In his country houses, Schmidt often looked directly to English models, and the Peyton house uses this source to good effect.
In this charming municipal complex, Schmidt deftly accommodated the requirements of modern life within the envelope of the 18th century idiom we call Georgian.
Schmidt's third commission for the Dillon family, built in New Jersey "horse country" at Far Hills, is perhaps Schmidt's best residential work of the 1930s.
Schmidt's final New York apartment house, designed in collaboration with Rosario Candela, is a rare departure from the traditional classical vocabulary.
Over the course of 25 years, Schmidt executed some dozen commissions for the Rockefeller family, including country houses and apartment alterations.
Schmidt began working for the Rockefellers in 1937, executing the lavish city apartment of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., on Park Avenue.
Hudson Pines remains one of Mott Schmidt's finest country houses.