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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 1908 



dressed and exposed 

 to view. The effect 

 is that of paneled 

 walls. The joists 

 are also dressed and 

 exposed to vie w, 

 and present the ef- 

 fect of a beamed 

 ceiling. The woods 

 used in trimming 

 the interior are 

 handsomely grained, 

 and add greatly to 

 the artistic effect, 

 with the soft brown 

 stain used for the 

 finishing of the 

 woodwork bringing 

 out each detail of 

 natural beauty. 



The hall, as al- 

 ready mentioned, is 

 provided with a 

 broad landing placed 

 one step above 

 the level of the floor. It has a broad seat thrown across one 

 end, while on the opposite side are the stairs to the second 

 story. The second landing has a window seat placed into a 

 bay window, which is lighted by latticed windows shedding a 

 soft and pleasant light over both the upper and lower halls. 



The hall opens into both the morning-room and the living- 

 room. The former has windows on each of its three sides. 

 A group of three windows is placed at the outside wall of 

 the room, while directly opposite is built an open fireplace of 

 red brick with its face rising to the ceiling. A hearth of 

 similar brick is laid, and a wooden shelf forms a support for 

 the necessary ornaments. From this room, and also from 

 the hall, the main living-room is reached, which opens into 

 each room, and on to each of the two porches facing the sea. 

 The walls and ceiling are treated similarly to the rooms al- 

 ready described. The sea front here is divided into a group of 

 window effects with a picture window placed in the center 

 and at the angle on each side with latticed windows placed in 

 between. Underneath these windows is a writing table, 

 bookcases and seats. In one corner of the room is a great 

 open fireplace, which is built of rock-faced stone from the 

 Boor to the ceiling. A massive stone shelf of similar stone, 

 supported on corbels, forms the mantelshelf. 



The dining-room opens from the living-room, and is 

 treated similarly. It has a plate shelf placed about its walls 

 wherever it was found convenient. The fireplace, with its 

 hearth, and its facings extending from the floor to the ceil- 

 ing, is built of red klinker brick. A mantel shelf is formed 



The Stable Is Designed in Harmony with the House 



by a brick being 

 corbelled out, and 

 by the face of the 

 overmantel being re- 

 cessed into a niche. 

 Wooden seats are 

 placed on either side 

 of the fireplace. 



The butler's pan- 

 try is fitted with a 

 sink and dressers. 

 The kitchen and 

 laundry are fitted 

 with all the best 

 modern fixtures, and 

 are so arranged that 

 a cross ventilation is 

 obtained. The 

 cook's pantry is an 

 unusually large one, 

 and the store pantry 

 is of good size. The 

 upstairs rooms are 

 as large and com- 

 modious as those be- 



low. They are all treated in a similar manner, and are 

 light and airy, presenting a cool and clean effect, which 

 is very desirable for a summer home. There are four 

 bedrooms, sitting-room and bath on this floor, and also 

 two servants' bedrooms placed over the kitchen, and reached 

 from the hall and from a private stairway leading from 

 the kitchen. The bathroom is furnished with porcelain 

 fixtures and nickelplated plumbing. All the rooms on this 

 floor are arranged for comfort and convenience, and have 

 been carefully planned with a view to making use of all the 

 space to the best advantage, and much attention has been 

 given to all the little details which go to make a home livable. 



Mr. Grosvenor Attlebury, of New York, who was the 

 architect of this house, sought to produce a design which 

 would keep close to the ground, for the site was a bare and 

 desolate one without trees, and it was especially desired to 

 present a house which would not stand too prominently on 

 the site. The long roofs, dying as they do into a lean-to 

 effect, aid much in maintaining this point. The lawn was 

 the most important feature surrounding the house, and it 

 was thought best, since trees are difficult to grow in this 

 soil, that an attractive grouping of shrubs and plants be 

 placed along the walls of the house. 



The stable, which is at the entrance to the grounds, is de- 

 signed and built in a similar style of architecture, and is in 

 keeping with the house. The whole property is inclosed with 

 a privet hedge, with the corners broken by clusters of hardy 

 hydrangea. 



