﻿March, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  99 
  

  

  Quartered 
  Oak 
  Is 
  the 
  Trim 
  of 
  the 
  Hall, 
  While 
  the 
  Walls 
  Are 
  Covered 
  with 
  Japanese 
  Grass 
  Cloth 
  

  

  Decorated 
  with 
  a 
  Stenciled 
  Border 
  

  

  above 
  which 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  dull 
  red 
  striped 
  

   paper, 
  finished 
  with 
  a 
  neat 
  molding, 
  from 
  which 
  pictures 
  

   may 
  be 
  hung. 
  The 
  corner 
  fireplace 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  red 
  brick 
  with 
  

   the 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  of 
  similar 
  brick, 
  and 
  a 
  mantel. 
  At 
  

   one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  is 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  windows 
  under 
  which 
  

   there 
  is 
  placed 
  a 
  paneled 
  seat. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  is 
  treated 
  with 
  white 
  paint, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  

   paneled 
  wainscoting, 
  above 
  which 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  

   tapestry, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  

   finished 
  with 
  a 
  massive 
  

   wooden 
  cornice. 
  The 
  open 
  

   fireplace 
  with 
  its 
  brick 
  fac- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  hearth 
  and 
  its 
  

   mantel 
  with 
  Ionic 
  pilasters 
  

   is 
  the 
  important 
  feature 
  of 
  

   the 
  room. 
  This 
  room 
  is 
  

   carried 
  out 
  with 
  Colonial 
  

   characteristics 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  

   in 
  harmony 
  with 
  its 
  furni- 
  

   ture. 
  

  

  The 
  butler's 
  pantry 
  is 
  

   fitted 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  best 
  pos- 
  

   s 
  i 
  b 
  1 
  e 
  conveniences. 
  The 
  

   kitchen 
  and 
  its 
  dependen- 
  

   cies 
  are 
  fitted 
  up 
  complete. 
  

   The 
  servants' 
  hall 
  and 
  stair- 
  

   way 
  is 
  a 
  private 
  one, 
  from 
  

   the 
  cellar 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  floor, 
  

   which 
  contains 
  the 
  extra 
  

   guest 
  rooms 
  and 
  the 
  serv- 
  

   ants' 
  quarters. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  five 
  bedrooms 
  

   and 
  two 
  bathrooms 
  on 
  the 
  

   second 
  floor. 
  All 
  of 
  these 
  

   rooms 
  are 
  painted 
  white, 
  

   and 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  each 
  room 
  

   are 
  decorated 
  in 
  a 
  particular 
  

   style 
  and 
  with 
  one 
  color 
  

   scheme. 
  The 
  bathrooms 
  

   have 
  tiled 
  floors 
  and 
  wains- 
  

   cotings, 
  and 
  porcelain 
  fix- 
  

  

  tures 
  and 
  exposed 
  nickel- 
  

   plated 
  plumbing. 
  A 
  cellar 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  a 
  cemented 
  

   bottom, 
  contains 
  a 
  laundry, 
  

   heating 
  apparatus 
  and 
  fuel 
  

   rooms. 
  

  

  The 
  exterior 
  grounds, 
  as 
  

   already 
  mentioned, 
  are 
  spa- 
  

   cious 
  in 
  area, 
  and 
  are 
  sur- 
  

   rounded 
  by 
  a 
  privet 
  hedge. 
  

   The 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  

   which 
  is 
  quite 
  open 
  has 
  had 
  

   its 
  beauty 
  enhanced 
  by 
  the 
  

   graceful 
  planting 
  of 
  a 
  group 
  

   of 
  evergreens. 
  Messrs 
  Bai- 
  

   ley 
  and 
  Bassett, 
  of 
  Philadel- 
  

   phia, 
  were 
  the 
  architects, 
  

   and 
  to 
  them 
  is 
  due 
  credit 
  

   for 
  having 
  produced 
  so 
  de- 
  

   lightful 
  a 
  house. 
  

  

  The 
  site, 
  which 
  is 
  sur- 
  

   rounded 
  by 
  roads 
  on 
  three 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  estate, 
  presented 
  

   a 
  n 
  excellent 
  opportunity 
  

   which 
  the 
  architects 
  were 
  

   sufficiently 
  clever 
  enough 
  to 
  

   grasp 
  in 
  the 
  laying 
  out 
  of 
  

   the 
  grounds, 
  and 
  the 
  design- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  appropriate 
  

   to 
  the 
  site 
  and 
  its 
  surroundings. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  

   point 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  always 
  receive 
  the 
  careful 
  consideration 
  

   which 
  it 
  deserves, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  beauty 
  

   of 
  an 
  estate 
  is 
  maintained, 
  and 
  its 
  harmonious 
  results 
  estab- 
  

   lished. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  particular 
  case, 
  the 
  result 
  obtained 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  

   happy. 
  The 
  whole 
  general 
  scheme 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  complete 
  har- 
  

   mony. 
  

  

  White 
  Painted 
  Trim, 
  Walls 
  Covered 
  with 
  Tapestry, 
  Fireplace 
  with 
  Brick 
  Facings 
  and 
  a 
  Colonial 
  Mantel, 
  and 
  

   Good 
  Mahogany 
  Furniture 
  Are 
  the 
  Principle 
  Features 
  ot 
  the 
  Dining-room 
  

  

  