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garden is at a very considerable elevation above the ground. 
There is a magnificent view to be had from this point—look- 
ing westward over the low valley below the house, above the 
tops of the lofty evergreens growing down within it, beyond 
the great outer field or lawn, across the road and the trees 
and shrubbery that enclose the distant views almost with 
the denseness of the forest, and far across the Hudson—to 
the highlands of New Jersey and lower New York that 
shut in all the rest of the world. 
As in a quite literal sense the house has but a single front, 
namely, that of entrance; the recessed center of this is en- 
riched and ornamented with a somewhat notable amount of 
detail. This, however, is precisely confined to the exact 
The prevailing color of the dining-room is rich blue 
center of the front, and consists of an ornamental doorway, 
with an enriched window and pediment above. All these 
parts are of stone. ‘The doorway has two channeled Cor- 
inthian pilasters supporting an entablature and curved pedi- 
ment. It is applied to a stone wall facing that is continued 
through the second story. ‘The central window here is 
rectangular in form like the others—except the two on either 
side of the door in the first story, which haye semicircular 
tops—and has an enriched frame, with scrolls and conven- 
tionalized ornament. A small pointed pediment surmounts 
this frontispiece and completes the ornamental portions of 
the facade. All the detail here is very well done, being de- 
signed in a quiet and effective style that yields a needed 
emphasis of ornament exactly where it is needed, and yet is 
so subdued as to be completely in harmony with the quiet 
architecture that distinguishes the whole exterior. 
The entrance-driveway is, of course, the focal point in the 
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whole estate. Ihe main driveway comes directly before the 
door, and the connection between the road and the house has 
been arranged in a very successful way. A slightly raised 
platform was first prepared. It is encased with stone, the 
outermost edge being directly on the driveway. The surface 
within is grassed on each side of the central path that leads 
to the main steps. ‘There is an extension of the whole space 
a short distance back from the road, and on the outer angles 
thus created are two gigantic vases of carved white 
marble. These vast ornaments are, in fact, the chief 
adornments of the exterior, and are at once impressive 
and characteristic. One may, indeed, designate them 
as the most distinctive feature of the whole house, yet 
while exterior to the struc- 
ture they are in complete 
harmony with it, and add 
immensely to the importance 
and significance of the front. 
The interior is planned 
and furnished with consum- 
mate skill, and here the 
really remarkable qualities 
of this notable dwelling are 
completely displayed. The 
scale of the whole is admir- 
ably conceived and carried 
out. The interior may very 
truly be described as monu- 
mental in character, yet it 
has no vast rooms or great 
spaces with which monu- 
mental qualities are most 
generally associated. On 
the other hand, there is 
nothing small about the in- 
terior. It is not a great 
house reproduced on a 
miniature scale, but a monu- 
mental treatment has been 
designed in due proportion 
to the available spaces. The 
effect is exceedingly fine and 
stately, and is a real triumph 
in interior design and ar- 
rangement. A_ vestibule, 
floored with marble, serves 
as an entrance to the recep- 
tion-hall, which occupies the 
center of the dwelling. On 
one side is a small receptien- 
room; on the other, are the 
coat closet, lavatory and 
elevator. All of these rooms 
are entered from the reception-hall and can not be reached 
from the vestibule. 
The spacious reception-hall is divided into two parts by 
two columns that stand about midway in its depth. Directly 
in face are the stairs, rising to a low platform in the middle 
and continuing on the right to a higher platform, where they 
are directed toward the front of the house, where they 
reached the upper corridor. With the exception of the steps 
to the first platform all this stairway is contained in an ex- 
tension of the rear at this point, so that the whole of the 
central space is available for the reception-hall. 
The room is treated in white, with great plainly molded 
panels on the walls, and a very delicate yet quite elaborately 
enriched cornice that supports the plain ceiling. The floor is 
of hard wood, most of it being concealed beneath the two 
great rugs of green carpet. The furniture is, for the most 
part, upholstered in blue, green and yellow tapestry. The 
