 On December 8, 1892, the World's Fair Commission chose his design for the Maryland Medal.In 1898 he spent a year in Florence, Italy, studying art, returning in 1899 to his parents' home on Shelter Island.In 1906 he completed a stained glass window in memory of Brooklyn banker Frederick A. Schroeder in the Union Chapel in the Grove on Shelter Island, and in 1909 he created a similar design for actor William Gillette's houseboat.