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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  January, 
  1907 
  

  

  Tk 
  

  

  Residence 
  of 
  Winthrop 
  Sargent, 
  Esq 
  

  

  Haverford, 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  

  

  RIVING 
  along 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Merion 
  to 
  Ha- 
  

   verford 
  and 
  passing 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  

   well-kept 
  estates 
  and 
  beautiful 
  houses 
  which 
  

   command 
  attention, 
  there 
  is 
  none 
  more 
  pic- 
  

   turesque 
  and 
  interesting 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  re- 
  

   cently 
  built 
  for 
  Winthrop 
  Sargent, 
  Esq., 
  

   at 
  Haverford. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  stands 
  well 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  street, 
  with 
  its 
  end 
  

   facing 
  the 
  roadway, 
  and 
  is 
  most 
  attractive 
  in 
  its 
  combination 
  

   of 
  stone, 
  stucco, 
  and 
  half-timber 
  work. 
  The 
  first 
  story 
  is 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  of 
  rock-faced 
  stone 
  laid 
  in 
  white 
  mortar 
  with 
  joints 
  

   well 
  raked. 
  The 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  stories 
  are 
  beamed 
  with 
  

   half-timber 
  work, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  panels 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  rough 
  

   plaster 
  of 
  a 
  soft 
  gray 
  color, 
  while 
  the 
  half-timber 
  and 
  all 
  

   wood 
  work 
  is 
  stained 
  a 
  soft 
  brown, 
  except 
  the 
  sashes, 
  which 
  

   are 
  painted 
  white. 
  The 
  roof 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  slate. 
  The 
  

   beauty 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  enhanced 
  by 
  the 
  planting 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  done 
  about 
  it, 
  and 
  the 
  vines 
  which 
  are 
  beginning 
  to 
  

   climb 
  over 
  its 
  walls, 
  making 
  it 
  an 
  artistic 
  picture. 
  

  

  The 
  house, 
  setting 
  well 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  highway, 
  affords 
  

   an 
  opportunity 
  for 
  a 
  broad 
  expanse 
  of 
  velvet 
  lawn 
  which 
  is 
  

   bordered 
  by 
  a 
  low 
  stone 
  fence. 
  Beds 
  of 
  shrubbery 
  are 
  placed 
  

   at 
  the 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  lawn, 
  and 
  massive 
  

   maple 
  and 
  elm 
  trees 
  grace 
  the 
  outlines 
  of 
  the 
  estate, 
  at 
  the 
  

   front, 
  sides, 
  and 
  rear. 
  

  

  The 
  approach 
  to 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  by 
  an 
  avenue 
  which 
  winds 
  

   from 
  the 
  main 
  road 
  to 
  the 
  front 
  entrance, 
  beyond 
  which 
  it 
  

   extends 
  to 
  the 
  enclosed 
  court 
  in 
  which 
  is 
  placed 
  the 
  stable 
  

   and 
  outbuildings. 
  

  

  A 
  series 
  of 
  stone 
  

   steps 
  lands 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  

   vestibule, 
  which 
  is 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  a 
  

   tiled 
  floor 
  and 
  pan- 
  

   eled 
  walls 
  of 
  oak. 
  

   The 
  hall 
  is 
  trimmed 
  

   with 
  oak, 
  finished 
  

   with 
  Flemish 
  treat- 
  

   ment. 
  The 
  walls 
  of 
  

   the 
  hall 
  have 
  up- 
  

   right 
  battens 
  of 
  sim- 
  

   ilar 
  oak 
  forming 
  

   panels 
  of 
  plaster. 
  

   The 
  ceiling 
  is 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  a 
  rough 
  

   plaster 
  coat 
  and 
  tint- 
  

   ed 
  a 
  creamish 
  yel- 
  

   low. 
  The 
  staircase 
  

   has 
  a 
  balustrade 
  of 
  

   handsome 
  design, 
  

   starting 
  from 
  a 
  

   carved 
  newel 
  at 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  stair- 
  

   w 
  a 
  y. 
  Underneath 
  

   the 
  Stairway 
  is 
  the 
  Beds 
  of 
  Shrubbery 
  are 
  Massed 
  

  

  coat 
  closet 
  and 
  lavatory, 
  both 
  convenient 
  to 
  the 
  entrance. 
  

