﻿November, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  415 
  

  

  gateway 
  one 
  enters 
  the 
  court 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  The 
  impres- 
  

   sion 
  at 
  once 
  obtained 
  of 
  the 
  mansion 
  is 
  its 
  generous 
  proportions 
  

   and 
  its 
  elongated 
  effect. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  central 
  building, 
  three 
  

   stories 
  in 
  height, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  hipped 
  roof, 
  relieved 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  

   of 
  dormer 
  windows. 
  Colonnades, 
  extending 
  in 
  either 
  direction 
  

   from 
  the 
  main 
  building, 
  connect 
  with 
  wings, 
  one 
  containing 
  the 
  

   kitchen 
  and 
  service 
  rooms 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  the 
  loggia 
  and 
  the 
  

   ballroom. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  a 
  most 
  substantial 
  manner, 
  and 
  in 
  those 
  

   days 
  when 
  honest 
  workmanship 
  was 
  preferred 
  to 
  shoddy 
  display. 
  

   It 
  is 
  constructed 
  of 
  red 
  brick, 
  which 
  have 
  grown 
  old 
  with 
  age, 
  har- 
  

   monizing 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  of 
  the 
  steep 
  slated 
  roof, 
  that 
  blends 
  

   into 
  the 
  deep 
  green 
  of 
  the 
  superb 
  tulip 
  poplars 
  which 
  sweep 
  the 
  

  

  of 
  hammered 
  iron 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  arms 
  of 
  the 
  Byrd 
  

   family 
  are 
  interwoven, 
  but 
  are 
  almost 
  lost 
  in 
  the 
  

   luxuriant 
  growth 
  of 
  vines 
  which 
  overhang 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  House 
  Is 
  Built 
  of 
  Red 
  Brick 
  which 
  Has 
  Mellowed 
  with 
  Age 
  

  

  roofs 
  and 
  shield 
  the 
  broad 
  facade 
  from 
  too 
  inquisitive 
  

   a 
  view 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  below 
  the 
  house. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  closely 
  clipped 
  lawn, 
  which 
  is 
  inclosed 
  within 
  

   a 
  red 
  brick 
  wall, 
  broken 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  by 
  gateways, 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  square 
  brick 
  pillars 
  and 
  ornamental 
  iron 
  gates. 
  

   The 
  avenues 
  from 
  the 
  boat 
  landings 
  end 
  in 
  smaller 
  gates 
  

  

  The 
  picturesque 
  entrance 
  ways 
  which 
  are 
  placed 
  at 
  either 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  are 
  reached 
  by 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  three-sided 
  stone 
  

   steps. 
  The 
  entrance 
  doorway 
  from 
  the 
  roadway 
  has 
  a 
  storm 
  

   vestibule, 
  inclosed 
  with 
  glass, 
  with 
  Corinthian 
  pilasters 
  and 
  a 
  

   classic 
  pediment. 
  The 
  doorway 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   house 
  has 
  similar 
  pilasters 
  and 
  capitals, 
  its 
  pediment 
  being 
  

  

  