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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



June, 19 13 



The living-room 



Pennsylvania over a century ago. The flatness of the walls 

 is relieved by arched sunken panels of brick around the win- 

 dows under the gables, and a header course of brick around 

 the windows themselves. The deep, overhanging eaves give 

 an air of distinction to the house, and the white-painted 

 entrance-door, window frames and cornice, in contrast with 

 the red brick and green blinds, look neat and trim. The 

 little wooden balconies are very charming and add greatly 

 to the appearance of the fagade. The entrance door is 

 guarded by two marble lions, and the formal outline of 

 bay trees, in green tubs, enhance the beauty of the place. 

 The piazza extends around one end of the house and half- 

 way across the rear. It is furnished with rugs and white 

 willow furniture, and from this vantage point one can look 

 down upon the lordly Hudson as it flows by. 



The entrance-portion of the house and that part sur- 

 rounded by the piazza is the original house, which was in- 

 herited by Mr. Fish from his father, the late Hamilton Fish, 

 Esq., one-time governor of the State of New York. Since 

 that period the interior has been remodeled and an addition 

 built onto the house, making it conform to modern ideas of 

 comfort and arrangement. As one views the house from 



ming-room 



two cement piers, supporting two vases. The wall fulfills 

 a two-fold purpose, for against it are trained dwarfed fruit 

 trees, and horticulture is carried on here in its intensified 

 form, after the English manner. The miniature trees are 

 trained on a wire trellis and are spread out fan-shaped, so 

 that there is an equitable distribution of the sun's rays to 

 every part of the little trees. 



From the front door one passes into a good-sized en- 

 trance-hall, the stairs leading to the upper portion of the 

 house being in a stairway-hall to the left. The entrance- 

 hall is simply paneled and the walls are painted cream white. 

 A renaissance marble table stands against the wall and 

 above it hangs a very beautiful, dull-toned, woven tapestry, 

 with a fruit and flower border. 



This entrance-hall leads directly into the spacious living- 

 room, which is the central and principal apartment in the 

 house. It was originally three rooms, but in the course of 

 remodeling the interior, the partitions were torn away and 

 the whole space thrown into this large and more commodi- 

 ous living-room. The wall-spaces have been agreeably 

 broken up into panels by using simple moldings, and all of 

 the woodtrim and walls have been painted cream white. 



across the wide expanse of lawn, there seems to be nothing The room is Colonial in effect and this idea is further car- 



better for an American country house than this happy com 

 bination of dull red brick, white painted woodtrim and green 

 blinds. 



One portion of the estate is devoted to a walled formal 

 garden. Where the garden paths _________________ 



bisect there is a small central foun- 

 tain in a pool, and surrounding it, 

 at the termination of the paths, are 

 four chubby figures bearing tokens 

 emblematic of the seasons. 



The central walk is spanned by 

 great arches of Crimson Rambler 

 and Dorothy Perkins Roses, and at 

 the time the accompanying photo- 

 graphs were taken they were a per- 

 fect mass of blooms. Glenclyffe 

 Farm excels in floraculture, to which 

 fact, the cups and blue ribbons in the 

 greenhouse bear mute testimony, 

 carrying off many prizes in the local 

 flower shows. Nearby is a circular 

 garden pool, with a small fountain 

 figure in the center, and filled with 

 aquatic plants and gold fish. The 

 garden is surrounded by a gray ce- 

 ment wall with a coping on top, and 

 the entrance-gate is swung between 



The entrance-door 



ried out by the classic pilasters of the mantlepieces, of which 

 there are two in the room, one at either end of the room 

 facing each other. The dominant tone that runs through the 

 upholstery fabrics, carpets, pillows and hangings, is a very 

 ___________ beautiful, dark, Italian red. This 



color was evidently used to counter- 

 act the effect of the white back- 

 ground. The furniture is mostly 

 mahogany, suggestive of Colonial 

 models, and combines beautifully 

 with the cream-white background of 

 this paneled room, and the dull red 

 fabrics which have been added to 

 give warmth and color. 



The floor is covered with a dull 

 red plain carpet rug, having a self- 

 toned border, and over it have been 

 placed a few bear skin rugs. In 

 front of each of the mantelpieces 

 has been placed a long mahogany 

 lounge, plentifully supplied with 

 cushions, which make a cosy nook in 

 front of the open fire. This is a 

 commendable arrangement when the 

 room is large enough to permit of 

 its being adopted. The fender-seats 

 in front of the open fireplace are 



