September, 1912 
by the long rustic ar- 
bor, thickly over- 
grown with vines of 
rich, glistening green 
foliage,. and with 
climbing Roses, Crim- 
son Ramblers, Doro- 
thy Perkins and the 
like, which fill the 
air with fragrance 
throughout the month 
of June. 
“Meadow Court” 
is the embodiment of 
the ideas of what a 
house should be, skil- 
fully worked out by 
thie ancmicecta lu hve 
architecture suggests 
the Spanish motif, but 
always with restraint. 
Both facades of the 
central portion of the house are Spanish in the character of 
their design, and the diverging wings at either end of this 
central part give to the partial court thus formed somewhat 
the effect of a patio. The large area covered by this beauti- 
ful country house suggests the breadth and spaciousness of 
the old houses of Spain, Mexico and Southern California. 
The plan of the house, which follows a half circle, is un- 
usual. Every room in the house has a fine view from its 
windows, either of the water of the Sound or of the gar. 
The long rustic arbor 
eran 
It is a relief to find a living-room in a house of the proportions of ‘Meadow Court’ uncrowded by an array of over-sumptuous furnishings 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
dens. Acloister-porch, 
slightly raised from 
the ground level and 
floored with long nar- 
row bricks laid in her- 
ring-bone pattern, sur- | 
rounds the court-like | 
entrance area on the 
three sides. From the 
entrance doorway one | 
comes upon the large % 
living-room, some f 
thirty by forty feet in 
dimensions. Three 
great windows face 
the water and the cen- 
tral one presents a | 
wonderful picture, 
framing the view, as 
it does, by a solid pane 
of glass six by ten feet 
in size and unbroken 
by leading. Through this “picture window,” as it has come 
to be known, one has constantly before the eye a panorama 
of moving yachts, great and small, and innumerable craft of 
all sort plying in and out of the harbor. Other windows 
of the living-room open to the floor and are fitted with case- 
ments which open directly upon broad and spacious ve- 
randas which are paved with brick, and which during the 
warm days of Summer and early Autumn are delightfully 
cool and attractive, for their low Spanish arches are closely 
ae 
oes - acre S vel 
Steps in the rock garden 
| 
ence 
STAD: a 
ceesaees S sane 
