October, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



237 



room, two bedrooms, 

 and bathroom. There 

 is also on this Hoor a 

 large hall and two 

 guest-rooms, and a 

 bathroom. Each room 

 is treated with white 

 enamel trim and the 

 walls of each treated 

 with artistic paper in 

 one color-scheme and 

 in keeping with each 

 room; the tone, of 

 color used being blue, 

 purple, yellow and 

 pink. All the rooms 

 have fireplaces, ex- 

 cept one, which are 

 trimmed with white 

 tiles and mantels. 



The bathrooms are 

 paved with white un- 

 glazed tiles and 

 w a i 11 sc o te d. The 

 walls above the wain- 

 scoting are covered 

 with canvas and 

 painted with white 

 enamel. Each bath- 

 room is furnished 

 with porcelain fix- 

 tures and exposed 

 nickel-plated plumb- 

 ing. There are two 

 guest-rooms, nursery, 

 trunk-room and three 

 servants' bedrooms 

 and bath on the third 

 Hoor. The laundry, 

 hot-water heating ap- 

 paratus, fuel-rooms, 

 are placed in the cel- 

 lar. The grounds at 

 the rear of the house 

 have been very care- 

 fully laid out and 

 planted with growing 

 plants and shrubs. 

 The landscape work 

 of the estate was 

 done by J. S. Nick- 

 ersae, of Melrose, 

 Massachusetts. 



I he elements 

 which have made 

 this house interesting 

 and given it a char- 

 acter and a distinc- 

 tion of its own are 

 easily manifest. They 

 are, to put it briefly, 

 the care the architect 

 has lavished upon his 

 work and the taste he 



Pilasters with Ionic Capitals are Placed at Intervals Around the Hall 



Japanese Grass Cloth Covers the Walls of the Den 



Facings Built of Pavanozza Marble for the Fireplace and a Good Mantel 

 are the Features of the Dining-room 



has expended upon it. 

 1 hese, oi course, and 

 very happily, are 

 characteristics by no 

 means resl ri< ted to 

 this one house, for 

 they constitute the 

 foundation on which 

 a 1 1 good building 

 rests. 



I lure is a fine 

 stateliness in the en- 

 trance-front that at 

 once attracts and in- 

 terests the beholder. 

 It is no easy thing to 

 do this, ami it is a 

 singular circumstance 

 that many interesting 

 interiors are buried 

 within exteriors of 

 the most common- 

 place description. 

 Here, however, in 

 this finely modeled 

 silhouette, this strong 

 brick wall, this state- 

 ly portico, are dis- 

 tinguished elements 

 which at once attract 

 the attention a n d 

 hold it. And this at- 

 tention is easily held, 

 and as agreeably, by 

 the interior. This is 

 exceedingly well 

 done. The archi- 

 tectural parts are in 

 good taste, the colors 

 are well chosen, the 

 furnishings are excel- 

 lent. Nothing, in 

 short, which could be 

 done to make an at- 

 tractive and beautiful 

 home has been left 

 undone. It is so gen- 

 uinely good that it 

 may truly be said to 

 be all good. Both 

 owner and architect 

 may well congratu- 

 late themselves on 

 the complete success 

 of their undertak- 

 ing. 



Both the house ami 

 the grounds were 

 planned and built un- 

 der the personal di- 

 rection of Mr. Percy 

 Griffin, architect, 

 New York. 



