﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  March, 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  March, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  A 
  Cluster 
  of 
  Phlox 
  

  

  mobility 
  to 
  the 
  design, 
  and 
  yet 
  is 
  thoroughly 
  harmonious 
  and 
  

   well 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  interior. 
  

  

  A 
  portico, 
  two 
  stories 
  in 
  height, 
  with 
  four 
  columns., 
  whose 
  

   capitals 
  are 
  of 
  Ionic 
  type, 
  is 
  built 
  at 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  front, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  commanding 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  exterior. 
  

   The 
  main 
  doorway, 
  below 
  it, 
  is 
  encased 
  within 
  a 
  pilastered 
  

   framework 
  whose 
  entablature 
  supports 
  a 
  pointed 
  pediment. 
  

   The 
  window 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  is 
  included 
  within 
  the 
  ornament 
  

   treatment 
  of 
  the 
  doorway 
  and 
  each 
  has, 
  beneath 
  it, 
  a 
  

   built-in 
  seat. 
  Handsome 
  wrought 
  iron 
  lanterns 
  on 
  the 
  

   portico 
  pilasters 
  complete 
  the 
  special 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  en- 
  

   trance. 
  

  

  The 
  windows 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  portico 
  are 
  treated 
  

   as 
  a 
  single 
  panel, 
  two 
  stories 
  in 
  height. 
  They 
  form 
  a 
  con- 
  

   tinuously 
  paneled 
  bay, 
  triple 
  in 
  design, 
  the 
  central 
  upper 
  

   member 
  being 
  round 
  arched, 
  with 
  small 
  circular 
  windows 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  arch, 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  divisions 
  are 
  

   variously 
  windowed 
  and 
  paneled 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  internal 
  re- 
  

   quirements. 
  While 
  seemingly 
  identical 
  in 
  design 
  these 
  

   bays 
  include 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  marked 
  differences. 
  Thus 
  the 
  

   upper 
  bay 
  on 
  the 
  left, 
  which 
  lights 
  the 
  stair 
  hall, 
  contains 
  

   three 
  windows 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  entablature 
  

   of 
  the 
  lower 
  division. 
  The 
  central 
  lower 
  panel 
  is 
  solid, 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  panel 
  on 
  the 
  right. 
  On 
  

   the 
  right 
  side 
  the 
  windows 
  In 
  the 
  upper 
  tier 
  have 
  panels 
  

   below 
  them; 
  the 
  lower 
  tier 
  has 
  three 
  windows. 
  

  

  1 
  he 
  interior 
  arrangements 
  exhibit 
  an 
  admirable 
  disposi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  space. 
  A 
  great 
  hall 
  occupies 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  

   house. 
  To 
  the 
  left 
  are 
  the 
  stairs 
  and 
  passages 
  to 
  the 
  service 
  

   wing; 
  behind, 
  on 
  the 
  water 
  front, 
  is 
  the 
  dining-room. 
  On 
  

   the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  hall 
  is 
  the 
  den, 
  on 
  the 
  entrance 
  front, 
  with 
  

   the 
  drawing-room 
  adjoining 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  water 
  front. 
  Then 
  

   comes 
  the 
  living-room, 
  extending 
  from 
  front 
  to 
  front, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  extreme 
  right 
  is 
  Mr. 
  Burton's 
  office. 
  

  

  The 
  hall 
  is 
  paneled 
  throughout 
  with 
  wood, 
  painted 
  

   white, 
  with 
  panels 
  of 
  pale 
  yellow 
  embroidered 
  silk. 
  The 
  

   ceiling 
  has 
  exposed 
  beams, 
  molded 
  and 
  decorated, 
  with 
  

   yellow 
  panels 
  corresponding 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  walls. 
  The 
  

   cornice 
  is 
  upheld 
  by 
  channeled 
  pilasters 
  with 
  Ionic 
  capitals, 
  

   with 
  decorated 
  consoles 
  in 
  the 
  frieze 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  ceiling 
  

   beams. 
  On 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  door 
  is 
  a 
  recess 
  with 
  

   a 
  window 
  and 
  a 
  built-in 
  seat. 
  The 
  stairs 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  left, 
  

   rising 
  within 
  an 
  arched 
  passageway 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  white 
  

   and 
  yellow 
  walls. 
  On 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  arch 
  are 
  

  

  carved 
  mahogany 
  doors 
  leading 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  

   parts 
  of 
  this 
  floor. 
  The 
  mantel 
  is 
  of 
  wood, 
  

   with 
  a 
  paneled 
  chimney 
  breast 
  with 
  corner 
  

   columns 
  standing 
  on 
  pedestals. 
  The 
  lire- 
  

   place 
  has 
  a 
  mottled 
  white 
  marble 
  facing 
  and 
  

   hearth. 
  The 
  hardwood 
  floor 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  handsome 
  Oriental 
  rugs. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   host 
  of 
  interesting 
  and 
  beautiful 
  objects 
  in 
  

   this 
  hall. 
  On 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  fireplace 
  are 
  

   iron 
  boxes, 
  used 
  in 
  olden 
  times 
  in 
  Spain 
  by 
  

   the 
  richer 
  classes 
  in 
  traveling 
  for 
  carrying 
  

   their 
  money 
  and 
  jewels, 
  with 
  enormous 
  

   spring 
  locks 
  inside. 
  Beyond 
  is 
  a 
  painted 
  

   Russian 
  sleigh, 
  filled 
  with 
  growing 
  plants. 
  

