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road, and are thus in every way wholly distinct from the 
other portions of the house and grounds. 
The scale of this house is one of great size. ‘The halls 
and rooms are generous in dimensions in a very literal sense. 
There is ampleness of space and a prodigality of dimensions 
that is quite unusual in houses even of large size. From the 
porte-cochére the visitor enters the vestibule and thence is 
immediately ushered into the staircase-hall. The stairs rise 
on the right, between a triple archway which incloses this 
portion of the hall and separates it from a clear space beyond. 
The main hall extends the full length of the central part of 
the house and is a broad and spacious corridor, forming with 
the staircase-hall an apartment of great size. 
At one end is the living-room, at the other is the dining- 
room. Between the staircase-hall and the living-room is the 
reception-room, and on the other side is the study. The 
butler’s pantry, kitchen, servants’ dining-room and servants’ 
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““Armsea’’—The Reception-Room is Pink and White; the Walls are Paneled 
The Mirrer above the Mantel is Elaborately Framed 
porch complete the rooms in the wing containing the dining- 
room. ‘The walls of the hall throughout are treated in 
panels, with pilasters and wainscot. ‘The plastered ceiling 
is arranged in ovals and squares in harmony with the design 
of the walls. Both halls are finished in white, and color is 
given by a rich red carpet, curtains and upholstering of red 
damask brocade, and by the dark brown of the hardwood 
floors. 
The dining-room occupies the whole of one corner of the 
house. ‘The walls have a high wainscot of wood, painted 
white, and are finished with a delicate striped green silk, a 
material which reappears in the curtains at the doors and 
windows. ‘The rug is of two shades of green. ‘The furniture 
is green and white. The ceiling, which is arranged in panels 
with a large center circle, is finished with a greenish tint 
of white, and the chandelier which hangs from it is green. 
There is a large wood mantel, painted white, with a built-in 
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mirror. The living-room is the largest room in the house, 
and occupies the whole of the south wing. It is there- 
fore a room of very unusual size and is enormously attractive 
by reason of its dimensions and situation. Like the other 
rooms on this floor, the woodwork is white. Instead of 
wainscoting, the walls are surrounded with bookcases, which 
extend nearly to the ceiling, above which they are treated 
with a red frieze. “The most conspicuous feature of the 
walls of this room are three superb pieces of tapestry, one 
of which is shown in the illustration, and all of which are 
of singular beauty. ‘The curtains and hangings are green 
and gold. ‘The ceiling is paneled with beams in squares, 
the flat surfaces being tinted with cream color. The mantel 
is of strictly architectural design, and is of wood, painted 
white, with a red marble facing. ‘The floor is covered 
with an Oriental rug that is truly vast in size and in 
which red is the predominating color. 
The reception-room is much smaller 
than any of the other rooms heretofore 
noted, and is in pink and white. The 
walls are paneled throughout, and the 
doors have decorated frames with 
broken pediments. The mantel is sur- 
mounted with a built-in mirror with a 
curved pediment, and the ceiling is sup- 
ported on a richly detailed cornice. All 
the flat surfaces in this room are col- 
ored pink. The curtains are pink and 
the furniture is gold with pink silk coy- 
erings. It is perhaps of some interest 
to add that the doors throughout the 
house are of mahogany with glass 
knobs. 
The second floor, of course, is de- 
voted to bedrooms. ‘Those of the 
family are in the living-room wing, 
while guest chambers fill up the rest of 
the space. These rooms are through- 
out spacious in size and are arranged 
en suite with bathrooms. Communi- 
cation is established by a central cor- 
ridor, which immediately connects with 
the stairs from the floor below. The 
boudoir is furnished in blue, white and 
old rose. The panels are of white with 
background of delicate blue, the same 
color appearing in the carpet, and blue 
lines are introducedintothe white of the 
furniture. The bedrooms are each treat- 
ed in individual styles. A very beautiful 
room has a fine old four-poster mahog- 
any bed with a canopy, with the walls 
hung with cretonne, in which green, old 
rose and cream are the leading colors. Material of the same 
kind is used for the hangings. This room is furnished in 
beautiful taste with antique furniture throughout. Another 
room, intended for the children of the household, is paneled 
in cream and white. In another the walls are covered with 
a gray and white stripe with a border of flowers forming 
panels. Most of the beds are supplied with canopies, which 
form a conspicuous part of their furnishing. 
The third floor is set aside exclusively for the servants’ use 
in the central portion, space being found for no less than nine 
rooms. <A large playroom has been arranged in the space 
over one of the wings. As for the kitchen and other service 
departments, it is sufficient to point out that they have been 
finished in accordance with the most improved methods of 
modern designs. The kitchen walls are wainscoted for four 
and a half feet with oil plaster above and sanitary base. 
The floor is of patent rubber interlocking tiles. There are 
