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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
January, 1909 
The Summer Home of Theodore Conrow, Esq. 
ably demonstrated 
his ability to build a 
house which may 
contain the usual 
number of rooms re- 
quired by a good 
sized family, fitted 
with all the appoint- 
ments which are 
necessary for a well 
regulated house, and 
to inclose the whole 
with an exterior that 
is representative of 
good, wholesome 
construction and 
unique and pleasing 
to the eye. And 
this, if you please, 
for the small sum 
of seven thousand 
dollars. 
The elevations of 
the house are broken 
sufficiently to take 
away its square 
lines and at the same 
time permit of a lit- 
tle freedom in de- 
sign. 
The foundation is 
built of stone, and 
the underpinning of 
brick. - Phe ‘feature 
of the exterior is the 
piazza, which has 
massive piers built 
of concrete blocks, 
laid with a wide 
mortar joint, so that 
a different appear- 
ance from the usual 
form is produced. 
The openings _ be- 
tween these piers 
are partly veiled by 
a trellis of lattice 
work on which there 
are growing vines. 
The exterior walls 
are of shingles 
placed on the regu- 
lated construction 
walls, and are 
R. CONROW’S summer home presents a 
scheme for a house which not only com- 
bines all the essentials for a summer home, 
but is also well adapted by its arrangement 
of rooms for an all-the-year-round house. 
Mr. Aymar Embury, II, of New York, was 
Water Mill, Long Island 
By Charles Chauncey 
os 
it OBER Sas 
The abounding comforts of a spacious piazza 
The dining-room is furnished in a yellow color scheme 
stained a soft brown color, while the blinds and sash are 
stained a similar color in a darker tone. 
The living-room, reached direct from the piazza, extends 
across the entire breadth of the house. 
cypress, stained and finished in a Flemish brown. At one 
end is a fireplace, built of brick and finished with a wooden 
the architect ot this house, and he has very mantelshelf. The staircase, while outside of the line of the 
It is trimmed with 
living-room, is a 
part of it, for it 
opens into it from 
a recess in which 
the stairs are built, 
by an open balus- 
trade. The newel 
post is formed by a 
square column ex- 
tending to the ceil- 
ing and supporting 
a beamed arch. The 
walls of the living- 
room are covered 
with a dull green 
burlap. 
The library has a 
soft brown stained 
trim and brick fire- 
place, with a hearth 
and facings built of 
similar brick, and a 
mantel. Bookcases 
are built in on either 
side of the fireplace. 
The walls are cov- 
ered with a crimson 
burlap, and white 
and green striped 
curtains of soft ma- 
terial are hung at 
the windows. 
The dining-room 
trim is finished with 
a yellowish - brown 
stain, while the walls 
are covered with a 
mustard colored 
burlap. The cur- 
tains hung at the 
windows are of a 
yellow and white 
striped material. 
The butler’s pan- 
try, fitted with 
drawers, cupboards, 
sink and closets, has 
double-acting doors 
from both the din- 
ing-room and the 
kitchen. Thekitchen, 
laundry and its de- 
pendencies are well 
arranged for light, 
