February, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



63 



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Residence of H. E. Bishop, Esq., at Norwalk, Connecticut 



By Francis Durando Nichols 



HE recently completed residence of H. E. 

 Bishop, Esq., at Norwalk, Conn., is most 

 interesting. The house shows a careful con- 

 formity to the historical style of its proto- 

 type, an old Virginia house. The quaint 

 windows with their small panes, and the 

 porch inclosed with glass, add quite a pleas- 

 ing feature to the white-painted shingled house. The entire 

 house is crowned with a roof which is an exact copy of its 

 prototype, making it quite distinctive in character. The site 

 chosen for the house 

 was fortunately an ele- 

 vated corner lot, more 

 spacious by far than is 



usually to be- had in the - , 



popular residential sec- 

 tion of a city. Taking 

 its situation as a key- 

 note, the designer has 

 given his composition an 

 effect of massive ele- 

 gance which makes it 

 one of the most striking 

 houses in its vicinity. 



The front entrance is 

 approached by a walk 

 extending in either di- 

 r e c t i n from both 

 streets, and its relation 

 to the porch steps has 

 been enhanced by the 

 groups of planting ar- 

 ranged along the side 

 of the house and at the 

 porch. 



The house, of wood 

 construction, is erected 

 on a foundation of 

 rock-faced gray stones. 

 The frame work is cov- 

 ered on the exterior walls 

 with shingles showing 

 nine inches to weather, 

 painted white, and har- 

 monizing well with the 

 apple-green painted 

 blinds and the roof, 

 which is also shingled 



The Enclosed Porch at the Front Entrance Is the Feature of the Facade 



with white cedar and left to weather. The granite steps and 

 porch, inclosed by an iron railing with brass mountings, is 

 quaint in its detail and forms a harmony with the rest of the 

 house. The porch is inclosed with screens and blinds in sum- 

 mer and glass in winter, and makes an all-the-year-round 

 living porch. From this entrance one enters the hall, which 

 is, as is all the rest of the house, furnished in a pure Co- 

 lonial style with a superb collection of Colonial furniture. 

 The hall, trimmed with white pine, is treated with ivory- 

 white paint. A chair rail extends around it and up the stair- 

 way and around the sec- 

 ond story hall, forming 

 a Colonial wainscoting. 

 The walls above have a 

 covering of a pleasing 

 neutral tint, and the 

 whole is finished with 

 a massive wooden cor- 

 n i c e. The staircase, 

 with oak treads, white- 

 painted balustrade, and 

 a mahogany rail, and 

 the open fireplace with 

 its red tiled facings and 

 hearth and Colonial 

 mantel are quite the fea- 

 tures of the hall. The 

 grandfather's clock 

 placed in the corner, 

 the Sheraton side-table 

 along the wall, and the 

 Colonial chairs are har- 

 monious in effect. 



The drawing-room, 

 at the left of the en- 

 trance, has a w h i t e- 

 painted trim, a low Co- 

 lonial wainscoting and 

 a false fireplace fur- 

 nished with a Colonial 

 mantel painted white 

 and supplied with a ma- 

 hogany shelf. The 

 walls above the wain- 

 scoting are covered 

 with yellow-striped wall 

 paper, which harmo- 

 nizes with the white- 



