November, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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is more than a culminative feature in the design, for its grace- 

 ful summit conceals the tank from which the water supply of 

 the house is obtained. 



The differently projected wings which were the distin- 

 guishing feature of the hill front form the basis of the design 

 of the entrance front. The window treatment of the ends 

 is somewhat different, because on this side the right wing is 

 the service wing, and contains a central corridor, while in the 

 other wings the rooms take up the full width of the available 

 space. The service yard is separated from the entrance fore- 

 court by a brick wall, with a gateway formed by two hand- 

 some posts. The entrance doorway is placed in a semi-octa- 

 gonal vestibule, whose cornice is supported on stone pilasters. 



The plan of the house is immediately disclosed within, for 

 the whole of the center is occupied with the main hall, a 

 superb apartment rising to the full height of the house, and 

 covered with an open timbered roof; a magnificent room, 

 warm in color, richly detailed in its architectural parts, fine 

 in dimensions, admirably imagined and beautifully carried 

 out. Immediately before you, as you enter, is the staircase, 

 beginning in the center of the room and rising on the two 

 sides, dividing below the great mullioned window of the 

 hill front, and returning to a balcony that surrounds the 

 whole of the second floor. The walls below are completely 

 paneled in oak; above they are treated in half-timber work, 

 with oak beams and gilded panels. The roof has exposed 

 beams supported on open timbers of handsome design. 



This bare statement of the chief features of this room 

 is but a meager account of its contents. It is a room whose 

 design and structure are essentially rich. The dark tone of 

 the wood, the .gleaming surfaces of the half-timber panels 



The Hall Has an Open Timber Roof 



The Dining-room is Paneled in Mahogany with a Silk Frieze of Lions 



