February, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The walls on the stairs are completely paneled 

 in wood, and above is a corridor or passage, 

 with rooms opening on either side, while at the 

 further end connection is made with the kitchen 

 and service rooms. 



The first room on the left is the living-room 

 or library. It has a hardwood floor with an 

 Oriental rug. The walls are covered with 

 green damask. The plain ceiling is white. 

 One whole side constitutes an inglenook. In 

 the center is the fireplace, let into a piece of 

 yellow marble, which fills the whole of the 

 lower wall. Above is a hooded mantel shelf. 

 At each end are built-in seats, and on either 

 side of the mantel is a small niche-like window, 

 each finished with a very complete but mimic 

 equipment of lights and curtains. On each 



The Lily Pond Lies in a Deep Ravine Where It is Shaded with Forest Trees, and the 

 Neighboring Lands Are Beautifully Planted with Gay Flowers 



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 Great Window 



The Terrace Is Hedged, with Steps and Vases of Plants at the Point of Entrance 



side of the fireplace is a tall brass candlestick. At the entrance to the room are two yellow 

 marble columns with gilt capitals. 



Immediately beyond is the billiard-room. It is paneled in oak to the beamed ceiling, which 

 has white panels. At the end of the room is a large bay window which completely dominates 

 it; the clustered lights are filled with leaded glass. The floor is oak and the rugs Oriental. 

 The entrance is effected by a large round archway; in the adjoining wall, being thus between 

 the billiard-room and the library, are two glazed round arched windows, the glass containing 

 arms in colors. The furniture of the room is in brown leather. 



Across the passage, on the right, and which has a paneled wainscot below walls covered 

 with green brocade, is the dining-room. It is paneled in oak, with a broad plain yellow frieze. 

 The beams of the ceiling are picked out with gold and the panels are of warm brown 

 leather. The windows have drab sash curtains. At one end is a large sideboard; at the 

 other an immense credence table, both elaborately carved. The fireplace is on one side, with 

 an opening faced with yellow brick and a broad shelf above. On the opposite side is a large 

 crystal cabinet. The furniture is covered with green velvet. At each end is a small cabinet. 



While the house rises directly from the ground at the entrance under the porte cochere it 

 is actually built on a terrace, which is very distinctly developed on the other sides. It is com- 

 pletely inclosed within a hedge growing at the summit of the grassed slopes which retain it. 

 and interrupted only where the paths lead to the lower grounds, which are reached by steps, 

 at the top of which are vases filled with plants. A very delightful place this terrace is, for 

 it is quite wide enough to be a garden in itself, with broad, well-kept paths and ample 

 lawns. The planting here, however, is restrained, and is scarcely more than a few individual 

 evergreens, the more elaborate gardening being reserved for the broader spaces beyond. The 



