AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS 



"Mill-Brook," the House of F. King Wainwright, Esq., 

 at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. 



"Mill -Brook," Mr. F. King Wainwright's house, at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, is built 

 on one of the green hillsides which abound in the environs of Philadelphia. The site is sunny, 

 but the house is a quite poetic conception, very admirably carried out. Local field stone forms 

 the fabric of the first story; above, the walls are in half -timber work, the plaster remaining 

 in its natural soft gray color. The shingled roof is stained a dark moss green. A round 

 archway, under a simple shed-like roof, serves as the entrance. It opens from an open court, 

 formed by the main 

 building and by the 

 kitchen wing which pro- 

 jects at right angles 

 from it. The quaint 

 chimney of the latter is 

 quite a marked feature. 

 The plan is some- 

 what irregular, although 



not at all wanting in 



convenience nor in logi- 

 cal arrangement. The 



entrance doorway leads 



directly into a lobby, 



from which the hall is 



entered from one corner. 



This picturesque apart- 

 ment is paneled with 



wood, stained a soft 



brown, to the height of 



seven feet. The ceiling 



is beamed. The stairs 



are on the entrance side 



dividing part way up. 



To the left is the library 



or living-room, which 



fills the entire end of the 



house and opens directly 



on to the end porch, 



Which is overbuilt by << MILL-BROOK "-THE TERRACE PORCH. 



