Vintage landscape: balustrade

Thornedale urn, F.B. Johnston, Library of CongressPond at the house entrance of “Thornedale,” Millbrook, New York, 1919, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (both photos).

Thornedale pond 2, F.B. Johnston, Library of CongressThe  house was built in 1849 and still exists.

Vintage landscape: Thornedale

Thornedale, F.B. Johnston, Library of Congress

Sugar maple allée at “Thornedale,” Millbrook, New York, 1919, hand-colored glass lantern slide by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Helen Stafford Thorne is credited with the garden’s design. The estate still exists under family ownership.