AMERICAN HOMES 
The stately and dignified octagonal hall is surmounted with a dome 
gainst it, is the casino, or teah 
ither side of which extends a pergola, which 
The pergola has a rich architectural effect 
the great pines 
AND GARDENS arch, 1909 
edingly effective boun- 
dary to the garden. The 
floor of the casino is laid with 
red brick in herring-bone 
fashion, inclosed thin 
granite copin| 
The roof 
upported on 
Tonic columns, which are re- 
peated in the pergo The 
furnishings are in keeping 
with the c character of 
ign, and consist 
of a splendid Roman table 
and two Hermes standing be- 
tween the side columns. On 
the sides of the garden are 
micircular niches or r 
nter of each 
ue, with white 
on either side, 
being surrounded 
dendrons, above 
these, from which the beauty 
of the garden may be en- 
joyed. 
But the inte 
lian Court” i 
with the garder 
partly hidden from view by 
with which it is surrounded. It is built of 
stucco and is reached through a court inc 
turn, is returned at the ends, thus forming an admirable and wall. On the right of the c 
with a stucco 
‘arriage forecourt is the carriage 
The casino or teahouse 
March, 1909 
shed. Beyond is the spacious 
carriage house, behind which, 
and connected with it, 
stable, both d 
ge court beyond 
inclosed on two si 
rm buildings: wagon 
barn, sheep shed, wood shed, 
tool house and chicken 
houses. Continuing further 
up the hill from the stable 
one passes the gardener’s co 
tage and the mammoth con- 
seryator A little further 
on is the ice-house, half con- 
cealed underground, and still 
beyond is a rustic summer 
hoi built over a well of 
pure water. 
At the ve pex of the 
estate is a casino, a quaint 
stucco building, with pergola- 
porches on either side. 
Within is a single lar; 
room, with a fireplace in an 
inglenook, on one side of 
which is a toilet-room, and on 
th E The 
ng is entirely inclosed 
with French windows, so tha 
and the piazzas constitut 
The climb to this delightful spot, if indee 
AMERICAN HOMES 
ND GARDENS 
The main stairway occupies one end of the living hall 
when opened the main room 
ngle apartment. 
the exertion 
calls for so exhausting a w 
view, as is the 
is well worth the effort. The 
with all views from the highlands of the 
Hudson, is alike majestic and enchanting. To the east are 
The pergola and its flower beds 
