The only other one is the former residence of the late PMward Nelson, brother of the preceding, and is now occupied by Charles P. Crane, a lawyer practicing in New York City. The mansion is a spacious structure, with turreted tower on the southeast corner and broad verandas on the south and west, and stands among a number of handsome trees, on the north side of the back road to Scarsdalc Station, at some distance from the road.

On the Mamaroneck road, about quarter of a mile beyond the Fish mansion, stands the residence of Dr. Alexander M. Hruen, built uj)on the site of what was formerly known as " Cooper's Folly." The latter was at one time the residence of the famous novelist, Jas. Fenimore Cooper, who lived within the township for a few years, but never made it his permanent residence. The above name was given to it by the townspeople, from the peculiar nature of its architecture and the wretchedness of the workmanship. In its general appearance it resembled the typical Swiss chalet, and the timber ,of which it was composed was so unseasoned and so poorly put together that the house had to be taken down within a few years of its erection. The novelist resided here ibr about three years after the date of "building the house, 1840, and upon his departure the property passed into the hands of Dr. Brucn, who, upon the same site as "Cooper's Folly," built the present large mansion. Just north of this stood, till within a few years, a small, weatherbeaten cottage of two stories and steep, pitched roof, wliere, it is reported. Cooper wrote the "Spy," his famous novel, the scene of which is the "Neutral (iround" of the Revolution, of which Scarsdale formed a i)art. About eight years ago this cottage was torn down to make way for the large and more i)retentious dwelling which occu[)ies a site close by, and is the residence of Green Wright.