Schmidt's creative watershed, 1926, culminated in the building of his own country house, whimsically named from a children's book by Rudyard Kipling.
Schmidt's Astor patronage produced this fine colonial revival country house for Ava Alice Muriel Astor, Vincent's eccentric sister.
The quintessential English country house re-imagined and set on 15 acres overlooking the Hudson River.
In this charming municipal complex, Schmidt deftly accommodated the requirements of modern life within the envelope of the 18th century idiom we call Georgian.
Over the course of 25 years, Schmidt executed some dozen commissions for the Rockefeller family, including country houses and apartment alterations.
Hudson Pines remains one of Mott Schmidt's finest country houses.
Hillcrest, designed for Martha Baird Rockefeller, now houses the Rockefeller Archives.