﻿November, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  411 
  

  

  A 
  Small 
  Successful 
  Summer 
  Home 
  

  

  By 
  John 
  Maylor 
  

  

  |HE 
  summer 
  house 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  L. 
  Anna 
  Er- 
  

   bacher 
  shows 
  what 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  building 
  

   a 
  small 
  summer 
  house 
  by 
  the 
  seashore, 
  with- 
  

   out 
  following 
  any 
  particular 
  style 
  of 
  archi- 
  

   tecture 
  yet 
  with 
  a 
  distinctive 
  character 
  suf- 
  

   ficient 
  to 
  present 
  a 
  charming 
  home. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  is 
  situated 
  at 
  Water 
  Witch, 
  

   N. 
  J., 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  park 
  of 
  many 
  acres 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  

   crest 
  of 
  a 
  rugged 
  hill 
  top 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  "Highlands," 
  from 
  

   which 
  broad 
  views 
  are 
  obtained 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  New 
  York 
  Bay 
  

   and 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean. 
  The 
  site 
  affords 
  ample 
  opportunity 
  

  

  for 
  special 
  development, 
  and 
  the 
  design 
  shows 
  an' 
  admirable 
  

   regularity 
  of 
  form, 
  which 
  is 
  reflected 
  in 
  the 
  plan 
  and 
  interior 
  

   arrangements. 
  The 
  detail 
  is 
  refined, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  general 
  

   scheme 
  presents 
  that 
  characteristic 
  of 
  simplicity 
  which 
  is 
  so 
  

   delightful 
  in 
  a 
  summer 
  house. 
  While 
  we 
  are 
  building 
  to-day 
  

   of 
  every 
  conceivable 
  material, 
  we 
  have 
  learned 
  to 
  confine 
  

   these 
  materials 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  standard 
  of 
  excellence 
  in 
  the 
  de- 
  

   signing 
  of 
  our 
  houses, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  particular 
  case, 
  Messrs. 
  

   Hill 
  and 
  Stout, 
  who 
  were 
  the 
  architects 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  have 
  

   adopted 
  a 
  scheme 
  which 
  gives 
  the 
  greatest 
  amount 
  of 
  light 
  

   and 
  ventilation, 
  and 
  an 
  arrangement 
  of 
  rooms 
  with 
  an 
  open- 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  Double 
  Decker 
  " 
  Veranda 
  Is 
  a 
  Conspicuous 
  Feature 
  of 
  this 
  House 
  

  

  /^\ 
  

  

  : 
  t 
  

  

  ^O^ 
  

  

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  o 
  C3 
  

  

  JBeD 
  Room 
  n'2 
  

   1 
  

  

  Plan 
  of 
  First 
  Floor 
  

  

  Plan 
  of 
  second 
  Floor 
  

  

  