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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  1907 
  

  

  An 
  Architect's 
  Summer 
  Home 
  

  

  The 
  House 
  of 
  Austin 
  W. 
  Lord, 
  Esq., 
  Water 
  Witch, 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  By 
  Annie 
  Tolebate 
  

  

  i;HE 
  summer 
  home 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Lord, 
  at 
  Water 
  

   Witch, 
  N. 
  J., 
  is 
  beautifully 
  situated 
  in 
  a 
  

   great 
  rugged 
  park 
  which 
  is 
  embraced 
  in 
  

   Water 
  Witch, 
  and 
  while 
  its 
  facade 
  faces 
  a 
  

   smooth 
  plateau 
  containing 
  a 
  well 
  laid 
  out 
  

   tennis 
  court, 
  the 
  rear 
  or 
  living 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   house 
  rests 
  on 
  a 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  receding 
  hill, 
  

  

  thereby 
  permitting 
  an 
  unobstructed 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  New 
  

  

  York 
  Bay. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  is 
  built 
  in 
  a 
  simple 
  manner, 
  and 
  hence 
  is 
  so 
  at- 
  

  

  blinds 
  are 
  painted 
  white. 
  The 
  roof, 
  covered 
  with 
  shingles, 
  

   is 
  also 
  left 
  to 
  weather 
  finish. 
  

  

  The 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  unique 
  and 
  has 
  many 
  struc- 
  

   tural 
  features. 
  The 
  plan 
  shows 
  an 
  elongated 
  type, 
  with 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  at 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  the 
  living-porch 
  at 
  the 
  rear, 
  access 
  

   to 
  which 
  is 
  obtained 
  by 
  French 
  windows 
  from 
  the 
  living 
  and 
  

   dining-rooms. 
  

  

  The 
  entrance 
  is 
  into 
  a 
  vestibule, 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  short 
  flight 
  

   of 
  steps 
  leads 
  to 
  the 
  living-room. 
  The 
  stairs 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  

   floor 
  rise 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  room, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  white 
  painted 
  

  

  The 
  House 
  Is 
  Covered 
  with 
  Split 
  Shingles 
  

  

  tractive 
  and 
  delightful 
  ; 
  for 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  attempt 
  to 
  

   ornament 
  it. 
  It 
  lies 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground, 
  resting 
  on 
  a 
  low 
  

   brick 
  underpinning. 
  The 
  superstructure 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  

   split 
  shingles 
  laid 
  with 
  double 
  butts 
  and 
  ten 
  inches 
  to 
  the 
  

   weather. 
  This 
  shingle 
  work 
  is 
  finished 
  natural, 
  while 
  the 
  

  

  balustrade 
  with 
  a 
  mahogany 
  rail. 
  The 
  trim 
  of 
  the 
  hall 
  and 
  

   living-room 
  is 
  treated 
  with 
  ivory-white 
  paint, 
  while 
  the 
  

   walls 
  are 
  tinted 
  an 
  old 
  rose 
  tone. 
  The 
  open 
  fireplace 
  

   has 
  Welsh 
  tile 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth, 
  and 
  a 
  mantel 
  of 
  Co- 
  

   lonial 
  style. 
  The 
  room 
  is 
  charmingly 
  furnished, 
  for 
  it 
  

  

  JlRST 
  JLOOE. 
  

  

  OrOOND 
  JT.OOE. 
  

  

  