February, 1909 
of a strictly structural kind. Yet the photographs show how 
thoroughly interesting a house can be which is designed on 
this principle, and in which each part has some definite work 
to do and does it in a thoroughly satisfactory way. Take 
the entrance front, for example, which is, in a sense, the rear 
of the dwelling and is not seen until one is almost at the 
door. At one end is the service wing, the lower story of 
which is hidden behind a cement wall, faced with trellis 
work, a clever and ornamental device that thoroughly shuts 
off this portion from the main part. The windows in the 
second story are dropped below the level of the others, and 
the narrow string of the main portion disappears against the 
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window. The adjoining window in the upper part of the 
southerly panel opens on to a balcony with balustraded rail- 
ing, which, in a larger form, is found again on the terrace 
front; while at the extreme end of the front is a single large 
round arched opening, glazed and screened, that admits one 
to a covered porch. 
It is easy to perceive from this analysis, that the funda- 
mental principle of this design was utility and convenience. 
Where windows of a certain kind were needed and demanded 
by the interior plan they were placed where convenience dic- 
tated. Yet there is order and form in this front; for the 
rectangular windows are of identical dimensions, and every 
The living-room and library is an apartment of immense cheer and charm 
frame of the first window in the service end. The small 
panel over these windows is not repeated elsewhere. 
Here, then, is a distinct differentiation of a portion of the 
house that leaves no hint unuttered as to its purpose and 
destination. ‘The lateral surface here is divided into three 
unequal parts by no less a utilitarian feature than the 
leaders which descend from beneath the eaves, and which 
are a distinctive feature of every front. The windows of the 
second story give the key to the irregularity of the design. 
The northerly section contains two windows, the southerly 
four, while in the central panel is the entrance doorway and 
a large two-story round arched window that lights the stair- 
case. The doorway itself is eminently simple and is protected 
with a marquise, above which the round light of the central 
opening appears, while on each side is a narrow slit-like 
part is held in place and harmonized by the roof and cornice 
with which the house is crowned, a roof of strongly project- 
ing eaves supported on brackets. 
The somewhat severe treatment so deliberately exhibited 
on the entrance front gives way, on the terrace front, to a 
more ornate and symmetrical development. Exactly this 
sort of development was to be looked for here, and very 
stately and beautiful this front is, which is actually the most 
conspicuous part of the house, quite conspicuously visible 
from the driveway and the adjacent lower country. In the 
center is a loggia of three graceful round arches, the sup- 
porting columns in the center being coupled; it is vaulted 
within and paved with tile, the flooring extending out on to 
the lawn of the terrace with which the whole front is sup- 
ported. The division of the wall by leaders obtains on this 
