July, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



277 



" Covesend": The Inglenook Has a Stone Fireplace with Seats on Either Side 



fore the white man 

 trod the land, 

 owned this beauti- 

 ful shore where he 

 hunted and fished. 

 It must have been a 

 favorite rendezvous 

 for the Indian, for 

 not only have flint 

 and stone arrow 

 heads been found in 

 quantities, but there 

 are no less than 

 four of the old In- 

 dian corn mills la- 

 boriously cut from 

 the rock, the pestles 

 worked by hand 

 suspended from a 

 sapling. 



Tokeneke is 

 unique in one re- 

 spect, that the large 

 bold rocks and heavy forest-wooded groves 

 come to the water's edge. Mahackemo 

 and Osceola drives and a number of the 

 houses perpetuate some of the rhythmic 

 names which Longfellow has so beautifully 

 embodied in verse. "Minnewoa" is one of 

 the most charming dwellings — it seems to 

 grow from the rough jagged rock, em- 

 bowered in mighty chestnuts and close to 

 the water's edge. It has large verandas 

 on three sides, outdoor breakfast-room, 

 balconies large enough to sleep in, entrance 

 hall extending through the house, with 

 wide doors at either end, and an effective 

 overhanging stair balcony in the oak col- 

 umned and oak wainscoted hall. It has 

 many bedrooms with tiled baths, and all 

 the modern accessories that go with an up- 

 to-date country dwelling. 



Mr. Charles H. Pope's stone and shingle 

 English house, with tiled courts and quad- 

 rangular fountain, wooded approach, and 

 rock fronted lawn, is a beautiful country 



"Covesend " : The Dining-room Has a Wainscoting Finished in Flemish Brown 



house. Perched high upon a cliff, close to 

 the Tokeneke Beach Inn, is a very attrac- 

 tive home, with its high, pergoda-curved 

 veranda and a beach and sound outlets, 

 owned by Lair C. Tetard. 



High up among the trees, with a charm- 

 ing outlook of water, rock and land, is Mr. 

 Freeland's bungalow. 



One of the most interesting houses in 

 the Park is "Casa-del-Ponte," which was 

 illustrated in the June issue of American 

 Homes and Gardens. "Covesend," Mr. 

 H. D. Taintor's house, of which Mr. W. 

 W. Bosworth, of New York, was the archi- 

 tect, is one of the most attractive houses in 

 the group, and is built of stucco with a 

 thatched shingle roof effect. The grounds 

 surrounding it are most artistic in their 

 layout. The terrace at the south of the 

 house forms an excellent position from 

 which a broad vista of the Sound is ob- 

 tained. The en- 

 trance to the house 

 is into a hall, from 

 which access is 

 made to the recep- 

 tion-room and the 

 living and dining- 

 rooms. The entire 

 floor throughout is 

 trimmed with cy- 

 press, stained and 

 finished in a deep 

 Flemish brown. 



The staircase has 

 white painted balus- 

 ters and a brown- 

 stained rail. The 

 walls have a wain- 

 scoting, and the 

 space above is cov- 

 ered with rough 

 stuccoed plaster 

 tinted in plain col- 



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The 



Living-room Has Rough Plastered Walls Above the 

 Brown Stained Wainscoting 



