96 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
that no hint of its 
primitive use now 
remains. On the 
contrary, its high 
walls and spacious 
windows proclaim 
aloud the fact that 
studios are within, 
and in this external 
expression of a great 
internal truth one of 
the most important 
of architectural 
canons is set forth in 
the most direct way 
possible. 
Starting as it did 
with the studio, the 
dwelling portions 
may,in! a sen) sic, 
seem an annex to it. 
As a matter of fact, the dwelling house loses nothing of its 
The 
individuality by reason of the proximity of the studio. 
latter is, indeed, the special reason why this 
house was built here; but the importance, 
the cardinal importance of the dwelling is 
not the less marked because of this circum- 
stance. The truth is, the whole building is 
a most picturesque pile, the dwelling house 
having a deflected dining and service wing 
on one end, and the great double studio on 
the other. The elements here called for pic- 
turesque treatment, and this has been availed of 
by the architects in a very complete manner. A first 
story of stone, in harmony with the older stonework of 
the studio, is surmounted by a second overhanging story 
of stucco. Charming bay windows, quaint dormers in 
the roof, a massive stone chimney, a plainly treated gable, 
these and other legitimate architectural devices harmoniously 
designed and combined give an exterior of unusual charm 
that proclaims aloud the artistic character of the architecture 
quite as much as it makes known the artistic callings of the 
occupants. It is an artist’s house from base to peak, from 
end to end; an artist’s house devoid of the eccentricity that 
sometimes obtains in such dwellings, but beautiful and quaint 
throughout, thoroughly agreeable to look at and, as we shall 
immediately see, thoroughly agreeable to live in and work in. 
End wall of the studio 
March, 1909 
N ot withstanding 
the apparently ir- 
regular shape of the 
house, its plan offers 
no difficulties, and is 
of the simplest. A 
simple little porch, 
with wooden steps 
incased within a 
stone base, with a 
lofty stone pier on 
one side and the 
house wall on the 
other, forms the ap- 
proach to a vesti- 
bule or entrance 
hall, which is actu- 
ally a passageway 
between the living- 
room and the 
dining-room. 
The living-room is on the right, and occupies the whole 
of the first floor to the studio wing, except for the staircase, 
which occupies a great octagonal tower-like extension that is 
a conspicuous feature of the inner front. It is a vast room, 
lighted by groups of windows on each front, with a third 
group giving upon the entrance porch. It is treated 
in a highly original manner, the window openings 
having quite flat segmental 
arches without moldings, 
while arches of similar 
Plan of the first floor 
form span the recess in 
which the fireplace stands and 
the opening by which the 
room is entered. Of entrance doorway there is none at all, 
the opening archway from the hallway being supported by 
A picturesque group of studio and dwelling 
