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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The house of S. C. Master, at White Plains, New York 



knoll in the setting of which 

 the design of the Master 

 house is thoroughly harmo- 

 nious in relation to its 

 natural surroundings both in 

 the matter of design and of 

 color. 



The outer walls of this 

 house are covered with 

 stucco, soft gray in tone, and 

 all the woodwork is finished 

 in a soft gray green with the 

 dull red of the Spanish tile 

 roof in happy contrast. On 

 entering the house we find 

 the hall finished in quartered 

 oak, stained a medium 

 brown. This hall gives con- 

 venient access to the various 

 rooms of the stucco house. 



A Stucco House of Distinction 



By William T. Phillips 

 Photographs by T. C. Turner 



VEN a less attractive house than the pictur- The living-room is to the right of the main hall and the 

 esque residence of Mr. Samuel C. Master, woodwork of this room corresponds in finish to that of 

 at White Plains, New York, designed by the hall but is darker in tone. The mantel, which is 

 A. F. Norris, architect, New York, would shown in the illustrations accompanying this article, is ex- 

 gain in appearance if located on the same cellent in design and the fireplace is admirably placed by the 

 delightful spot, a site that occupies a wooded architect. The dining-room opens into a large room 



originally planned for a 

 billiard-room, but now used 

 as a reception-room. The 

 oak-woodwork of this room, 

 decorated in English style, is 

 much darker in finish than 

 that of the hall or the living- 

 room, being in accord with 

 that of the dining-room back 

 of it. The wall coverings of 

 the rooms of the first floor 

 are soft brown and soft 

 green in color. 



The woodwork of the 

 second floor is enameled in 

 ivory tint, the wall-paper 

 and hangings harmonizing 

 with it at every turn. The 

 arrangement of the front 

 The living-room chambers is skilfully carried 



