May, 1912 
and, as boundaries are not 
clearly defined, the general 
appearance is that of a park 
in which country homes are 
built. This provides a set- 
ting, individual and sufficient- 
ly spacious, for each home 
and Mr. Adams’ house is 
placed amid lawns and trees 
where the planting has been 
so carefully done that it is 
aiready completely at home 
in its environment. Placed 
some distance from the road 
the house is approached by a 
broad carriage drive which 
turns in an oval before the 
main entrance. ‘Tall bushes 
of California privet, near the 
house, are clipped into sym- 
metrical form and at either side of the portico is a low, 
closely trimmed hedge which extends from the driveway to 
the steps. Over the entrance doorway is a fanlight—not 
of leaded glass but of small panes set in a framework of 
wood. At either side of the door are tall vertical lights of 
a design to agree with that of the fanlight above. ‘This 
entrance to the house is protected by a portico of very sim- 
ple design, a pediment supported by slender columns and 
pilasters with Doric capi- 
tals, all painted the ivory- 
white of the exterior wood- 
work. The door opens in- 
to what is practically an 
open vestibule, for at either 
side are placed small clos- 
ets which are connected by 
a wide arch which leads in- 
to the broad hall. Just be- 
yond, the hall is spanned by 
another arch where the 
stairway leads to the floors 
above. The woodwork is white with a stair-rail of mahogany. 
Old fashioned “‘scenery” paper covers the walls and upon 
the floor are Oriental rugs. Here is much old mahogany furni- 
ture and under the landing of the stairs glass doors or windows 
reaching to the floor give a glimpse of the garden beyond. 
To the right of the hall is a very large living-room where 
the fireplace is between two windows opening upon the 
veranda. Iwo more windows overlook the approach to the 
house and the unusual length of the room is broken by a 
beam across the ceiling in 
much the same fashion as is 
seen in houses built one hun- 
dred years ago. Beyond the 
living-room is a small study 
or smoking-room which has 
a fireplace of its own and 
windows which overlook the 
lawn upon one side and 
which face.the garden in an- 
other direction. Upon the 
left as one enters the house 
is the dining-room, which is 
separated by pantry and 
storeroom from _ kitchen, 
Jaundry and other domestic 
departments still farther on. 
These household arrange- 
ments are unusually com- 
plete, for in the dining- 
DINING 
ROOM 
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View of the hallway fori the entrance 
First and second floor plans 
The garden front of the house of Mr. 
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room, close by the side- 
board, is a steel safe which 
is built into the house and 
concealed by a door which 
matches the rest of the 
woodwork. In such a safe 
may be kept the family sil- 
ver, secure from any but the 
most skillful of burglar 
craftsmen. At one side of 
the kitchen is a veranda for 
the use of the maids, and 
the laundry, besides being 
supplied with the usual con- 
veniences, is provided with 
a dryer which greatly facili- 
tates the work here done 
and which also renders un- 
necessary a weekly exhibi- 
tion of household linen. 
Upon the landing of the stairs is an oriel window with a 
cushioned seat. The second floor is divided into five bed- 
rooms, two bathrooms and a number of closets, besides a 
large linen closet and a dress closet, both of which have 
windows of their own. One of the bedrooms, placed where 
it could not open upon the upper hall, is reached by a short 
flight of steps from the landing of the stairs. Several of 
the bedrooms have open fireplaces and upon this floor, as 
elsewhere in the house, the 
“risers” which carry steam 
or hot water heat are con- 
cealed in closets. This can 
be appreciated by anyone 
who has _ seen interiors, 
otherwise successful, spoiled 
by these upright pipes. 
Upon the upper floor are 
more family bedrooms and 
quarters for the servants 
with the bathrooms re- 
quired. ‘These rooms are 
well lighted and ventilated by the steep gambrel roof and 
the deep dormer windows with which it is broken. . 
Perhaps the more interesting side of the house is that 
which overlooks the garden, enclosed by a tall and very 
thick hedge of privet. A broad, straight walk leads from 
the house to a garden entrance, where the hedge is trained 
and clipped into a heavy arch which forms a gateway cut 
from walls of solid green, which reminds one of the won- 
derful effects obtained in some English country-houses. 
Within the garden are walks, 
laid out and edged with 
grass in the old-fashioned 
manner, and flower beds 
where the old-time hardy 
flowers run riot. The spot 
is made as secluded and re- 
tired as a garden should be 
by the tall hedge and the 
flowering shrubbery by which 
it is walled in. The appear- 
ance of the house from the 
garden is of particular in- 
terest, for the two wings 
which extend at right angles 
from the main building are 
placed with symmetrical 
“balance” and the gable of 
each is emphasized by a 
chimney of attractive height. 
as 
William Adams 
