March, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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cumstances, for it 

 was planned and de- 

 signed through the 

 artistic influence of 

 the requirements of 

 the family which 

 were to live in it. 



The exterior is 

 rough plaster, from 

 underpinning to peak. 

 The underpinning is 

 built of rock-f a c e d 

 small brown stones 

 taken from the cellar, and 

 laid up with white mortar 

 joints in splashed widths 

 The only relief intended in 

 hard gray surfaces of the exterior 

 walls is the casement and sma 

 lighted windows, the most of which are 

 painted white. Some of the windows 

 have blinds, and these, together with 

 the trimmings, are stained a soft brown 

 color. At the present time there is 



Plaster Columns Carry 



Out the Characteristics 



of the Farm House 



The first floor has 

 a square hall in the 

 center of the house. 

 It has ceiling beams. 

 and these and all the 

 trimmings are painted 

 white. The m a i n 

 stairway has square 

 white balusters and ma- 

 hogany rail, and in the 

 wall rising at the side of 

 the stairs, and over the 

 pantry roof, is a large win- 

 dow containing six casements. 

 he reception-room is a necessary 

 adjunct to a house when space can 

 be allowed for it, as it maintains a 

 place which can be kept always in 

 order for the receiving of one's friends. 

 It is treated with old ivory-white paint, 

 and the walls are covered with coral 

 only a small porch built in under the overhang of the second brocaded silk. The living-room is the feature of the 

 floor; but it is planned to extend the porch at the end of the house, with its adjoining studio. The trim is stained and 

 house in the form of a pergola, which will ultimately connect finished in a dark brown and waxed. At one end of this 

 with the garden designed for the side of the estate. The room is a bay window with leaded casements, while at 

 roof is covered with shingles, which are laid without any the opposite end is an open fireplace built of brick laid 

 straight lines, in order to present an old effect. with wide white mortar joints. 



The Fireplace in the Living-room Is Built of 

 Wire-cut Bricks Laid Edgewise 



