June, 1 913 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



209 



appearance of age that is 

 most attractive. As the vines 

 which have been planted 

 around them climbed up over 

 the buildings, adding their 

 bit of color to it all, the 

 houses themselves seemed to 

 sink more easily against the 

 soft green of the quiet hill- 

 side. It is hard even now to 

 tell the old from the new, so 

 excellently have they blended 

 in color and they form the 

 charmingly natural impres- 

 sion of growth and gradual 

 addition which is so difficult 

 to gain in modern building. 



Mr. Rothery, who was the 

 architect of his own building, 



has just reason to be proud of the Windmill house, 

 he has adapted the practical with the artistic in such 



as to make not only the most 

 convenient of Summer dwell- 

 ings, but the most picturesque 

 and unique group of build- 

 ings to be found along the 

 shores of Cape Cod. 



The utilization of this 

 windmill gives a most inter- 

 esting side to the fact that it 

 has more or less reinforced 

 the possibility that a build- 

 ing can be retained beyond 

 the stage of an old service- 

 ability and be linked to an 

 important and attractive line 

 of concentration, in a group- 

 ing that is even scarcer than 

 the few that are yet extant 

 The living-room of ancient structures with 



Here four revolving vanes, and eight sides, points, not one of 

 a way which now looks as dismal as they did in the old mills' past. 



Original entrance door to the old mill 



