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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1906 



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The Library is Trimmed with Mahogany, and the Ceiling of Jacobean Style Has Ornamental Plaster Ribs 



It is planned in the form of the elongated type with an 

 entrance front which is divided into three parts, two of which 

 rise up into pediments while the central one contains the 

 entrance porch. The wings on either side of this central 

 portion of the house are recessed from the lines of the front 

 walls. 



The exterior is construct- 

 ed of rock-faced gray stone 

 with trimmings of dressed 

 Indiana limestone. These 

 walls are well pierced with 

 many windows which are 

 glazed with leaded glass. 

 The whole building is 

 crowned with a red slated 

 roof which adds a touch of 

 color to the house and 

 blends well into the general 

 color scheme. 



Entering the hall, which 

 is a central one extending 

 through the entire depth of 

 the house, one does not see 

 the staircase as is usually 

 the case, for it is placed in 

 a separate hall, apart from 

 the main entrance hall. Both 

 the hall and the staircase 

 hall are trimmed with oak 

 finished with an old Eng- 

 lish treatment. The walls 

 from the floor to the ceiling 

 are paneled with similar 

 oak and finished with a mas- 

 sive molded cornice. 



The ceiling is beamed 

 and ribbed in a handsome 

 manner. At the rear of the 



hall, opposite the entrance, 

 is a cluster of leaded glass 

 windows beneath which is 

 placed a paneled seat. The 

 broad open fireplace, with 

 its facings of Caen stone 

 elegantly carved, and its 

 mantel with over-mantel ex- 

 tending to the ceiling, is 

 quite the feature of the hall. 

 The staircase, which i s 

 placed in the stair hall, is 

 built of oak with a balus- 

 trade in the Gothic style. 

 Beneath these stairs is a 

 stairway to the cellar. The 

 coat-room and lavatory are 

 conveniently placed. 



The drawing-room is to 

 the left of the entrance, and 

 is treated in a combination 

 of the Louis XV and Louis 

 XVI styles. The walls have 

 a low paneled wainscoting 

 above which they are laid 

 out in panels formed by 

 plaster moldings; these 

 panels are covered with a 

 Dresden wall covering of 

 dainty design. The whole 

 is finished with a plaster 

 molding ofornamental 

 character and the ceiling is similarly decorated. The broad 

 open fireplace has facings and a hearth of Siena marble, and 

 is finished with brass trimmings and a mantel handsomely 

 carved, with a paneled over-mantel, in the center of which is 

 a mirror. 



The Drawing-room Is Treated in the Louis XVI. Style. The Walls Are Paneled with Plaster Moldings 



and Wall-covering of Dresden Design 



