September, 1909 
sturdy roof it is, 
covering the whole 
house with its vigor- 
ous lines, and ex- 
tending down below 
the wall summits 
that the protection 
it affords the ver- 
tical members may 
be as sufficient as 
it gives to the 
spaces within. It is 
broken only by the 
chimneys and _ by 
the dormer win- 
dows, front and 
back, strong, simple 
dormers thoroughly 
in keeping with the 
strength that speaks 
aloud in every part 
of the design. 
Very charming, 
too, is the simple 
little entrance-porch, 
ample enough as a 
protection to the 
doorway and to the 
visitor who awaits 
admission beneath 
it; but no more, for 
no more was needed. 
But of agreeable 
resting-places with- 
out there is a plenty. Further on, to one side of the entrance- 
door, is a recessed porch that, opening into the living-room, 
corresponds in size and position with the great window on 
the left that admits light to the dining-room. The ocean 
front provides more ample areas. Here, in the center, is a 
terrace, open above, but protected with a great awning. In 
the center is a flight of steps to the lawn below, while on 
either side the terrace is enclosed within a balustrade. At 
one end is a covered porch that, like the porch on the en- 
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The entrance front and doorway a 
365 
trance front, im- 
mediately adjoins 
the living-room, to 
which, indeed, it is 
an outer extension, 
as it were, having 
the real qualities of 
an out-door sitting- 
room. 
The plan of the 
house is now  suf- 
ficiently disclosed. 
The  entrance-door- 
way leads directly 
into a shallow space, 
above which, by a 
step or two, is the 
entrance-hall. The 
main stairway rises 
immediately on the 
left, and ascends in 
a gentle curve to the 
second story, being 
carried across and 
over the doorway to 
the upper hall. The 
main hall of the first 
floor is divided into 
two parts by col- 
umns_ standing on 
pedestals. The first 
part is, in truth, but 
corridor, from 
which rise the stairs, 
and from which the living-room and dining-room are re- 
spectively entered. “Iwo more columns complete the indi- 
vidualization of that portion, and beyond is a spacious 
reception-room that is at once the center of the house and 
its chief ornamental apartment. It opens directly onto the 
terrace of the ocean front. 
On the right is the living-room, a spacious apartment that 
extends from front to front, and which is directly connected 
with the two covered porches, one on each end. The dining- 
