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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



June, 1910 



This is what Mr. Piatt has been able to do by a careful 

 study of the house and the pergola as shown in the engra\ - 

 ings presented herewith. 



The columns used for the support of the crossbeams are 

 fluted and are of 

 the style of the 

 Doric order. These 

 columns supporting 

 the beams and 

 cross rafters are 

 partially hidden 

 from view by the 

 vines and climbers, 

 which are clinging to 

 it and which appear 

 to the best advan- 

 tage when the glim- 

 mering light and 

 shade play along 

 the covered way. 



By this treatment 

 the pergola forms a 

 partial screen from 

 the sun's rays, and a 

 temporary shelter in 

 summer, while in 

 the early winter, 

 when nature re- 

 sponds to her call 

 and the leaves fall 

 from the vines, the 

 pergola is left in its 



natural form, thereby permitting the sunshine and light to 

 enter the rooms of the first story which could not be ob- 

 tained if a covered piazza had been built along the exterior 

 of the house as is usually done when an out-of-door living- 



The hall 



room is required. A sufficient portion of the pergola, 

 however, that part which is built at each end of the house, 

 is co\ered with a permanent roof and affords ample 

 space, under shelter, for li\ing out of doors when the 



weather permits. 



The floors of the 

 terrace and the 

 porches are paved 

 with unglazed red 

 Welsh tile and 

 brick, laid in a sim- 

 ple manner and in 

 such a way as to 

 present an air of 

 age. Massive tubs 

 filled with Oleander 

 are placed between 

 each of the columns 

 along the edge of 

 the terrace. The 

 terrace and the 

 porches overlook 

 the bowling green, 

 which is held in 

 place by the mas- 

 sive stone wall built 

 at the rear of the 

 house. From this 

 terrace broad vis- 

 tas are obtained of 

 the Connecticut 

 hills and the sur- 

 rounding country in the distance. Large tubs filled with 

 flowering Hydrangea are placed at stated intervals along 

 the terrace wall adding a touch of color to the landscape. 

 The problem of developing the grounds has been well 



The living-room 



