AMERICAN 

 HOMES AND GARDENS 



lume 



June, 1910 Number 6 



Residence of Frederick Culver, Esq., Hadlynne, Conn. 



By Francis Durando Nichols 



|HERE is more than a promising face 

 stamped upon the outlook as the pic- 

 turesque and delightfully situated home 

 of Mr. Culver at Hadlynne greets the eye 

 of the visitor, for the ensemble has an 

 aspect and a form clearly and wholly 

 suited to carry out the conviction that the 

 work has all the visible signs of complete accomplishment. 

 And how soon one realizes that the site chosen for the 

 house is quite the most favorable to be found upon the 

 property; how soon aware that the latter is in a position to 

 be rightly seated within the precincts of so typical a New 

 England village as this on the Connecticut hills — Hadlynne 

 overlooking the valley of the surrounding country. 



The house and the garden are the work of Charles A. 

 Piatt, the well-known architect of New York City, and, like 

 all his creations, they have a personal charm which is sel- 

 dom found in houses and in grounds even of a more pre- 

 tentious type. The dwelling is neither small nor large; 

 but the simplicity and dignity which it possesses in all the 

 detail are the simple expression of the art of the designer 

 as he wished to see it when completed. The house is, 

 however, a studied one, inasmuch as every advantage has 

 been made of the natural surroundings, the elements of 

 which determined the position of the building and also the 

 style of architecture in which it was to be built. 



The house is reached from a fine avenue that approaches 

 it through grounds laid out in excellent taste, with just 



I he entrance front of the house 



