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== Selected architectural works == === Downing & Vaux (1850β1852) === * [[Joel T. Headley House]], "Cedar Lawn," [[New Windsor, New York|New Windsor, NY]] (1850β51){{Multiple image | image1 = Newport,Rhode Island.USA. - panoramio (14).jpg | caption1 = Daniel Parish House, Newport, RI (1852) | image2 = Warren House, Newburgh NY.jpg | direction = vertical | caption2 = [[W. E. Warren House]], Newburgh, NY (1853) | image3 = Ammadelle, 637 North Lamar Boulevard, Oxford (Lafayette County, Mississippi).jpg | caption3 = [[Ammadelle]], Oxford, MS (1859β61) }} *Remodel of [[Warren Delano Jr.|Warren Delano]] House, "Algonac," [[Balmville, New York|Balmville, NY]] (1851) * [[City Club (Newburgh, New York)|Dr. William A. M. Culbert House]], [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh, NY]] (1851β52) * William L. Findlay House, [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh, NY]] (1851β52) * [[Beechwood (Astor mansion)|Daniel Parish House]], [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport, RI]] (1852β53; 1855) * Robert Dodge House, [[Washington, D.C.]] (1850β53) ==== Sole partner ==== *[[W. E. Warren House|William E. Warren House]], [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh, NY]] (1853) *[[Nathaniel Parker Willis]] House, "Idlewild," [[Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York|Cornwall on Hudson]], NY (1853) *Remodel of [[Henry Winthrop Sargent]] House, "Wodenethe," [[Beacon, New York|Beacon, NY]] (1853) *[[c:File:E._S._Hall_House.png|Edward S. Hall House]] (project), [[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown, CT]] (1853) *Lydig M. Hoyt House, "[[Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park|The Point]]," [[Staatsburg, New York|Staatsburg, NY]] (1855), independently <ref>Kowsky, 28β42. The Culbert house remains ruined after a 1981 fire; the Findlay House no longer stands. </ref> === Vaux & Withers (1854β1856) === * James Walker Fowler House (project), [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh, NY]] (c. 1855) * [[Halsey Stevens House|Halsey R. Stevens House]], [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh, NY]] (1855) * Bank of New York, [[New York City|New York, NY]] (1856) *Leonard H. Lee Cottage, [[New Windsor, New York|New Windsor, NY]] (1856) *Thomas Earle House, [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester, MA]] (1856) * John A. C. Gray House, [[New York City|New York, NY]] (1856β57) <ref>Kowsky, 54β91. The Willis house still exists as a highly altered 1-story house, with Vaux's landscape eradicated. Wodenethe no longer stands, neither do the Bank of New York or Gray house. </ref> === Central Park structures (1857β1870) === * [[Bow Bridge (Central Park)|Bow Bridge]] (completed 1858), with [[Jacob Wrey Mould]] * [[The Ramble and Lake|Ramble Arch]] (completed 1859) * [[Bethesda Terrace and Fountain|Bethesda Terrace]] (built 1862β73), with Mould * [[Ballplayers House|Boys Play House]], (completed 1868) * [[The Dairy]] (completed 1869) * [[Belvedere Castle]] (built 1867β71), with Mould <ref>Kowsky, 103β135, 189β94</ref> === Country houses (1856β1863) === * {{Multiple image | image1 = Bethesda Terrace.png | caption1 = [[Bethesda Terrace]], [[Central Park]], New York, NY (1862β73) | image2 = Samuel J Tilden house 15 Gramercy Pk South jeh.JPG | direction = vertical | caption2 = Remodel of Samuel J. Tilden House (1881β84) | image3 = (King1893NYC) pg434 CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY. EAST-SIDE BOYS- LODGING-HOUSE AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, 287 EAST BROADWAY.jpg | caption3 = East Side Boys' Lodging House and Industrial School, New York, NY (1879) }} [[c:File:Eugene_Dutilh_House.png|Eugene Dutilh House]], [[Garrison, New York|Garrison, NY]] (1857) * Remodel of [[John Bigelow]] House, "[[The Squirrels (Highland Falls, New York)|The Squirrels]]," [[Highland Falls, New York|Highland Falls, NY]] (1857) * Peter Chardon Brooks III House, "Point of Rocks," [[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford, MA]] (1859) * Thomas E. B. Pegues House, "[[Ammadelle]]," [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford, MS]] (1859β61) * [[Beaulieu House, Newport|Frederico Berreda House]], [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport, RI]] (1859β60) *Francis Tomes House, Greenwich, CT (1861) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Tomes-Higgins House|url=https://christchurchgreenwich.org/buildingsgrounds-2/tomes-higgins/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122225154/https://christchurchgreenwich.org/buildingsgrounds-2/tomes-higgins/ |archive-date=November 22, 2021 }}</ref> *Stephen B. Hammond House, "[[Ashcroft (Geneva, New York)|Ashcroft]]," [[Geneva, New York|Geneva, NY]] (1862) <ref>Kowsky, 141β48. The Brooks house no longer stands. The Berreda house has seen various alterations, chiefly the removal of a tower. </ref> === Vaux, Withers & Co. (1863β1871) === * Landscape architecture with Olmsted, [[Gallaudet University]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]] (1866) * Landscape architecture with Olmsted, [[Hudson River State Hospital]], [[Poughkeepsie, New York|Poughkeepsie, NY]] (1867) * Civic planning and landscape design with Olmsted, [[Riverside, Illinois]] (1869) * [https://michaelminn.net/cities/chicago/riverside/dore_cottage/index.html Dore Cottage], [[Riverside, Illinois]] (1869) * Consulting, [[Frederic Edwin Church|Frederic E. Church]] House, "[[Olana State Historic Site|Olana]]," [[Hudson, New York|Hudson, NY]] (1870β72) * [[American Museum of Natural History]], [[New York City|New York, NY]] (1872β77), with Mould * [[Grand Army of the Republic Hall (Worcester, Massachusetts)|George J. Bull House]], [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester, MA]] (1874β75) * Design for New York City Prison, "[[The Tombs|Tombs]]," (1874) <ref>Kowsky, 198β251. The Museum of Natural History no longer stands. </ref> === Later career (1869β1889) === * [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York, NY]] (1874β1880), with Mould * East Side Boys' Lodging House and Industrial School for [[Children's Aid Society]], [[New York City|New York, NY]] (1879) * Raphael Pumpelly House, [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport, RI]] (1880) * Garden, [[Grace Church (Manhattan)|Grace Church]], [[New York City|New York, NY]] (1881) * Remodel of [[Samuel J. Tilden House]], [[New York City|New York, NY]] (1881β84) * [[Edwin Booth]] House, "Boothden," Middletown, RI (1883) * Tompkins Square Lodging House and Industrial School, New York, NY (1885) * Canal Street Park, [[New York City|New York, NY]] (1887β88) * [[Columbus Park (Manhattan)|Mulberry Bend Park]], [[New York City|New York, NY]] (1895) * [[Rockwood Park (Saint John, New Brunswick)]] (1894) <ref>{{cite web |title=Rockwood Park |url=https://stonehammergeopark.com/geosites/rockwood-park/ |publisher=Stonehammer |access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref> * [[Downing Park (Newburgh, New York)|Downing Park]], [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh, NY]] (1889), with Olmsted <ref>Kowsky, 261β319. The Pumpelly house no longer stands. </ref>
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