February, 1913 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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"Shore Rocks," as seen from the extensive water front, stands amidst many favoring natural features 



'Shore Rocks 



99 



By William T. Phillips 

 Photographs by T. C. Turner and others 



XE would have far and long to seek to find 

 a lovelier house by the sea than "Shore 

 Rocks," whose owner, Mr. Joseph D. 

 Sawyer, has worked out in this delightful 

 and picturesque dwelling a confirmation to 

 the motto, "Chercez et tu trouverez," which 

 is to be found inset in one of the panes of the casement 

 oriel window, halfway up the stairs. 



The site of this house, selected by its owner over twenty 

 years ago, is ideal. It is placed upon the little shelving 

 beach, with its protected harbor, the deep, clear water-front 

 and rough Main-like rock coast frontage making it a 

 perfect spot for the final edifice which was projected by 

 the owner's imagination even all those years ago. 



The house is embowered in trees. Every main room 



possesses an uninterrupted outlook across the beautiful 

 Sound, one of the most beautiful stretches of water in the 

 country. Too often it happens that builders by the sea 

 alienate the house from the shore by obtrusive artificialities, 

 or by approaches that make for isolation rather than for 

 conjunction with the natural setting. "Shore Rocks" is 

 happy in having escaped the result of any such mistakes. It 

 is, instead, a perfect example of the knitting together of 

 the proper house to its site, both being welded, as it were, 

 into one fiber of harmonious beauty. 



One approaches "Shore Rocks" from its land side 

 through the entrance-gates in the low stone wall, an arched 

 lych gate being the form of the entrance to the service 

 path, an approach screened with shrubbery. The approach 

 to the water-front of the house is most interesting inasmuch 



The lawn front of the house, with its broad entrance doorway, faces a situation in charming contrast with the water view 



