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tectural treatment of the center, but the attic story is of suf- 
ficient height to form an essential element in the whole, nor 
should the urns with which the crowning cornice is sur- 
mounted be forgotten, while the glimpses of the roof and the 
iron railing which incloses its summit is not to be ignored. 
The wings which adjoin the center of the building are de- 
signed in harmony with it. That is to say, they have broad 
stretches of wall, with windows inclosed within frames 
identical in design with those of the center. Each wing has, 
on the front and side, spacious porches, which are continuous 
with the platform on which the portico stands. ‘These 
porches are but one story in height and are designed with 
double Roman Doric columns, carrying an entablature, above 
which is a balustrade. The porches are of considerable 
depth, forming in fact spacious outdoor rooms on two sides 
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within a paneled frame. ‘Two great marble vases on each 
side of the steps are essential features of the entrance decora- 
tions. ‘The porch and porte-cochére are supported with a 
balustrade identical in design with that which completes the 
side porches; and above the center of the main portion of the 
building is slightly projected with a pediment, the single 
opening being a triple window. The entablature of the pedi- 
ment is supported on channeled pilasters. The treatment of 
the remaining parts of this front are closely identical with 
the treatment of the corresponding parts on the water front. 
That the great windows on either side of the porte-cocheére 
are triple windows with flat tops and without the inclosing 
arch of the water front is a mere detail. So also are some 
other variations in the situation of the windows. The attic 
treatment is more distinctly different, since instead of the 
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‘“* Armsea’’—The Stairs are on the right of the Entrance Doorway, and are contained within a Triple Archway 
The White Walls are Paneled Throughout 
of the house. The house throughout is built of white stucco, 
filled with marble dust, which glistens in the sun. A very 
great deal of color is obtained in an extraordinarily clever 
way. The blinds are green; the roof, though sloping, is seen 
from many points of view, and is of copper green; the awn- 
ings with which the side porches are provided are green and 
white stripes; and, most striking of all, the porch and terrace 
floors throughout are paved with small green tiles very 
agreeable and cool in color ‘and enormously successful in con- 
trast with the shining white walls of the house. 
The entrance front is necessarily less grandiose in com- 
position, although full of interest. There are no porches 
on this side save the spacious porte-cochére, which is applied 
directly to a porch at the entrance doorway and of which it 
forms an integral part. The doorway is flat-topped with an 
ornamental pediment, and on each side is a square window 
single square window of the water front are groups of three 
rectangular windows, which indicate very clearly that the 
attic is not an architectural feature, but one of great utility. 
The design of a service wing that does not conflict with 
the entrance and the ornamental front of the house is a 
matter that entails very great difficulty, and is the one point 
on which an architect is apt to fail in his palatial designs. 
Where it is possible to sink the kitchen to a lower level the 
dificulty almost completely disappears; but this device could 
not be adopted here, and hence the architects were compelled 
to frankly extend their wing on the service side, which has 
been done in a simple and unostentatious manner. The 
service yard is shut off from the forecourt, which constitutes 
the entrance, by a high trellised screen delightfully orna- 
mental in character, and which also shuts out the approach 
to the service departments, which are entered by a separate 
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