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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1910 



The house from the pier 



midst of which rises a graceful fountain. All around it is 

 a luxuriant growth of shrubbery, while great trees which 

 shade the outer grounds grow close up to the house. It is a 

 beautiful setting, flooded with sunlight, and as charming an 

 entrance as one would wish to have. 



Quite as simple, also, is the terrace front, the delightful 

 spot from which so many beautiful views may be obtained 

 of Newport harbor. A long central wall is enclosed within 

 end pavilions, here identical in dimension and design. Be- 

 tween them the wall is recessed within a loggia, in which a 

 plain entablature is supported by a couple of Roman Doric 

 columns; above are five plain windows, while there are 

 three dormer in the roof, with a single dormer in each pa- 

 vilion. The kitchen w^ing is recessed behind this front and 

 has its own pavilion set not quite in the center but somewhat 

 toward the house. The roofs of the dormers, as well as 

 the lofty lines of the main roof, produce an eminently pic- 

 turesque effect as seen above the trees, and are, indeed, the 

 chief external beauty of the house. 



The house, as has already been stated more than once, 

 is provided with two entrances, a monumental entrance 

 directly from the court, and a carriage entrance beneath the 

 carriage porch. The latter opens to a whole suite of intro- 

 ductory rooms. An open porch is arranged within the 

 vaulted archway, from which opens the side vestibule that 

 leads to a corridor on either side of which are dressing and 

 waiting rooms. Farther on is the elevator and a secondary 

 staircase, while a turn to the right conducts one beneath 

 the main staircase to the great hall by which the rooms in 

 the main portion may be approached. 



The hall is paneled in oak throughout, with a deep Doric 

 frieze supported on coupled channeled pilasters. The plas- 

 ter ceiling is divided into panels by rich bands of ornament, 



and magnificent Oriental rugs are spread upon the hard 

 wood floor. The windows, which are necessarily limited to 

 one side — that of the court — are contained within paneled 

 recesses. The mantel and fireplace are immediately oppo- 

 site the entrance door, and on either side of each are lofty 

 standards for electric lights. There are some fine pieces of 

 furniture here, and the main stairway ascends in easy 

 stages at the farthest end. 



The salon occupies the center of the house, with windows 

 opening on to the loggia above the terrace. It is a stately 

 room, designed in the Louis XVI style. The walls are pan- 

 eled throughout, with larger rectangular panels above a low 

 wainscot. Narrow ornamented panels are set beside the 

 door and window frames, while above the doors are 

 wreaths and festoons of flowers. There is a great built-in 

 mirror above the mantel, and the plastered ceiling is devoid 

 of ornamentation. The colors are gray, white and gold. 



The dining-room is equally subdued in its treatment. 

 The ornamental detail here is very restrained, and is lim- 

 ited to the simple moldings of the panels, and the hardly 

 more pronounced ornamentation of the wainscot. The 

 mantel alone, with its enriched frame, its Ionic columns 

 and pilasters and marble facing, is the exception to the 

 otherwise marked simplicity of this room. 



The library is somewhat more ornate. The paneled 

 walls of oak, where not occupied with the built-in-bookcases, 

 are hung with magnificent tapestries. The frieze is of 

 rich brocade, while the panels over the doors are molded 

 without foliage. The mantel is an old piece of English 

 work, Elizabethan in manner, which fits well into a house 

 otherwise closely French In style. 



As befits a mansion of this style and size, the service 

 rooms are most extensive. A spacious butler's pantry ad- 



