Homes of 
American Artsts 
By Barr Ferree 
““Chesterwood,” the Country Home of 
Daniel Chester French, N. A. 
Glendale, Massachusetts 
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BROWNSTONE column, old and some- plunges beneath a lofty flat archway embedded in a luxuriant 
what weather-beaten, stands on a knoll to mass of wild grapevine; beyond it is thickly grown: hem- 
the right as one approaches ‘‘Chesterwood”’ locks to the right, apple trees, lilac bushes and other shrubs 
from Stockbridge. It marks the entrance to the left. There is immense utility in this branch road, 
to Mr. French’s very beautiful estate, a which presently reappears further on, and again joins the 
tract comprising about a hundred and main road, for it is the service entrance; yet it is so com- 
twenty-five acres, and which lies on both pletely hidden and so densely grown that the keenest eye 
sides of the main highway that skirts the lawn below the can not penetrate to what is within, and can only guess to 
house. It is a charming place of woodland and open fields, what it leads, all of which helps to give it value. 
Meanwhile the main road moves on 
to the house, which is located upon its 
left; a second branch leads to the barn 
and stables far up on the right; on one 
side is a great clump of lofty sumacs, 
on the other a low border of locust, be- 
hind which is the farm and vegetable 
garden. And so with these, and many 
other plantings of beautiful shrubbery, 
the drive reaches the house, and one 
dismounts at the entrance porch. It 
is a modest and simple dwelling: stuc- 
coed, light granite gray in color, gray 
woodwork, sage green door and blinds, 
and brown shingled roof. Designed 
by Mr. Henry Bacon, architect, of New 
York, it is delightfully adapted to its 
Lawn and woods beyond the studio 
of valleys and hills, even of moun- 
tain sides; and situated as it is, in the 
heart of the Berkshire Hills, it not 
only commands magnificent views 
from every viewpoint, but is itself a 
delightful part of the whole beautiful 
vicinity. 
The knoll opposite the brown col- 
umn needs no monumental emphasis, 
for a group of apple trees grows right 
at the opening. The entrance drive- 
way opens here, and is grassed on 
either side. On the right is a border 
of young hemlocks; on the left are 
apple and pear trees, variously spaced. 
A short distance within a branch road 
Decorative sculptures of the studio porch 
