July, 1905 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



27 



' Rock Ledge,' the Summer Home of George H. Walker, Esq. 



Kennebunkport, Maine 



HIS recently completed house has been 



built as the summer home of George H. 



Walker, Esq., at Kennebunkport, Maine. 



The site is a very rocky and rugged one, 



from which the name " Rock Ledge " is 



derived. Its rugged cliffs rise high up 



out of the sea. 



The house has been designed in the style of the modern 



rambling and elongated type, is built out over the rocks, and 



rests upon stone footings, which have been built and brought 



up tt» a proper level for the foundation. The building, 



blue, green and brown. The house has an average length of 

 145 feet and a depth of 35 feet. 



The entrance has a small porch only, but broad piazzas 

 on the ocean side afford both the view and the privacy needed 

 in a house of this description. The principal living-room, 

 located in the center of the house, with openings on both 

 sides, forms the nucleus of the whole plan, and the den 

 adjoining opens onto a long piazza, for the use of the family, 

 and is so designed and located as to afford ample shelter from 

 the sun, and yet be swept by the prevailing breezes from the 

 southwest. At the other extreme end of the house is the 



The Entrance 



above, is constructed of wood, and is covered on the exterior 

 framework, from the grade to the peak, with cedar shingles, 

 which are stained a soft brown color. The trimmings are 

 painted a dark bottle green. The roof is also covered with 

 shingles and is stained a dull green, with harmonious effect; 

 it blends well into the scheme of color used for the side 

 walls. The columns of the piazza, the terrace wall, and 

 chimneys are built of rock-faced field stone taken from the 

 premises, and are very beautiful in their colors of old gray, 



servants' accommodations, which are conveniently placed as 

 to utilize the same breeze to carry off all the cooking odors 

 and smoke. 



The living-room is trimmed with yellow pine, treated with 

 stain and finished in a forest green. It has a paneled wain- 

 scoting and a beamed ceiling. The staircase, while placed 

 conveniently, is practically isolated from view by the paneled 

 seat with its high back and its ornamental balustrade. On 

 the opposite side of the room there is an ingle nook provided 



