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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 19 10 



half of the roof of 

 the original Hag- 

 gerty house. On the 

 southern front this 

 roof is broken up 

 with gables and 

 dormer windows to 

 give space and light 

 to the rooms on the 

 second and third 

 floors. 



When the "big 

 room" ell was add- 

 ed, it was impos- 

 sible to bring it 

 into harmony with 

 the rest of the 

 house; on the con- 

 trary it was impera- 

 tive that the roof 

 of the ell should be 

 as nearly flat as 

 possible, so that the 

 west windows of 

 the nursery, in the 

 third floor of the 



original house, might not be obstructed. It was even im- 

 possible to carry out the facade in a continuous line with- 

 out sacrificing the horse chestnut tree which stands in the 

 center of the brick terrace and breaks the line of the house. 

 So Mr. Howard boldly branched into an entirely different 

 style of architecture, making the ell as unlike the old house 

 as possible, it having a flat roof as opposed to the gambrel 

 of the old house, ending to the west in rounded gables as 

 opposed to the pointed gables and dormers of the other part 

 of the house. Through the apple trees curiously attractive 

 glimpses may be had of this end of the house. 



The staircase hall treated in half-timber style 



It was rather Mr. 

 Howard's fancy to 

 still further accen- 

 tuate this unlikeness 

 by building this part 

 of the house of 

 brick, the rest of the 

 house being plaster, 

 applied with wire 

 lathing over wood, 

 but out of defer- 

 ence to Mrs. Ab- 

 bott this was given 

 up, perhaps unfor- 

 tunately, and the 

 whole house is cov- 

 ered with plaster; 

 the only difference 

 being that on the 

 new part the walls 

 are of second-hand 

 brick to which the 

 plaster is applied 

 directly, without 

 the use of any lath- 

 ing, either inside or 

 out; double walls, with an air space between, prevent the 

 condensation of moisture on the inside. 



A wide brick terrace separates the house from the 

 garden; only a small portion of this is roofed over, 

 the horse chestnut tree supplementing this shelter. The 

 garden, owing to the absence of a cellar, is almost on a 

 level with the front door. It is surrounded by an arbor 

 vitae hedge, and ends in a row of brick posts, about twelve 

 feet apart, connected by chains, the whole garlanded with 

 vines. The wide bed on the east of the garden is filled with 

 sunflowers, helenium, spirea and other such rampant per- 



The entrance hall has paneled walls and beamed ceiling 