   To 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  is 
  the 
  study, 
  which 
  is 
  treated 
  

   in 
  the 
  old 
  Dutch 
  style 
  with 
  Flemish 
  oak 
  trim 
  and 
  wainscot- 
  

   ing. 
  It 
  is 
  fitted 
  up 
  with 
  built-in 
  bookcases 
  and 
  a 
  paneled 
  seat, 
  

   and 
  has 
  an 
  open 
  fireplace 
  with 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  of 
  old 
  

   blue 
  tile. 
  

  

  The 
  living-room 
  is 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  hall 
  by 
  an 
  archway 
  

   with 
  a 
  column 
  forming 
  the 
  division. 
  The 
  double 
  living- 
  

   room 
  is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  oak 
  of 
  Flemish 
  treatment. 
  Both 
  

   have 
  paneled 
  walls 
  formed 
  by 
  battens 
  which 
  extend 
  in 
  an 
  

   upright 
  position 
  to 
  the 
  frieze 
  and 
  cornice. 
  The 
  fireplace 
  in 
  

   the 
  outer 
  living-room 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  brick, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  facing 
  of 
  

   Caen 
  stone, 
  a 
  hearth 
  of 
  tile, 
  and 
  a 
  mantel 
  of 
  simple 
  design. 
  

   The 
  inside 
  living-room, 
  which 
  is 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  massive 
  

   beamed 
  arch, 
  has 
  a 
  bay 
  window 
  at 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  with 
  a 
  paneled 
  seat. 
  The 
  inglenook 
  contains 
  an 
  open 
  

   fireplace 
  with 
  facings 
  of 
  Caen 
  stone, 
  a 
  tiled 
  hearth, 
  a 
  mantel 
  

   neatly 
  carved, 
  and 
  a 
  paneled 
  over-mantel. 
  On 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  fireplace 
  are 
  paneled 
  seats. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  living-room 
  the 
  porch 
  is 
  reached, 
  which 
  is, 
  as 
  it 
  

   should 
  be, 
  isolated 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  entrance, 
  giving 
  privacy 
  

   to 
  the 
  family 
  circle. 
  It 
  is 
  fitted 
  up 
  as 
  an 
  outdoor 
  living-room, 
  

   and 
  beyond 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  garden, 
  which 
  is 
  laid 
  out 
  in 
  a 
  formal 
  

   manner. 
  

  

  The 
  billiard-room, 
  which 
  occupies 
  the 
  entrance 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  house, 
  is 
  an 
  interesting 
  room. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  trimmed 
  with 
  

   Flemish 
  oak, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  three-foot 
  paneled 
  wainscoting, 
  above 
  

   which 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  treated 
  in 
  crimson. 
  A 
  plate 
  rack 
  above 
  

  

  extends 
  around 
  the 
  

   room. 
  The 
  ingle- 
  

   nook 
  contains 
  an 
  

   open 
  fireplace 
  built 
  

   of 
  blue 
  granite, 
  with 
  

   a 
  shelf 
  of 
  hewn 
  stone 
  

   resting 
  on 
  stone 
  cor- 
  

   bels. 
  At 
  either 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  fireplace 
  are 
  

   paneled 
  seats. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  

   is 
  also 
  trimmed 
  

   with 
  Flemish 
  oak, 
  

   and 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  

   wainscoted 
  to 
  the 
  

   height 
  of 
  five 
  feet 
  

   and 
  finished 
  with 
  

   a 
  plate 
  rack. 
  The 
  

   ceiling 
  is 
  beamed 
  

   and 
  ribbed, 
  form- 
  

   ing 
  panels. 
  An 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  feature 
  of 
  

   the 
  room 
  is 
  the 
  com- 
  

   bination 
  buffet 
  and 
  

   cabinet 
  which 
  is 
  

   built 
  in 
  the 
  corner, 
  

   at 
  the 
  Corners 
  of 
  the 
  House 
  The 
  space 
  below 
  the 
  

  

  