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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1910 



which is a semi- 

 oct agonal projec- 

 tion containing the 

 entrance doorway. 

 This is a thorough- 

 ly dignified compo- 

 sition, consisting of 

 two Roman Doric 

 columns supporting 

 an entablature and 

 pediment. The only 

 other o r n amental 

 feature here is the 

 b a 1 u s t rade sur- 

 mounting the exten- 

 sion to which the 

 entrance portico is 

 affixed. 



It is obvious that 

 this i s a house 

 whose attractive- 

 ness depends large- 

 ly on its architec- 

 tural construction, 

 on the balance and 

 relationship of its 

 parts, and, in a 



very proper and sufficient way, on the dignity of its ma- 

 terial. All of these are quite proper elements in the mak- 

 ing of a successful design, and Messrs. Little & Browne, 



One of the gardens 



of Boston, who 

 were the architects, 

 have achieved a 

 very remarkable 

 success in this 

 dwelling. 



The task of cre- 

 a t i n g a notable 

 country home in a 

 quiet and dignified 

 manner is by no 

 means so easy as 

 may be supposed. 

 A splendor in ar- 

 chitectural enrich- 

 ment is too often 

 imagined as essen- 

 tial to handsome 

 building, and the 

 delight one may 

 take in splendid 

 rooms often finds 

 expression in orna- 

 mental exteriors of 

 quite unnecessary 

 embellishment. It 

 will presently be 

 seen that this house contains some notable rooms of quite 

 unusual grandeur; but there is scarce a hint of this with- 

 out, and certainly none at all in this quiet and sober entrance 



The entrance gate and the court in front of the house 



