June, 1912 
step is placed before the main doorway which opens through 
a small vestibule into the entrance-hall, lofty and spacious, 
which divides the house. At the far end is built the main 
stairway and upon its wide square landing are several 
tall windows grouped together. The walls of the hall are 
paneled and the details of newel and stair-balusters agree 
in style with that of the walls themselves. Close to the 
main entrance of the house is a small apartment planned 
as a reception-room and used as such, although fitted up 
as a smoking-room or den. ‘The walls are covered with 
a fabric of a dark tint which affords an excellent back- 
ground for woodwork painted cream white and old sporting 
prints and colored engravings in mahogany frames with 
which the room is hung. 
The size of this very spacious house seems to be even 
greater than it really is for living- and dining-rooms are 
placed at either side of the broad hall and wide door open- 
ings offer a long vista closing with a glimpse out-of-doors, 
for at one end of the living-room are windows which open 
upon a veranda and still farther beyond are seen the barn, 
shrubbery and trees. Other windows of this beautiful room 
open upon a terrace and still another group overlooks a 
garden laid out with the formality which belongs to such 
an estate. The walls of the living-room are paneled like 
the hall, in squares of walnut, and against this rich, dark 
background are placed pictures with gold frames and the 
numerous small belongings which fill the living-rooms of 
a large American country house. Two heavy beams of 
walnut break the ceiling and much of the furniture is of 
the same wood of Elizabethan design or of old English 
oak in the form of chests and coffers. A deep fireplace 
lined with brick and fitted with a “hooded” mantel of stone 
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occupies part of one side of this long room and drawn up 
about the fireside are divans and chairs, a large study 
table and a grand piano. 
The influence of the English period style is especially 
noticeable in the dining-room, for here, in addition to more 
paneled walls, furniture of old English pattern and a Tudor 
fireplace of stone lined with brick, is a ceiling of plaster 
modeled after the manner of the ceilings in Holland House, 
Hardwick Hall and other great English country houses. 
One side of this large dining-room is lighted by windows 
Opening upon a broad terrace overlooking the estate, and 
at the other side of the room are four small windows 
placed in the high paneled wainscoting. In one corner is 
the entrance to the pantry and just before the door is 
placed a screen which conceals its frequent opening and 
closing. A tiny dining-room is planned for the special com- 
fort of the junior members of the family and, like the main 
dining-room, is connected with the kitchen and service por- 
tion of the house by the narrow hallway which leads from 
there to the main entrance of the house. The kitchen and 
servants’-hall occupy one end of the building and directly 
over them are the servants’ sleeping-rooms and their bath- 
room separated from the main part of the upper floor by 
a short flight of steps. 
The bedrooms for family and guests are arranged in 
suites, several having bathrooms of their own. The master’s 
rooms are placed directly over the living-room and are 
separated from the rest of the floor and provided with a 
small balcony which might be used for out-of-door sleeping 
if desired. Several small bedrooms are planned for the 
children and they connect directly with their own bathroom. 
This attractive house, as has been said, is set far from 
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