August, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



97 



beginning of this sport in this coun- 

 try. I lis is a case which forms a prac- 

 tical demonstration of the usefulness 

 ol the automobile in connection with 

 a summer home in the country — the 

 real country, 1 mean, where there is 

 no interruption f rom the strident tones 

 ot the locomotive whistle or the 

 clanging gong ot the trolley car. \ ,\ en 

 in some places where there is rail com- 

 munication, better time can often be 

 made In automobiles if the rail route 

 is roundabout ami it it has to be com- 

 pleted by a drive of some miles at one 

 end. This is shown to be so by the 

 experience of Mr. Cornwall, who finds 



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servants. From it a stairway rises 

 to the servants' quarters, consisting 

 of three bedrooms and bath. An 

 attractive porch is placed on the 

 south side of the building, and at the 

 west end is provided a wood shed in 

 which to store the huge logs burned 

 in the fireplace on a cool, autumn 

 night. Beyond this building is the 

 garage, which is built to accommo- 

 date two automobiles, is conveni- 

 ently fitted up, and is designed in 

 keeping with the house. The stable 

 is also in harmony with the scheme 

 of the estate, and it contains ample 

 accommodations for all the horses 

 and carriages required on a place of 

 this character. Mr. Charles T. Beardsley, Jr., of Bridge- that in his Locomobile he can cover the sixteen miles that 

 port, Conn., was the architect of the house and also of all separate his country house from his city house in fifty minutes 



The Living- Room is Trimmed with Cypress, Stained and Finished a Dark Brown. A Stone 

 Fireplace and a Staircase are the Features of the Room 



the other buildings on the estate. 

 The owner of "Oakknoll" has been an en- 

 thusiastic automobilist from the very 



as against the two hours and a half which would, 

 be required if the trip were 

 made by rail. 



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