﻿March, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  85 
  

  

  Notable 
  

  

  American 
  

  

  Homes 
  

  

  Barr 
  Ferree 
  

  

  The 
  

   House 
  of 
  

  

  R. 
  L. 
  

  

  Burton, 
  Esq, 
  

  

  Cedarhurst 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  

  

  ARGE 
  estates 
  are 
  quite 
  the 
  exception 
  at 
  

   Cedarhurst, 
  estates 
  whose 
  area 
  is 
  counted 
  

   in 
  acres, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Burton's 
  property 
  of 
  

   about 
  thirty-three 
  acres 
  is, 
  therefore, 
  quite 
  

   unusual 
  in 
  extent, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  unusual 
  in 
  the 
  

   beauty 
  of 
  its 
  development. 
  This 
  is 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  enough 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  fine 
  setting 
  to 
  the 
  spa- 
  

   cious 
  house, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  beautifully 
  laid 
  out 
  with 
  driveways, 
  

   fine 
  lawns, 
  trees, 
  shrubbery, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  hedge-enclosed 
  

   perennial 
  garden 
  of 
  considerable 
  extent, 
  a 
  fountain 
  and 
  old 
  

   Japanese 
  monuments. 
  The 
  house 
  is 
  so 
  situated 
  that 
  the 
  

   larger 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ornamental 
  grounds 
  face 
  the 
  entrance 
  

   front, 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  overlooking 
  a 
  superb 
  

   lawn 
  which 
  reaches 
  almost 
  directly 
  to 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  triple 
  building 
  with 
  a 
  frontage 
  of 
  

   generous 
  length. 
  It 
  is 
  shingled 
  throughout 
  with 
  36 
  x 
  12 
  

  

  Roper 
  split 
  cedar 
  shingles, 
  laid 
  three 
  to 
  the 
  weather; 
  the 
  

   trimmings 
  are 
  painted 
  white; 
  the 
  chimneys 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  

   walls 
  are 
  exposed 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  are 
  built 
  of 
  gray 
  

   brick. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  exterior, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  entrance 
  front, 
  

   is 
  covered 
  with 
  thickly 
  growing 
  ampelopsis 
  and 
  English 
  ivy. 
  

   In 
  plan 
  it 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  central 
  building 
  flanked 
  with 
  

   wings 
  which 
  are 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  part 
  by 
  connecting 
  

   passages. 
  The 
  central 
  part 
  is 
  slightly 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  

   portions, 
  and 
  it 
  alone 
  has 
  dormer 
  windows 
  in 
  the 
  roof 
  story. 
  

   All 
  the 
  roofs 
  are 
  sloping 
  and 
  form 
  an 
  integral 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   silhouette, 
  but 
  the 
  wing 
  walls 
  are 
  slightly 
  lower 
  than 
  the 
  

   other 
  parts; 
  their 
  cornices 
  are 
  without 
  the 
  broad 
  plain 
  frieze 
  

   which 
  surmounts 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  structure, 
  and 
  the 
  win- 
  

   dows 
  are 
  somewhat 
  different 
  in 
  dimensions. 
  The 
  window 
  

   scheme, 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  chief 
  architectural 
  element 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   fronts, 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  varied 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  wings 
  to 
  give 
  

  

  The 
  House 
  Is 
  a 
  Great 
  Triple 
  Building 
  with 
  a 
  Frontage 
  of 
  Generous 
  Proportions 
  

  

  