March, 1913 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



The hall 



its importance from an architectural as well as a prac- 

 tical standpoint. With its graceful newel and balusters it 

 extends through three stories and 

 placed within its well hangs a 

 beautifully designed lantern. From 

 the entrance or stair hall a few 

 low steps lead to the main hall 

 which, as in an English country 

 house, possesses an importance 

 which is a survival of the days 

 when the great hall was the chief 

 room of a house, and when other 

 apartments, where they existed at 

 all, were of minor importance. In 

 this Montclair home, a very spa- 

 cious hall occupies the greater part 



Second floor plan 



of one front. The walls are paneled with oak to the ceil- late Autumn evening 



ing; upon their brown surfaces are hung family portraits the placing of glass panels in the openings converts the 



The dining-room 



and upon one side the windows of little alcoves look out 



over the brick paved terrace. 



The hall connects the more im- 

 portant rooms, and at the far end 

 as one enters the house, it opens 

 into a spacious living-room where a 

 deep fireplace occupies one end and 

 where, at one side, a wide bay win- 

 dow with leaded glass in casements 

 opens upon broad stretches of lawn 

 and many trees. Opening from one 

 end of the living-room is a porch 

 which differs from most porches in 

 that it possesses a fireplace, and 

 where beside the crackling logs one 

 may enjoy the bracing air on a 

 Later, during the Winter months, 



he stairway 



Entrance gate 



