﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  165 
  

  

  Summer 
  

  

  Costing 
  Upwards 
  

   From 
  Fifteen 
  Hundred 
  Dollars 
  

  

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  Francis 
  Durando 
  Nichols 
  

  

  HE 
  summer 
  home 
  — 
  a 
  house 
  built 
  and 
  owned 
  

   ^ 
  expressly 
  for 
  summer 
  use 
  — 
  has 
  become 
  so 
  

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  popular 
  in 
  America 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  quite 
  rightly 
  

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  JKvugk] 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  a 
  national 
  institution. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

  

  kind 
  of 
  dwelling 
  that, 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  

   past, 
  has 
  excited 
  the 
  liveliest 
  interest 
  on 
  the 
  

   part 
  of 
  those 
  able 
  to 
  afford 
  them, 
  and 
  which, 
  in 
  the 
  mean- 
  

   time, 
  has 
  commanded 
  the 
  best 
  interests 
  of 
  our 
  architects. 
  

   Xor 
  is 
  the 
  summer 
  

   home 
  always 
  in- 
  

   tended 
  for 
  summer 
  

   use 
  only. 
  The 
  at- 
  

   tractions 
  of 
  one's 
  

   own 
  summer 
  home 
  in 
  

   the 
  country, 
  in 
  the 
  

   mountains, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  

   seashore 
  are 
  so 
  po- 
  

   tent 
  that 
  the 
  period 
  

   of 
  occupancy 
  often 
  

   begins 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring, 
  and 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   tended 
  until 
  the 
  very 
  

   latest 
  fall. 
  Hence 
  

   many 
  of 
  these 
  houses 
  

   are 
  built 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  

   substantial 
  manner 
  

   that 
  they 
  are, 
  in 
  re- 
  

   a 
  1 
  i 
  t 
  y, 
  all-the-year- 
  

   'round 
  residences. 
  

   While 
  many 
  who 
  

   build 
  them 
  are 
  satis- 
  

   fied 
  with 
  small 
  and 
  

   inexpensive 
  cottages, 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  summer 
  

   residents 
  who 
  require 
  

   complete 
  and 
  elabor- 
  

   ate 
  houses. 
  

  

  But 
  whatever 
  the 
  

   grade 
  of 
  house 
  may 
  

   be 
  — 
  classifying 
  them 
  

   by 
  their 
  cost 
  — 
  it 
  is 
  es- 
  

   sential 
  that 
  they 
  be 
  

   agreeably 
  environed, 
  

   built 
  in 
  pleasant 
  lo- 
  

   calities, 
  and 
  provided 
  

   with 
  home 
  grounds 
  

   of 
  their 
  own. 
  Thus 
  

   the 
  garden, 
  whether 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hill's 
  House 
  Is 
  Approached 
  by 
  Stone 
  Steps 
  with 
  Tubs 
  of 
  Blooming 
  Hydrangeas 
  

  

  it 
  be 
  simple 
  or 
  elaborate, 
  natural 
  or 
  formal, 
  is 
  an 
  essential 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  summer 
  place. 
  The 
  selection 
  of 
  the 
  site, 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  consideration 
  in 
  building 
  the 
  

   summer 
  home. 
  A 
  good 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  subjects 
  to 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  in 
  this 
  connection 
  are 
  without 
  architectural 
  significa- 
  

   tion, 
  such 
  as 
  drainage, 
  water 
  supply, 
  dryness 
  of 
  the 
  soil, 
  

   exposure 
  to 
  the 
  wind, 
  possibilities 
  of 
  waste 
  disposal. 
  All 
  

   of 
  these 
  are 
  items 
  of 
  the 
  gravest 
  import, 
  few 
  of 
  which 
  can 
  

  

  be 
  determined 
  by 
  the 
  

   laymen, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  

   which 
  require 
  expert 
  

   advice 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  

   kind. 
  The 
  architec- 
  

   tural 
  problems 
  in- 
  

   volved 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  kind, 
  the 
  chief 
  

   esthetic 
  consideration 
  

   being 
  the 
  advisability 
  

   of 
  building 
  a 
  house 
  

   in 
  complete 
  harmony 
  

   with 
  its 
  environment. 
  

   The 
  question 
  is, 
  in 
  

   truth, 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  

   of 
  advisability, 
  but 
  

   one 
  of 
  absolute 
  ne- 
  

   cessity. 
  The 
  sur- 
  

   roundings 
  and 
  set- 
  

   ting 
  for 
  a 
  summer 
  

   home, 
  therefore 
  

   form 
  a 
  very 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  element 
  in 
  the 
  

   selection 
  of 
  the 
  de- 
  

   sign. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  six 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  homes 
  illustrated 
  

   in 
  this 
  article 
  it 
  is 
  

   aimed 
  to 
  show 
  an 
  

   equal 
  number 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   tinctive 
  designs. 
  

   They 
  include 
  houses 
  

   that 
  may 
  be 
  viewed 
  

   as 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  

   equipped 
  summer 
  

   house, 
  costing 
  up- 
  

   ward 
  from 
  fifteen 
  

   hundred 
  dollars. 
  They 
  

   are 
  thus 
  houses 
  of 
  

   varying 
  cost 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  various 
  conditions. 
  

  

  