AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



children's floor, with the bedrooms on the sunny side and the bathrooms on the opposite side 

 of the corridor. Large rooms, cheerful colors, pleasant furniture, and quite individual 

 treatment in each case are the characteristics of these attractive apartments. 



The main rooms of the house are on the south front of the central Iniilding. They are 

 three in number— the library, the drawing-room or living-room, and the dining-room. The 

 hvmg-room fills the center, the other two opening from it as well as from the corridor, which 

 is an extension of the entrance hall. The library is in oak, paneled to the ceiling, with round 

 arched windows, and arches of similar form over the niches into which the bookcases are built. 

 Curtains of green damask over lace curtains give the color note. The mantel is of green 

 marble. The living-room or drawing-room occupies the center of the house; its open end is 

 rounded and lighted by five windows, which give upon a terrace without. It is a large room, of 

 quite unusual form and richly furnished. The walls are paneled with French walnut, with 

 a plaster cornice and plain ceiling. The curtains are of red damask, the furniture of red and 

 gold and of tapestry, and the screens of red silk, red thus being the prevailing color. Side 

 candle lights project from many of the panels. The mantel of mottled marble has a built-in 

 mirror above it. The furniture is both old and new, the former numbering many articles of 

 unusual beauty and rarity, including a fine old French writing-table, old French cabinets, and 

 other pieces. The dining-room is white, with the panels of the walls separated by pilasters, 

 enclosing plain panels of a very delicate buff. Rich blue curtains at the windows give the 

 distinctive color. The mantel is of soft yellow Italian marble. On the walls are portraits of 

 General Lewis Cass and Mrs. Cass and of Mrs. Canfield. The sideboard is a fine piece of old 

 oak, elaborately carved. 



Mrs. Canfield's own rooms are immediately above in the second storv. They comprise 

 two bedrooms, with the boudoir directly between them and over the living-room. Like it, it 

 has a circular window. It is a beautiful apartment, the walls covered with wood panels 

 throughout ; the windows hung with curtains of Rose du Barry pink and white ; the furniture 

 and ugs in quiet harmony with the delicate treatment of the architectural features. Mrs. 

 Canfield's bedroom is square and white paneled; a deep blue carpet is on the floor, and the 

 hangings are light mauve and blue. The bedroom on the other side is finished in green, with 

 green silk panels and curtains. The house contains a number of historical relics and docu- 

 ments of the highest interest. The terrace at the back is suj.iported by a brick wall, in harmony 

 with the structure of the building. Large vases stand on the enclosing wall and steps, and 

 just l)elow is a pleasant border of rose bushes. The ground dips suddenly here, with a great 

 green field beyond, and then, as far as eye can see, stretch the undulating farm lands of the 

 adjacent countryside, with the Hempstead plains in the distance. It is an entrancing outlook 

 upon a smiling landscape of gentle woods, green fields, and thriving farms. 



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