June, 1909 
AMERICAN HOMES 
AND GARDENS 
2D 
The interesting feature of the hall is its 
groined ceiling 
a drying-yard for the clothes. The driveway, which comes 
in from the main highway, passes into this service court with- 
out passing the front door. This is also a good feature, for 
it prevents, in every possible way, the necessity of the service 
wagons coming closer to the living part of the house. 
The site in which the house rests is a knoll, with a high 
way extending around three sides of it, and, on account ot 
its prominence, and its topography, it was found feasible to 
build a garden, with a series of terraces extending down 
from the living-porch at the rear of the house. ‘The central 
walk from the porch leads down to a pool, which is well 
stocked with gold and other fish, and flowering water lilies. 
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The panels of the dining-room walls are filled in with leather with 
a brown design on a green background 
The walk to the pool is edged with dwarf pines and other 
hardy shrubs. A privet hedge surrounds the entire estate. 
Much planting of perennials has been done about the 
grounds, and the grouping of the various shrubs is most 
artistic and effective. Messrs. Rossiter and Wright, of New 
York, were the architects of this interesting house, and they 
have given a very careful study of the interior arrangement 
of the various rooms, the relation of each, the proper plac- 
ing of each room for light and ventilation, and the proper 
exposure for sunshine and breeze, which is an important 
point that should receive proper consideration in the building 
of a sanitary home. 
The house is built of stone for the first story, shingles for the second and stucco and half-timber for the third 
