RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 36'J 



even were it in this single point alone, the Italian style is 

 superior to the Grecian for rural residences.* 



* The villa of Theodore Lyman, Esq., at Brookline, near Boston, Fig. 48, 

 is a highly interesting specimen of this style, designed by Mr. Upjohn — • 

 beautiful in exterior effect, and replete internally with every comfort and 

 convenience. 



Riverside Villa, the residence of Bishop Doano, at Burlington, New 

 Jersey, is one of the best examples of the Italian style in this country. For 

 the drawings from which Figures 49 and 50 are engraved, and for the 

 following description, we are indebted to the able architect, John Notman, 

 Esq., of Philadelphia, from whose designs the whole was constracted. 



The site of this villa is upon the east bank of the Delaware river, near the 

 town of Burlington, and within a few rods of the margin of this lovely 

 stream. 



The Delaware, at this part of its course, takes a direction nearly w<;;t ; and 

 while the river front (comprising the drawing room, hall, and library), com- 

 manding the finest water views, which are enjoyed to the greatest advantage 

 in summer, has a cool aspect : the opposite side of the hou.^^e, including the 

 dining room, parlor, etc., is the favorite quarter in winter, being fully exposed 

 to the genial influence of the sunbeams during the absence of foliage at that 

 season. From t'liis side of the house, a view is obtained of the pretty suburbs 

 of Burlington, studded with neat cottages and gardens. 



In the accompanying plan, fig. 50, a, is the hall ; h, the vestibule ; c, the 

 dining room ; d, the library ; e, the drawing room ; /, the parlor ; g. Bishop 

 D.'s room ; h, dressing room ; i, water closets ; j, bath room ; k, store room ; 

 I, principal stairs ; m, back stairs ; o, conservatory ; p, veranda, etc. 



A small terrace with balustrade, which surround.s the hall door, gives 

 importance to this leading feature of the entrance front. The hall, a, is 17 

 feet square ; on the right of the arched entrance is a casement window, 

 opening to the floor, occasionally used as a door in winter, when the wind if 

 north. The vestibule, 6, opens from the hall, 17 by 21 feet. In the ceiling 

 of this central apartment is a circular opening, with railing in the second 

 story, forming a gallery above, which communicates with the di/Terc:.; 

 chambers, and affords ventilation to the whole house. Over this circular 

 opening is a sky-light in the roof, which, mellowed and softened by a second 

 colored one below it, serves to light the vestibule. From the vestibule we 

 enter the dining room, h, 17 by 25 feet. The fine vista through the hall, 

 vestibule, and dining room, 70 feet in length, is here terminated by the bay- 

 window at the extremity of the dining room, which, through the balcony^ 

 opens on the lawn, varied by groups of shrubbery. On the left side of tl.o 

 vestibule, through a wide circular headed opening, we enter upon the pr'n. i, ' 