   On 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  Is 
  a 
  rare 
  old 
  desk 
  

   inlaid 
  with 
  ivory. 
  On 
  the 
  wall 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  mantel 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  gold 
  mirror. 
  There 
  

   are 
  many 
  smaller 
  ornaments, 
  mostly 
  an- 
  

   tiques. 
  At 
  the 
  further 
  end 
  the 
  hall 
  opens 
  

   into 
  a 
  sun 
  parlor 
  or 
  conservatory; 
  it 
  is 
  

   semi-circular 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  filled 
  with 
  beau- 
  

   tiful 
  plants. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  is 
  a 
  rectangular 
  apart- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  windows 
  overlooking 
  the 
  water 
  

   and 
  at 
  one 
  end. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  high 
  wainscoting 
  

   of 
  San 
  Domingo 
  mahogany 
  for 
  about 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  of 
  the 
  height, 
  finished 
  with 
  a 
  shelf 
  on 
  carved 
  corbels. 
  

   The 
  main 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  wainscot 
  are 
  continued 
  to 
  the 
  ceil- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  richly 
  carved 
  brackets, 
  which 
  support 
  the 
  

   great 
  longitudinal 
  beams. 
  The 
  transverse 
  beams 
  are 
  closely 
  

   set, 
  forming 
  narrow 
  oblong 
  enclosures, 
  the 
  spaces 
  between 
  

   them 
  being 
  filled 
  with 
  canvas 
  and 
  tinfoil 
  painted 
  yellow, 
  

   with 
  ornamental 
  frames 
  in 
  lighter 
  colors. 
  Above 
  the 
  wains- 
  

  

  cot 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  treated 
  with 
  large 
  panels 
  

   of 
  canvas, 
  with 
  tinfoil 
  painted 
  yellow, 
  and 
  

   painted 
  with 
  designs 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  used 
  

   m 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  The 
  fireplace, 
  which 
  extends 
  

   to 
  the 
  doorway, 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  vast 
  slab 
  

   of 
  green 
  and 
  white 
  marble. 
  A 
  small 
  shelf 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  material 
  projects 
  above 
  the 
  lire- 
  

   place 
  opening. 
  The 
  chimney 
  breast 
  is 
  

   enclosed 
  within 
  a 
  large 
  panel 
  of 
  wood. 
  

   The 
  upper 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  windows 
  

   are 
  filled 
  with 
  leaded 
  glass. 
  The 
  cur- 
  

   tains 
  are 
  green 
  silk, 
  embroidered 
  with 
  

   gold 
  and 
  silver; 
  behind 
  them 
  are 
  white 
  sash 
  

   curtains. 
  A 
  warm 
  brown 
  rug 
  fills 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  hardwood 
  floor. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  fur- 
  

   niture 
  is 
  antique, 
  including 
  the 
  two 
  side- 
  

   boards 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  old 
  cabinet 
  filled 
  with 
  

   china. 
  The 
  door 
  to 
  the 
  pantry 
  is 
  con- 
  

   cealed 
  behind 
  a 
  large 
  screen 
  with 
  old 
  

   French 
  color 
  prints 
  in 
  its 
  upper 
  section. 
  

   I 
  he 
  chairs 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  carved 
  leather. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  chandelier, 
  the 
  room 
  h 
  

   lighted 
  with 
  silver 
  sidelights. 
  

  

  The 
  drawing-room 
  occupies 
  the 
  cor- 
  

   responding 
  position 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   hall. 
  The 
  woodwork 
  throughout 
  is 
  white. 
  

   On 
  the 
  water 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  shallow 
  ba 
  

   closed 
  within 
  an 
  ornamental 
  frame 
  and 
  containing 
  a 
  built-in 
  

   window 
  seat. 
  A 
  wood 
  wainscot 
  is 
  carried 
  completely 
  

   around 
  the 
  room 
  save 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  book- 
  

   cases, 
  which 
  fill 
  a 
  goodly 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  wall 
  

   surface. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  green 
  colored 
  cloth 
  

   with 
  small 
  silver 
  circles. 
  The 
  doors 
  and 
  windows 
  have 
  

  

  ■'lit; 
  

  

  The 
  Entrance 
  Driveway 
  Is 
  Bordered 
  with 
  a 
  Mass 
  of 
  Shrubs 
  and 
  Flowering 
  Plants 
  

