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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1910 



Broad sweeping steps ascend to the second terrace 



Mr. Spaulding's loggia and its supporting structures. 



For the loggia is but the climax to a series of terraces, 

 the apex of which is the house. The architectural treat- 

 ment of the dwelling here is so broad and line that it seems 

 larger than on the entrance front, where the parts are 

 more varied, and the total dimensions less conspicuously 

 in evidence. The main building has a quite subordinate 

 position, and appears actually only in the third story, where 

 it rises in a gable end of somewhat unusual design. Below 

 it, and embraced by it on the margins, are the two sea 

 wings, two stories in height, rectangular in form, and sur- 

 mounted with a somewhat high balustrade, over which ap- 

 pear the dormers in the third story of the main portion. 



Below, in the center, is the loggia, which from without 

 is seen to be contained in a separate structure applied to 

 the center of the group forming the front. Like the wings 

 it is surmounted with a balustrade, and like the other parts 

 of the house it is without any but the severest of architec- 

 tural treatment. In the center are three vast round arched 

 openings. The glazed doorways are really rectangular in 

 form, the lunettes being filled with glazed fan-lights. The 

 double awnings are not without a genuine value in the color 

 of the exterior, and the roof forms a spacious balcony that 

 is entered from the second story. 



Below are the terraces by which the natural fall of the 

 ground is admirably utilized and the great natural beauty 

 of the situation is enhanced. The two purposes are thus ac- 

 complished in a thoroughly successful manner. The loggia 

 opens directly onto an open platform that is actually the 

 roof of a lower structure. This is built of stone and is 

 enclosed on either end by a curved stone stairway that de- 

 scends to the lower terrace. Both stairs and balcony are 



The terraced wall and the rose garden 



