﻿February, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  67 
  

  

  Crowhurst, 
  ' 
  Manchester-by- 
  the-Sea 
  

  

  By 
  Mary 
  H. 
  Northend 
  

  

  RANSFORMED 
  from 
  

   meadow 
  and 
  woodland 
  

   into 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  pic- 
  

   turesque 
  of 
  estates 
  is 
  

   "Crowhurst," 
  the 
  summer 
  

   home 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Francis 
  

   Meredyth 
  Whitehouse, 
  at 
  

   Manchester-by-the-Sea. 
  The 
  grounds 
  are 
  

   most 
  extensive, 
  sloping 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  

   rocky 
  headlands 
  that 
  define 
  the 
  shore, 
  and 
  

   reaching 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  Kettle 
  Cove 
  Road. 
  

  

  A 
  road 
  cuts 
  through 
  the 
  grounds, 
  sep- 
  

   arating 
  the 
  home 
  estate 
  from 
  the 
  stables 
  

   and 
  farm 
  land. 
  At 
  the 
  right, 
  hidden 
  from 
  

   view, 
  is 
  the 
  house, 
  which 
  has 
  only 
  recently 
  

   been 
  finished 
  and 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  family. 
  

   The 
  picturesque 
  stables 
  and 
  cottages, 
  used 
  

   by 
  the 
  employes 
  as 
  homes, 
  make 
  an 
  artistic 
  

   spot 
  on 
  the 
  landscape 
  at 
  the 
  left, 
  as 
  one 
  

   drives 
  along 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  roads 
  that 
  lead 
  

   from 
  Manchester 
  to 
  Magnolia. 
  Every- 
  

   thing 
  about 
  the 
  grounds 
  is 
  well 
  managed, 
  

   with 
  every 
  evidence 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   treated 
  in 
  a 
  scientific 
  manner 
  carefully 
  

   thought 
  out. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  discordant 
  note 
  in 
  

   the 
  whole 
  estate. 
  The 
  soft-green 
  lawns, 
  

   stretching 
  to 
  the 
  buildings, 
  the 
  central 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  farm, 
  are 
  

   interrupted 
  midway 
  by 
  a 
  pool 
  in 
  which 
  ducks 
  disport 
  them- 
  

   selves. 
  

  

  The 
  buildings 
  are 
  of 
  stucco 
  and 
  half 
  timber 
  with 
  unusual 
  

   combinations 
  in 
  gables 
  and 
  dormers, 
  thoroughly 
  individual 
  

   in 
  design. 
  They 
  show 
  interesting 
  openings 
  and 
  give 
  telling 
  

   projections, 
  such 
  as 
  an 
  architect 
  of 
  taste 
  and 
  ability 
  only 
  

  

  A 
  Glimpse 
  of 
  the 
  Formal 
  Garden 
  and 
  Gateway 
  

  

  could 
  arrange. 
  They 
  follow 
  the 
  Normandy 
  farm 
  style 
  of 
  

   architecture, 
  and 
  were 
  planned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Whitehouse 
  himself. 
  

   They 
  surround 
  a 
  courtyard, 
  entered 
  by 
  the 
  driveway. 
  As 
  

   one 
  enters 
  here, 
  flocks 
  of 
  fantails 
  whirl 
  over 
  one's 
  head 
  from 
  

   a 
  dovecote 
  in 
  the 
  tower. 
  

  

  The 
  property 
  is 
  so 
  large 
  that 
  each 
  department 
  has 
  its 
  dis- 
  

   tinctive 
  situation. 
  At 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  buildings 
  is 
  the 
  farm; 
  

  

  '^«*.l 
  

  

  «r 
  m 
  

  

  'Mm^S.mtM 
  

  

  

  

  Ifw-gin 
  

  

  *< 
  Iwv. 
  

  

  . 
  

  

  - 
  -,-* 
  a 
  

  

  The 
  House 
  Follows 
  the 
  Normandy 
  Farm 
  Style 
  of 
  Architecture 
  

  

  