will be of stone." He seems to have torn down the old cottage almost to the foundations, for he says of the new structure...

...constmction of the additions to the cottage. In a letter shortly after the purchase he says :— ' My idea is to make a little nookery somewhat in the Dutch style, quaint but unpretending.' It was currently reported at the time of the purchase that Irving had become so enthusiastic over the...

...work on the plan of his proposed cottage. In July of the same year he writes to his brother Peter: " You have been told, no doubt, of a purchase I have...style, quaint but unpretending. It will be of stone." He seems to have torn down the old cottage almost to the foundations, for he says of the new structure...

...work on the plan of his proposed cottage. In July of the same year he writes to his brother Peter: " You have been told, no doubt, of a purchase I have...style, quaint but unpretending. It will be of stone." He seems to have torn down the old cottage almost to the foundations, for he says of the new structure...

...corners as an old cocked hat. It is said, in fact, to have been modeled SUNNYSIDE, OR WOLFERT S ROOST. upon the old mansion this summer. My idea is to make...somewhat in the Dutch style, quaint but unpretending," and to " keep it as a nest to which I can resort when in the mood." And when was he not ? Bidden to...

...small stone cottage on it, built about a century since, and inhabited by one of the Van Tassels. . . . My idea is to make a little nookery somewhat in the Dutch style, quaint but unpretending. ... In fact, it is more with a view of furnishing the worthy little Bramin a retreat for himself and...