﻿December, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  445 
  

  

  Notable 
  American 
  Homes 
  

  

  By 
  Barr 
  Ferree 
  

  

  " 
  SHORELANDS," 
  H 
  

  

  the 
  Seaside 
  Villa 
  of 
  Henry 
  Seligman, 
  Esq., 
  

   Elberon, 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  SEASIDE 
  property 
  which 
  is 
  bounded 
  on 
  

   one 
  end 
  by 
  the 
  principal 
  driveway 
  of 
  its 
  

   town, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  by 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   Ocean, 
  and 
  contains 
  within 
  it 
  vegetable 
  and 
  

   flower 
  gardens, 
  lawns 
  and 
  tennis 
  courts, 
  a 
  

   lodge, 
  stable 
  and 
  bathing 
  pavilion, 
  while 
  

   the 
  mansion 
  itself 
  is 
  amply 
  secluded 
  within 
  

   spacious 
  stretches 
  of 
  grass, 
  possesses 
  some 
  elements 
  of 
  novelty 
  

   and 
  many 
  properties 
  that 
  lend 
  themselves 
  to 
  delightful 
  and 
  

   charming 
  treatment. 
  Such 
  at 
  least 
  are 
  the 
  salient 
  features 
  

   which 
  Mr. 
  Seligman's 
  house, 
  designed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  P. 
  H. 
  Gil- 
  

   bert, 
  architect, 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  at 
  Elberon 
  immediately 
  offers 
  

   to 
  the 
  visitor. 
  

  

  The 
  roads 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  are 
  defined 
  by 
  chains, 
  fas- 
  

  

  tened 
  to 
  posts 
  of 
  interesting 
  design, 
  with 
  two 
  lofty 
  columns 
  at 
  

   the 
  driveway, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  globe-lights. 
  To 
  the 
  left 
  is 
  the 
  

   lodge, 
  a 
  pleasant 
  two-story, 
  flat-roofed 
  structure 
  with 
  wings 
  

   of 
  one 
  story. 
  The 
  space 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  entrance 
  drive- 
  

   way 
  is 
  filled 
  by 
  a 
  lovely 
  garden 
  of 
  the 
  gayest-blooming 
  flow- 
  

   ers. 
  On 
  the 
  right 
  is 
  the 
  stable, 
  a 
  structure 
  whose 
  identity 
  is 
  

   at 
  once 
  proclaimed 
  by 
  its 
  central 
  covered 
  court, 
  but 
  which, 
  

   being 
  designed 
  in 
  harmony 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  buildings 
  on 
  the 
  

   property, 
  has, 
  save 
  for 
  this 
  feature, 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  outward 
  

   characteristics 
  of 
  such 
  buildings. 
  Both 
  structures, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   the 
  house, 
  are 
  of 
  wood, 
  painted 
  white, 
  with 
  blinds 
  of 
  Indian 
  

   red. 
  The 
  grounds 
  are 
  beautifully 
  hedged 
  here, 
  and 
  within 
  

   them 
  is 
  the 
  vegetable 
  garden, 
  arranged 
  in 
  blocks 
  and 
  groups, 
  

   and 
  having 
  a 
  true 
  ornamental 
  character 
  of 
  its 
  own. 
  The 
  land 
  

  

  The 
  Sunken 
  Garden 
  Lies 
  Below 
  Brick 
  Walls 
  Surmounted 
  with 
  a 
  Handsome 
  Balustrade 
  

  

  