Editing Addison Mizner (section)

==Early architectural career==

Little is known about Addison Mizner's sketches and artwork prior to his architectural career; he did brag in 1893 of having sold six pictures for $150.<ref name=Seebohm />{{rp|54}} His subsequent work shows him to be a fine [[technical drawing|draftsman]] and an artist who painted beautiful [[watercolor]]s.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

Although he lacked formal university training, Mizner served a 3-year apprenticeship (1894–1897) in the office of San Francisco architect [[Willis Polk|Willis Jefferson Polk]], eventually becoming a partner.<ref>Mizner 1932. p. 75</ref><ref name=Seebohm />{{rp|59}} Polk was only five years older than Addison and was not committed to any architectural style.<ref name=Curl />{{rp|10}} "His [Mizner's] architectural training rivaled that of many in the profession of his day."<ref name=Curl />{{rp|3}}

In 1904 he relocated to New York City, and then to nearby [[Port Washington, New York|Port Washington]], [[Long Island]].<ref name=Curl />{{rp|16–21}} During his first five years in New York, Mizner never built a house. The commissions he did receive were for interior design, which in two cases were the interior of [[yacht]]s,<ref name=Seebohm />{{rp|134–135}} and in designing gardens.<ref name=Seebohm />{{rp|135–136}} Eventually he designed numerous country houses across [[Long Island]] and the region. In 1907, he and William Massarene designed [[White Pine Camp]], a retreat in the [[Adirondack Mountains]], later used by U. S. President [[Calvin Coolidge]] as his "Summer White House". He also designed [[Rock Hall (Colebrook, Connecticut)|Rock Hall]] in Connecticut<ref>{{cite web |title=Restoring Addison Mizner's Rock Hall |url=https://www.oldhouseonline.com/house-tours/restoring-addison-mizners-rock-hall |website=Old House Online |publisher=Old House |access-date=19 May 2024 |date=21 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rock Hall |url=https://litchfieldmagazine.com/rock-hall/ |website=Litchfield Magazine |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref> and the main house of the [[Hitchcock Estate]] in [[Dutchess County, New York]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hojnicki |first1=Carrie |title=Timothy Leary's Hitchcock Estate in Millbrook, New York, May Be the State's Strangest Home |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/timothy-leary-hitchcock-estate-millbrook |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=Architectural Digest |date=28 July 2017}}</ref>