88 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS February, 1906 
‘“Deephaven,”’ the Home of Wilkinson De Forest Wright, Esq. 
Sands Point, Long Island 
HE home of Wilkinson De Forest 
Wright, Esq., at Sands Point, 
Long Island, is built of a com- 
bination of stone, brick and stucco. 
The result is most harmonious, 
for the reason that its lines are 
well broken by many baywindows, two of which 
on the shore front are developed into towers. The 
underpinning is of rock-faced ashlar gray stone and 
the superstructure is constructed with brick, with 
the exterior walls covered with stucco of a silver 
gray color. ‘The trimmings are painted bottle- 
green, and the roof, which is covered with shingles, 
is stained a deep reddish brown. The chimneys 
are of stucco with brick tops. 
The entrance porch, which is reached from the 
drive, has columns built of the same stone as the 
underpinning, and supports an overhanging gabled 
roof, which breaks into the line of the main roof 
of the house. 
Upon entering the house one finds oneself in the 
lobby, from which the main living-room and hall 
is reached. Opposite the entrance, the wall space 
is occupied by French leaded windows opening out 
onto the piazza, and which also has stone columns 
supporting the roof. Broad vistas are obtained 
of the Sound and surrounding country from this 
piazza. The floors of the piazza are laid with 
brick, in order to insure as cooling an atmosphere 
as is possible during the heated term. The living- 
room is trimmed with dark oak and its walls are 
paneled to the ceiling, which are jack-planed, while 
the ceiling is covered with massive beams. The 
large open fireplace is the important feature of the 
hall. This fireplace is built of brick with its facing The Entrance Porch Supports an Overhanging Gabled Roof 
and hearth of the same. The mantel-shelf is of 
dressed stone, in the face of which 
there is carved an inscription. The 
fireplace is recessed and is provided 
with a massive hooded canopy, the en- 
tablature of which is supported on 
massive carved brackets, ornamented 
with carved heads. 
The music-room, octagonal in form, 
is designed with Colonial effects, and 
has an open fireplace built with white 
tiled facings and hearth, and a mantel 
of Colonial style. The old mirror 
over the mantel carries out the char- 
acteristic idea of the Colonial room. 
The billiard-room, at the rear of 
the music-room, is trimmed with chest- 
nut with driftwood finish, and the 
whole is built in harmony with each 
other. This room has a low paneled 
wainscoting, above which the walls are 
covered with crimson burlap and the 
whole finished with a wooden cornice. 
The fireplace is of brick with similar 
facings and hearth, and has a massive 
hooded mantel. 
The Large Open Fireplace is the Important Feature of the Hall The dining-room, which balances 
