January, 1909 
ventilation and ap- 
pointments. 
The second floor is 
finished with a natural 
trim and tinted walls. 
This floor contains five 
bedrooms and two 
bathrooms. The bath- 
rooms are within easy 
access of the bedroom, 
and are furnished with 
porcelain fixtures and 
exposed nickelplated 
plumbing. The own- 
er’s suite has an open 
fireplace and a dress- 
ing-room. 
The servants’ bed- 
rooms are furnished in 
the third floor. Heat- 
ing apparatus, fuel 
rooms and cold storage 
room are placed in the 
cellar. 
The house of Mr. 
Conrow’s has varied 
features of interest, 
and it is the expres- 
sion of what was re- 
quired by the owner 
and his family, 
which was very well 
and carefully car- 
ried out by the archi- 
tect, Mr. Embury, 
who designed the 
house; and on no 
occasion did this 
dwelling fail in its 
planning nor lose 
interest to the de- 
signer, and the 
whole is the happy 
result of a careful 
carrying out of what 
the owner really 
wanted in the way of 
a summer house. 
It frequently oc- 
curs when an archi- 
tect designs a house 
for a client that he 
gives his attention 
and spends his time in 
designing an exterior 
which will contain 
such features that are 
pleasing and _ attrac- 
tive to the eye, and 
losing sight of the 
fact that in reality 
the most important 
feature of a house is 
the interior arrange- 
ment; the connection 
of one room with an- 
other, the whole gen- 
eral scheme of con- 
venience for the 
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The piazza piers of concrete inclose trellis screens and arches 
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various relations of the rooms to each other, for 
light, and ventilation, as well as for the proper 
exposure, are all points to be well considered. 
Mr. Conrow’s house presents all these salient 
points, and the architect has been able to secure 
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both a pleasant exterior and a well arranged 
plan. The house, as 
already stated, was 
built for a summer 
home, consequently it 
was deemed best to 
face it with its front 
toward the southwest, 
while its rear faced the 
northeast. By placing 
the living-rooms on 
side of the house, as a 
study of the plans will re- 
veal, it will be found that 
the principal living-rooms 
have a Southern exposure. 
IRST-FLQOR- Plan: This point is considered an important one for the 
reason that the prevailing winds in summer are 
from the south; and this being the case it is to be 
naturally supposed 
that the planning 
and the placing of a 
house as outlined 
has an advantage 
over one built in the 
reversed position. 
The grounds 
about the estate 
have been weil de- 
veloped. There is a 
sweeping driveway 
which swings in 
from the road to the 
side of the house 
and then to the 
stable beyond. An- 
other entrance is 
made direct to the 
house from a walk 
which extends in 
feTOume the tO! aids 
which passes in front of the property. Con- 
siderable landscape work has been done about 
the place, including a semi-formal garden, 
which is laid out at one side of the property, 
and with a_ view 
ay [eee from the _living- 
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room of the house, 
and also from the 
piazza, which is 
really the living- 
room in summer. 
These vistas are 
most attractive and 
add much to the 
pleasure of country 
life. 
The whole general scheme of the interior is 
most excellent, and the artistic furnishings help 
to carry out the principles of decorations as 
outlined by the architect in his interior treat- 
ment. 
The rooms are complete in themselves 
and a harmonious whole. Nothing so com- 
pletely destroys the effect of a room so much 
