﻿January, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  The 
  House 
  Setting 
  Back 
  from 
  the 
  Road 
  Affords 
  an 
  Opportunity 
  for 
  a 
  Broad 
  Expanse 
  of 
  Velvet 
  Lawn, 
  Enclosed 
  by 
  a 
  Low 
  Stone 
  Fence 
  

  

  countershelr 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  china 
  closets 
  with 
  leaded 
  glass 
  

   doors, 
  while 
  the 
  space 
  above 
  is 
  arched 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  

   shelves. 
  In 
  the 
  opposite 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  is 
  the 
  fireplace, 
  

   which 
  is 
  built 
  with 
  a 
  facing 
  and 
  hearth 
  of 
  Moravian 
  tile, 
  

   and 
  a 
  mantel 
  of 
  simple 
  design 
  with 
  the 
  shelf 
  resting 
  on 
  carved 
  

   brackets. 
  

  

  A 
  door 
  with 
  the 
  

   upper 
  panel 
  glazed 
  

   in 
  leaded 
  glass 
  opens 
  

   into 
  the 
  butler's 
  pan- 
  

   try, 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  

   connecting 
  link 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  kitchen 
  

   and 
  the 
  dining-room. 
  

   This 
  butler's 
  pantry 
  

   is 
  fitted 
  with 
  draw- 
  

   ers, 
  dressers, 
  and 
  

   sink 
  complete. 
  The 
  

   kitchen 
  and 
  its 
  de- 
  

   pendencies, 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  servants' 
  

   hall, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  

   proper 
  adjunct 
  to 
  

   the 
  well-regulated 
  

   house, 
  is 
  fitted 
  with 
  

   all 
  the 
  best 
  modern 
  

   fixtures. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  floor 
  

   is 
  finished 
  off 
  in 
  a 
  

   very 
  handsome 
  man- 
  

  

  J?iffN 
  OfT7/?brjLooe. 
  

  

  A 
  Series 
  of 
  Stone 
  Steps 
  Lands 
  One 
  in 
  the 
  Vestibule 
  horn 
  Which 
  the 
  Interior 
  

   of 
  the 
  House 
  Is 
  Reached 
  

  

  ner, 
  for 
  the 
  hall 
  and 
  each 
  room 
  are 
  treated 
  in 
  one 
  particular 
  

   style 
  and 
  color 
  scheme. 
  The 
  bedrooms 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  well 
  

   lighted 
  and 
  are 
  furnished 
  with 
  well-fitted 
  closets. 
  The 
  bath- 
  

   rooms 
  have 
  tile 
  wainscotings 
  and 
  tile 
  floors, 
  and 
  are 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  with 
  porcelain 
  fixtures 
  and 
  exposed 
  nickel-plated 
  

  

  plumbing. 
  The 
  third 
  

   floor 
  contains 
  extra 
  

   rooms 
  and 
  bath 
  and 
  

   also 
  ample 
  storage 
  

   space. 
  The 
  heating 
  

   apparatus, 
  fuel 
  

   rooms, 
  and 
  cold 
  stor- 
  

   age 
  cellar 
  are 
  placed 
  

   in 
  the 
  cellar, 
  which 
  

   has 
  a 
  cemented 
  bot- 
  

   tom. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  L 
  i 
  n 
  d 
  1 
  e 
  y 
  

   Johnson, 
  of 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia, 
  Pa., 
  who 
  

   was 
  the 
  architect 
  of 
  

   the 
  house, 
  accepted 
  

   the 
  English 
  half-tim- 
  

   bered 
  house 
  as 
  his 
  

   prototype, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   Sargent's 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   fine 
  example 
  of 
  that 
  

   particular 
  stvle 
  of 
  

   work 
  for 
  which 
  he 
  

   has 
  made 
  a 
  special 
  

   study. 
  

  

  