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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1908 



The English Half-timber Style Was Chosen for the House 



esque country home is located in the beautiful residence park 

 of the Braeburn Association at Nyack, N. Y. The natural 

 beauties of the place have been enhanced by the clever dis- 

 position of roads and shrubbery, so arranged as to take ad- 

 vantage of the natural contour of the ground and to afford 

 the best sites for residences. The landscape work was done 

 by Charles W. Leavitt, Jr., and great credit is due him for 

 the good taste and restraint with which his work has been 

 accomplished. The landscape setting was thor- 

 oughly studied and most of the work done 

 before the building of houses was commenced. 

 Mr. Rossiter's house was the first one built 

 on this property, and formed the keynote, as it 

 were, for the style of future houses, which have 

 been designed with the idea of producing 

 eventually a perfectly harmonious group. This 

 idea has been rigidly adhered to, and the result 

 is not only beautiful, but is unique. The aver- 



age country colony contains cottages of every conceivable 

 style and shape, having no relation to each other, and in- 

 evitably producing discord. 



The English half-timbered style has been selected for this 

 house and for others which have been built here. It is a thor- 

 oughly artistic and picturesque style, and lends itself particu- 

 larly well to a house which is planned in a rambling, drawn- 

 out fashion, the logical method where there is plenty of room. 



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The basement and first story of this house 

 are of local field stone, and the upper stories 

 are of cement on metal lath, with all outside 

 timberwork of brown stained chestnut. The 

 roof is shingled. An important feature of 

 the plan is the large living-room at the south 

 end of the house. This room has windows on 

 three sides, insuring plenty of light and a 

 cheerful aspect. It has the full benefit of the 



