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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



Feb 



ruary, 19 lO 



The hall has a Colonial staircase with white-painted balusters and a mahogany rail 



faced stone laid in 

 cement mortar. The 

 roof is covered with 

 shingles, which are 

 left to finish in their 

 natural silvery-gray 

 color. This stable 

 is built on the side 

 of the hill which 

 slopes down from 

 the point on which 

 the main house is 

 built, and thereby 

 forms an extra 

 story to the build- 

 ing, which is de- 

 voted to the coach- 

 man's quarters, con- 

 sisting of a living- 

 room, two bed- 

 rooms and bath- 

 room. The re- 

 mainder of this 

 floor contains the 

 hay loft, feed-room 

 storage-room, etc. 



The entire main 

 floor is devoted to 

 the carriage room 

 and stable, both of 

 which are celled up 

 with narrow beaded 

 North Carolina 

 pine and then fin- 

 ished In a natural 

 state with hard oil. 

 The carriage-room 

 contains sufl'icient 

 room for a large 

 number of car- 

 riages, and also a 

 large well-fitted-up 

 harness closet. The 

 stable has box-stalls 

 and single stalls, 

 and Is fitted with 

 ornamental Iron 

 fixtures, etc. 



The knoll upon 

 which the house Is built overlooks the valley below, beyond In the autumn which are a continual 

 which are the Morristown hills. The charm of the whole scheme Is 



A broad roadway sweeps in from each corner of the estate to assist nature In the beautifying of 



The stable is built of stucco 



to the entrance, 

 which Is built at the 

 front of the house 

 and In the center of 

 the building. 



Masses of grow- 

 ing shrubs and 

 plants have been set 

 out at the entrance 

 ways, and the en- 

 tire property has 

 been laid out and 

 built after the plans 

 of a landscape 

 architect. This road- 

 way extends along 

 one side of the 

 house to the stable, 

 which Is built at one 

 side of the prop- 

 erty. 



A formal garden 

 Is built at the rear 

 of the house and on 

 an axis with the liv- 

 ing porch at the 

 west side of the 

 building, from 

 which a broad and 

 extended vista is ob- 

 tained of the gar- 

 den. This garden 

 Is laid out In a geo- 

 metrical form, with 

 an attractive little 

 pool In the center of 

 it, from which the 

 walks radiate. The 

 various squares 

 formed by these 

 walks are planted 

 with a variety of 

 annuals and peren- 

 nials, and in such a 

 manner that there 

 is a continual bloom 

 of flowering plants 

 and shrubs from 

 early spring till late 



delight to the eye. 



to show what can be done 



an estate. 



