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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



June, 1908 



A Broad Terraced Wall of Fieldstone Stretches Across the South Front of the House 



fulness. Deep shadow values are secured for the building thereby giving greater emphasis to the central feature. A 

 by wide projecting cornices and the gables. servants' wing has been broken out at an angle to the main 



A long, well shaded veranda stretches across the entire axis, so as to conform to the nature of the ground at this 

 front of the house, formed by the overhanging roof, which is point. 



broken out at the center and forming the main feature of this There are stone terraces at both the front and entrance 



elevation. A semi-circular Colonial porch at this point gives sides of the building. The terrace at the front is reached 

 greater width to the veranda and ornaments the main gable, across the veranda, and is laid out with grass plots and beds 

 This semi-circular feeling is carried out in the terrace also, of flowers, separated by brick walls. 



The central walk leading to the veranda is flanked 

 by bay trees. Flowers and vines are planted against 

 the wall at the inside of the terrace. Broad steps 

 lead from this terrace to the lawn below. The grounds 

 below the terraces have been left in their natural 

 state, it being the intention of the architect to keep 

 the setting of the house, as far as possible, exactly 

 as he found it, and to emphasize the cultivated 



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