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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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ported on brackets. Under the large gable on the left, is 

 a triple window; on the right the bowed window below is 

 surmounted with a curved pediment that rises above the 

 base of the main roof as a dormer. This device is re- 

 peated in the end beyond the great chimney, and is one of 

 the most picturesque and successful features of the whole 

 front. The beams above this floor are exposed in the main 

 gables, but the larger one alone contains a window in 

 its apex. 



The deflected wing, which is obviously the service wing, 

 and which has its own separate approach from the main 

 highway, quite distinct from the entrance driveway to the 

 house, is designed in quiet harmony with the main portion. 

 It is simpler and less varied, with a pair of twin gables in 

 the center, plainly finished without competition with the 

 main gables. 



A description of this front, which was limited to a re- 

 hearsal of its constituent parts, would be quite incomplete 

 without a final word on the very admirable way in which all 

 these parts are harmonized and unified. This has already 

 been alluded to; but, after analysis, it becomes the clearer, 

 since while there is variety and change in almost every por- 

 tion, there is nothing that is not in perfect harmony, nothing 

 that does not bear a relation to every other part. It is, in 

 short, not only a most interesting study in the picturesque, 

 but a highly successful realization of this very difficult archi- 

 tectural quality. The quiet colors of the house, which have 

 already been noted, save that of the roof, which is pale 

 reddish brown, have been very admirably chosen for this 

 design. Nor should the planting around the walls be over- 

 looked, the shrubs and bushes at their base, the vines on the 

 porch columns, on the great chimney and elsewhere — all 



Stone steps lead to a simple porch at the entrance 



The garden at the rear of the house 



