June 1981 - WILDERSTEIN’S ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE PLAN IS DISCOVERED

The original landscape plan by Calvert Vaux is discovered in the attic of the mansion.  The document is in a fragile state and cannot be unrolled without damaging it.  Ultimately, after painstaking conservation work, the document becomes the blueprint for restoring Wilderstein’s grounds.

Daisy says of the landscape plan: “We’re very lucky we found it. It was put on top of a bookcase, up in the attic. It fell down behind the bookcase and the chimney.  I didn’t even know it existed.  Over the years there were some leaks in the roof.  This thing got completely soaked.  It’s just extraordinary that it has been rescued.”