﻿August, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  301 
  

  

  The 
  Summer 
  Home 
  of 
  E. 
  C. 
  Richardson, 
  Esq 
  

  

  Magnolia, 
  Massachusetts 
  

  

  By 
  Mary 
  H. 
  Northend 
  

   With 
  Photographs 
  by 
  the 
  Author 
  

  

  'LARGE 
  white 
  house, 
  Colonial 
  in 
  feature, 
  

   with 
  colonaded 
  porticoes 
  and 
  broad 
  win- 
  

   dows, 
  set 
  face 
  to 
  the 
  street, 
  after 
  the 
  man- 
  

   ner 
  of 
  those 
  fine 
  old 
  mansions, 
  but 
  far 
  back 
  

   from 
  the 
  publicity 
  and 
  dust 
  of 
  the 
  thorough- 
  

   fare 
  among 
  trees 
  and 
  wide 
  lawns 
  — 
  such 
  is 
  

   the 
  summer 
  home 
  of 
  E. 
  C. 
  Richardson, 
  at 
  

   Magnolia, 
  Mass. 
  One 
  reaches 
  the 
  house 
  retired 
  thus 
  amidst 
  

   its 
  greenery, 
  after 
  passing 
  up 
  a 
  broad 
  and 
  winding 
  avenue 
  

   which 
  ends 
  at 
  the 
  side 
  entrance 
  porch. 
  A 
  few 
  broad 
  low 
  

   steps 
  lead 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  latter, 
  and 
  here 
  one 
  is 
  fain 
  to 
  pause 
  for 
  

   a 
  moment, 
  and 
  looking 
  back 
  to 
  survey 
  from 
  this 
  vantage 
  

   ground 
  the 
  beautiful 
  panorama 
  extended 
  below. 
  The 
  rather 
  

   extensive 
  grounds 
  are 
  defined 
  by 
  a 
  face 
  wall 
  of 
  stone. 
  The 
  

   wide 
  lawn 
  is 
  

   smoothly 
  shaven 
  

   and 
  shows 
  clusters 
  of 
  

   rhododendrons 
  and 
  

   shrubs 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   fine 
  trees, 
  just 
  en- 
  

   ough 
  to 
  shade 
  with- 
  

   out 
  detracting 
  from 
  

   the 
  broad 
  view. 
  

   The 
  garden 
  de- 
  

   mands 
  a 
  closer 
  ex- 
  

   amination. 
  

  

  As 
  just 
  stated, 
  

   the 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  

   house 
  is 
  through 
  a 
  

   Colonial 
  porch, 
  

   with 
  supporting 
  

   columns 
  of 
  Corin- 
  

   thian 
  type. 
  Over 
  

   the 
  door 
  is 
  a 
  win- 
  

   dow 
  box 
  of 
  scarlet 
  

   flowering 
  plants. 
  A 
  

   wide 
  hallway 
  ex- 
  

   tends 
  inward 
  from 
  

   the 
  door, 
  with 
  the 
  

   broad 
  Colonial 
  

   staircase 
  at 
  its 
  

   farther 
  end 
  leading 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  

   story 
  floor. 
  The 
  

   apartment 
  is 
  hung 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  heavy 
  

   paper 
  of 
  old 
  pattern 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  Colonial 
  

   yellow 
  tone, 
  the 
  old- 
  

   time 
  effect 
  being 
  in- 
  

   tensified 
  by 
  white 
  

   trimmings, 
  and 
  by 
  

   quaint 
  rush-bot- 
  

   tomed 
  chairs 
  and 
  a 
  

   Sheraton 
  sofa. 
  The 
  

   hall 
  ends 
  in 
  a 
  bil- 
  

   liard-room 
  of 
  splen- 
  

   did 
  proportions 
  fin- 
  

   ished 
  in 
  dark 
  English 
  

   oak, 
  a 
  brilliant 
  aparr- 
  

  

  A 
  Glimpse 
  of 
  the 
  Dining-room 
  with 
  the 
  Hall 
  Beyond 
  

  

  The 
  Simply 
  Designed 
  Living-room 
  

  

  ment 
  and 
  a 
  prominent 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  At 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  

   the 
  hall 
  is 
  the 
  den, 
  sacred 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  master 
  of 
  the 
  

   house, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  door 
  is 
  secured 
  a 
  curious 
  sanctuary 
  knocker 
  

   fashioned 
  after 
  one 
  seen 
  in 
  York, 
  England. 
  Here, 
  as 
  in 
  all 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  a 
  pure 
  Colonial 
  effect 
  is 
  wrought 
  out 
  

   both 
  in 
  the 
  arrangement 
  and 
  selection 
  of 
  hangings, 
  furniture 
  

   and 
  ornaments. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  at 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  den 
  is 
  a 
  study 
  in 
  beauti- 
  

   ful 
  architecture. 
  Tapestry 
  hangings 
  and 
  woodwork 
  done 
  in 
  

   green 
  and 
  white 
  enamel 
  throw 
  into 
  striking 
  and 
  harmonious 
  

   relief 
  the 
  Corinthian 
  columns 
  which 
  support 
  the 
  fireplace 
  

   and 
  the 
  exquisitely 
  carved 
  frieze 
  that 
  surrounds 
  the 
  mantel. 
  

   Ionic 
  columns 
  at 
  another 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  support 
  boxes 
  of 
  

   plants, 
  whose 
  perennial 
  luxuriance 
  keeps 
  summer 
  time 
  within 
  

  

  the 
  home. 
  The 
  

   chairs 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  

   apartment 
  are 
  cop- 
  

   ied 
  after 
  those 
  of 
  

   Robert 
  Morris, 
  the 
  

   one-time 
  great 
  finan- 
  

   cier, 
  and 
  after 
  those 
  

   which 
  once 
  belonged 
  

   to 
  Thomas 
  Jeffer- 
  

   son. 
  

  

  The 
  living- 
  

   room, 
  which 
  occu- 
  

   pies 
  an 
  entire 
  half 
  

   of 
  the 
  house, 
  is 
  a 
  re- 
  

   production 
  of 
  the 
  

   parlor 
  in 
  the 
  Long- 
  

   fellow 
  house 
  at 
  

   Portland, 
  Maine. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  spacious 
  apart- 
  

   ment, 
  recessed 
  at 
  in- 
  

   tervals 
  by 
  Corin- 
  

   thian 
  pillars, 
  which 
  

   serve 
  to 
  break 
  its 
  

   great 
  length. 
  At 
  

   the 
  farther 
  end 
  the 
  

   effect 
  is 
  further 
  

   modified 
  by 
  simula- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  li- 
  

   brary. 
  Low 
  book- 
  

   cases 
  in 
  white 
  

   enamel, 
  filled 
  with 
  

   choice 
  volumes, 
  fur- 
  

   niture 
  in 
  Dutch 
  blue, 
  

   and 
  rare 
  and 
  price- 
  

   less 
  old 
  figure-pieces 
  

   in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  odd 
  

   chairs 
  and 
  tables, 
  

   are 
  here 
  displayed. 
  

  

  The 
  chambers 
  are 
  

   hung 
  with 
  various 
  

   floral 
  designs 
  both 
  

   charming 
  and 
  rest- 
  

   ful 
  to 
  the 
  eye. 
  One 
  

   in 
  a 
  pattern 
  of 
  

   sweetpeas 
  is 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  noticeable. 
  

  

  