AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



The courts which fill the centers of the two sides are somewhat differently treated, but 

 each includes a terrace which projects well forward beyond the walls of the house. The garden 

 front is distinctly the richer, as befits the more retired and private part of the house. The 

 wings are longer here, with three windows on the side, while on the sea front they have but 

 one. Across the three central openings of the center is a colonnade of double columns, with an 

 entablature on which are four sculptured groups. The garden terrace has no balustrade, but 

 is laid out in box borders and adorned with many plants and bay trees. Two standing lions 

 are placed at the center of the steps, and the platform contains marble seats, superb vases, and 

 a delightful fountain in the middle. Another fountain stands on the lawn below. 



In a very literal sense of the word this magnificent house is a palace. It is architectural 

 elegance of a very refined and penetrating character. It is sumptuous architecture, moreover, 

 very beautifully composed and very carefully treated. It is a house built quite obviously 

 for stately living, and has, most naturally, a thoroughly distinguished air. The grounds have 

 been developed and decorated in a sumptuous manner, and add very largely to the splendor 

 of the mansion which they surround. 



ROSECLIFF " - THE SEA FRONT, 



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