330 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
House of James E. Wheeler 
Edgehill Road, New Haven, Connecticut 
By Charles Chauncey 
HOUSE of excellent proportions of Colonial 
style is the one built for Mr. Wheeler at 
New Haven, Conn., and illustrated here- 
with in these pages. The site upon which 
it is built is a commanding one, and, as it 
is somewhat higher than the road in front 
it is kept quite close to the ground, in order 
to give it the elongated effect desired. It has a graceful 
porch at the center of the front, and a piazza at the south 
side of the house, 
which is reached 
from the _living- 
room through 
French windows, 
and here the family 
life centers on a 
warm day. 
The — entrance- 
porch, with its pan- 
eled doorway and 
leaded-glass_ sid e- 
windows and the 
small - lighted bay 
window above, is 
quite the feature of 
the exterior. 
The house is 
built, from the 
underpinning to the 
peak, of stucco, 
tinted a cream 
yellow and harmo- 
nizing well with the 
ivory-white trim- 
mings and the moss- 
green stain of its 
shingle roof. While 
the Dutch Colonial 
is characteristic of 
the exterior, the in- 
terior has received 
the treatment of the 
old Colonial, not 
only in its detail, but 
also in its decora- 
tions and furnish- 
ings. 
The hall is in the 
center of the house, 
and contains a hand- 
some staircase of 
The paneled entrance door and upper window 
white-painted balusters and mahogany rail. The remainder 
of the trim is painted white, and the walls are covered with 
a wall-paper, in blue and white, of the pattern of a blue 
medallion on a white ground. An open fireplace, with red 
brick facings and hearth and a Colonial mantel, completes 
the features of the room, while the old grandfather’s clock, 
mahogany table and Chippendale chair find a harmonizing 
setting built for them. ‘To the left of the hall is the living- 
room, finished in a similar manner. It has a white-painted 
trim and a two-tone 
green wall cover- 
ing; the brick fire- 
place has a Colonia] 
mantel. 
Across the hall 
from the living 
room is the dining- 
room, which has a 
white-painted trim. 
A chair-rail extends 
around the room, 
below which the 
wall space is cov- 
ered with a dull yel- 
low linen, and above 
which it is covered 
with a yellow and 
white wall-paper. A 
brick fireplace, with 
a Colonial mantel, 
together with the 
old Sheraton side- 
board and the other 
corresponding — fur- 
niture, make a very 
handsome room. 
The butler’s pantry, 
connecting with the 
dining-room, is 
fitted with dressers, 
sink and .cupboards. 
One door leads to 
the hall and _ the 
other to the kitchen, 
which is provided 
with all the best 
modern appoint- 
ments. 
The second floor 
is divided into bed- 
rooms and bath- 
