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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1908 



" Covesend " : Mr. Taintor's House 



substitute in the greater isolation of a rural existence, which 

 will preserve its innumerable advantages. Another notable 

 factor which has added many recruits to the country is the 

 providing of suburban properties in which are installed all 

 the best modern improvements and conveniences, such as 

 are to be found in the most complete city home. 



The conditions which have been portrayed are not merely 

 those of a single ideal community, but are existent 

 in the semi-rural abiding places which are in close 

 proximity to our leading American cities. 



Tokeneke is thoroughly representative of these 

 great possibilities of the times, for it is delightfully 

 situated on the Connecticut shore of Long Island 

 Sound, and is within close touch with railroad fa- 

 cilities. It comprises all the elements for the 



enjoyment of outdoor life, for it has miles of magnificent 

 wooded drives, an inn for the accommodation of transient 

 friends of the dwellers in the Park, a well-appointed casino, 

 a garage, and every convenience and form of recreation. 



There are some fifteen houses and bungalows on the prop- 

 erty, many of which have been erected by the present owners; 

 those built by the company have been constructed to meet the 

 requirements of assured purchasers. All 

 the houses are thoroughly equipped with 

 steam heating apparatus, sanitary 

 plumbing, electric lighting, electric 

 bells, telephones and every modern con- 

 venience, and are constructed in a thor- 



ough manner and of the best materials. The prop- 

 erty was originally a group of adjoining farm lands, 

 the houses of which have been remodeled, and now 

 form a part of the interesting story of this subject. 

 Tokeneke is named after an Indian chief who, be- 



