July, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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structural function. In other words, it is pure building, a 

 circumstance perhaps not so meritorious in itself as the re 

 lated and more important fact that every part of this pure 

 building has been carefully studied and adjusted to the other 

 parts with a keen artistic sensibility. 



I have already adverted to the fact that the exigencies of 

 the site determined a narrow house, very much longer than 

 wide. The entrance doorway leads into a small vestibule, 

 flanked on one side by a lavatory and on the other by a 

 closet. Immediately beyond is the hall, occupying almost 

 the center of the house, and extending through to the ter- 



I he arrangement of the second floor is equally simple. 

 The owner's bedroom and boudoir are in the center on the 

 terrace front, the boudoir and chief bedroom being lighted 

 by the bay windows which are thrown out below the central 

 gables. At the extreme end, over the library, are two guest- 

 rooms. On the right of the central hall is a se a 'in^-roo-n 

 and study, and the remainder of the space is filled with bath- 

 rooms, of which there are three, and rooms for the servants. 



The spacious hall into which the visitor is ushered im- 

 mediately from the vestibule, is a beautiful and cheerful 

 apartment. The woodwork is walnut, the walls covered 



French Gray is the Prevailing Color of the Dining-Room 



race front. The entrance is quite to one end, the delightful 

 symmetry which characterizes the exterior being evident 

 within as well as without. On the terrace front the hall 

 gives upon a porch and a sun room, both of which imme- 

 diately adjoin the terrace. The stairs are built against the 

 entrance wall, as the large, round, arched window has pre- 

 viously hinted. Beyond, to the left, is the library, occupying 

 the whole of the further end of the house, and at the end 

 of which is the capacious chimney which is so marked a fea- 

 ture of the exterior. On the right is the dining-room, open- 

 ing onto the terrace front, while the butler's closet abuts 

 against the entrance wall, as does the kitchen, wh'ch is next 

 to it. On the entrance front is the servants' hall and a cold 

 room. 



with silk tapestry, and the plastered ceiling is finished with 

 a handsome geometrical design. The mantel is paneled and 

 carved with festoons. The large window on the stairs is 

 filled with stained glass. On the further side is the porch, 

 enclosed on three sides with white walls covered with lattice 

 work in pale green. Adjoining it is the sun-room, furnished 

 in the Japanese style, and with an adjoining alcove, in which 

 stands a graceful little marble fountain. 



The library is two steps below the level of the hall, and 

 is a room of penetrating charm. Its arched ceiling has a 

 geometric design of delicately modeled ribs. The fireplace 

 at the furthest end has a facing of Caen stone with a very 

 richly carved over mantel finished in gold. Elaborately 

 carved columns, also treated in gold, stand on either side. 