  

  vindu 
  

  

  The 
  Water 
  Front 
  of 
  the 
  H 
  

  

  well 
  molded 
  frames. 
  The 
  entrance 
  bay 
  is 
  curved 
  at 
  

   each 
  end 
  with 
  a 
  decorated 
  wood 
  pilaster 
  whose 
  brackets 
  

   reach 
  to 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  The 
  ceiling 
  is 
  decorated 
  in 
  the 
  Pom- 
  

   pei'ian 
  style 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  outer 
  border 
  of 
  green, 
  and 
  a 
  white 
  

   center 
  with 
  pictorial 
  medalions 
  in 
  the 
  margin. 
  The 
  fireplace 
  

   is 
  of 
  wood 
  and 
  occupies 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  further 
  wall. 
  It 
  

   is 
  designed 
  in 
  a 
  monumental 
  style, 
  with 
  corner 
  pilasters 
  reach- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  The 
  fireplace 
  has 
  a 
  facing 
  of 
  yellow 
  mar- 
  

   ble, 
  and 
  over 
  the 
  shelf 
  is 
  an 
  oblong 
  mirror, 
  built-in. 
  An 
  

   immense 
  white 
  bearskin 
  is 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  floor. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   multitude 
  of 
  objects 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  this 
  room, 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  

   bookcases 
  at 
  every 
  available 
  place 
  being 
  crowded 
  with 
  

   bric-a-brac 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  sort. 
  The 
  mantel 
  orna- 
  

   ments 
  are 
  beautiful 
  pieces 
  of 
  old 
  glass 
  ware. 
  

  

  A 
  passage 
  floored 
  with 
  mosaic 
  connects 
  this 
  room 
  with 
  

   the 
  den 
  on 
  the 
  entrance 
  front 
  and 
  the 
  living-room, 
  which, 
  

   as 
  has 
  been 
  said, 
  occupies 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  further 
  wing 
  

   of 
  the 
  house. 
  In 
  the 
  passage 
  is 
  a 
  closet 
  with 
  running 
  water 
  

   for 
  arranging 
  flowers. 
  It 
  is 
  three 
  steps 
  down 
  and 
  a 
  splen- 
  

   did 
  and 
  delightful 
  apartment, 
  quite 
  the 
  largest 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  respects 
  the 
  most 
  interesting. 
  It 
  is 
  divided 
  

   into 
  three 
  great 
  bays 
  by 
  three 
  standing 
  columns 
  which 
  reach 
  

   from 
  floor 
  to 
  ceiling. 
  At 
  each 
  end 
  is 
  a 
  half 
  circle 
  window, 
  

   that 
  is, 
  three 
  windows 
  in 
  one. 
  The 
  woodwork 
  is 
  painted 
  

   white. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  paneled 
  wainscot 
  around 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   walls, 
  which 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  red 
  burlap. 
  The 
  panels 
  of 
  

   the 
  ceiling 
  have 
  a 
  gray 
  ground. 
  The 
  room 
  is 
  extraordi- 
  

   narily 
  brilliant 
  in 
  color, 
  the 
  rich 
  red 
  of 
  the 
  walls 
  affording 
  

   a 
  line 
  background 
  to 
  the 
  columns 
  and 
  white 
  woodwork. 
  

   Red, 
  indeed, 
  is 
  the 
  predominating 
  tone. 
  The 
  curtains 
  are 
  

   red 
  damask 
  and 
  the 
  mantel, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  white 
  wood, 
  has 
  

   a 
  fireplace 
  with 
  a 
  facing 
  of 
  red 
  marble. 
  On 
  the 
  shelf 
  are 
  

   many 
  beautiful 
  pieces 
  of 
  old 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  glass, 
  and 
  

   many 
  other 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  ware 
  are 
  disposed 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  room. 
  It 
  is 
  liberally 
  crowded 
  with 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  objects 
  of 
  every 
  imaginable 
  sort. 
  Antique 
  bronze 
  

   lamps 
  of 
  various 
  designs 
  depend 
  from 
  the 
  four 
  corners. 
  

   There 
  are 
  old 
  clocks, 
  old 
  mirrors, 
  old 
  engravings, 
  a 
  ver- 
  

   itable 
  museum 
  of 
  antiques, 
  all 
  chosen 
  with 
  great 
  care 
  and 
  

   all 
  admirably 
  disposed. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Burtin's 
  office 
  adjoins 
  the 
  living-room. 
  Originally 
  

   designed 
  as 
  a 
  porch 
  its 
  open 
  sides 
  have 
  been 
  enclosed, 
  and 
  

   it 
  now 
  forms 
  a 
  very 
  useful 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  very 
  attractive 
  

   apartment. 
  It 
  is 
  somewhat 
  shallow 
  in 
  dimensions 
  and 
  is 
  

  

  