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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1906 



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The Sun Room Furnished in Japanese Style 



A Corner in the Enclosed Porch 



steps leading to the enclosed yard arranged below. 

 The terrace or inner front of the house displays quite 

 different characteristics from those which obtain on the en- 

 trance front. The latter front being directly on the level 

 with the ground, necessarily seems low. The terrace front, 

 on the contrary, is loftily elevated, owing to the steep slope 

 of the ground. The symmetry which Mr. Eyre discarded on 

 the entrance front is more apparent here. The whole of 

 the center is occupied by a great stone terrace, with a double 



flight of steps by which the lower ground may be reached. 

 The central part of the house is here projected forward, 

 and is surmounted with twin gables. Immediately below 

 them, in the center of the design, are two bay windows, and 

 the other openings are symmetrically disposed. It is a 

 charmingly imagined design, carried out with the quiet 

 simplicity which distinguishes every part of the house, a 

 dwelling without extraneous ornament, and without a single 

 ornamental feature on the exterior which has not a true 



The Terrace is a Lounging Place of Distinctive Charm 



