March, 1909 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 107 
The Residence of Friend A. Russ, Esq. 
“Rock Ridge,” Greenwich, Connecticut 
By Francis Durando Nichols 
“3S ONE turns aside from the broad avenue The hall is trimmed with chestnut stained and finished in 
' leading from Greenwich village through the a dark brown. ‘The halls are paneled, rising up to an open 
stone gateway which marks the entrance to. gallery, the sides of which are hung with crimson figured 
Mr. Russ’s country residence, there stretches silk. The staircase has a handsomely carved newel post, 
out before him a long drive of smooth balustrade and rail. 
macadam, bordered on the one side by a The music-room is reached from the hall by a rise of three 
magnificent tangle of trees and sparkling steps. It is a great room built over the porte cochere, and 
streams, and on the other by a well kept lawn, 
studded with flowering shrubs. This driveway 
winds to the house, which stands on a knoll over- 
looking Long Island Sound. It is a unique house, 
built of stone and wood with English half- 
timbered characteristics. 
The first story is built of huge boulders laid 
up at random with broad white mortar joints. 
The second story is covered with shingles left to 
weather finish, while the trimmings are stained 
and finished in a soft brown.. The roof is cov- 
ered with a similar shingle work. The entrance 
is from the porte cochere or from the hooded 
porch at the side of the porte cochere. Both 
entrance ways are built with brick floors laid in 
herring-bone fashion. 
The walls of the music-room are covered with yellow 
watered silk and the trimmings are ivory-white 
has a “Haddon Hall” ceiling designed in a geo- 
metrical form. ‘The walls are hung with yellow 
watered silk, and the trimmings are painted ivory- 
white. Renaissance lace draperies in one panel 
are hung at the windows. The bay window at 
one end is provided with a seat upholstered in 
yellow silk. The floor is laid with parquetry. 
From the hall three steps descend to the living- 
room, which is on a different level. ‘This living- 
room is also trimmed with chestnut and is stained 
brown, finished with a green stain rubbed into the 
grain of the wood, with a harmonious effect. The 
ceiling has heavily molded beams forming panels. 
The inglenook is the feature of the room, with 
a great hooded canopy handsomely carved and 
The chief characteristic of the den is its treatment with Japanese placed above it. It has a pressed brick fireplace 
fariitare and decorations ‘ and a Welsh tile hearth and floor extending over 
