July, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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through a veritable primeval forest, 

 which has only been broken sufficiently 

 to permit one to pass on to a point 

 where the house comes into view. 



The house is admirably situated, 

 for from any part 

 of it one can look 

 out upon the densely 

 wooded country, 

 or catch the sheen 

 of the waters of 

 Gloucester Harbor, beyond which 

 are the shores of Manchester-by- 5sco/vo ?Zoo/? 

 the-Sea, or out across the broad ex- 

 panse of the Atlantic Ocean. The house is built of stucco on 

 a wooden framework, with its white faces pierced with case- 

 ment windows, lending a charm to the treatment of its wall 



tibule is the parlor, 

 extending the entire 

 depth of the house 

 and furnished in 

 Italian style. The 

 trim is of cypress, 

 finished in a Flem- 

 ish brown. The 

 ceiling is heavily 

 beamed, and the 

 pilasters placed at 

 either side of the 

 fireplace, and on the 

 opposite side of the 

 room and supporting a beam, break its elongated effect. 

 The fireplace is the feature of the room and has a facing 

 and hearth built of brick laid in herringbone pattern. The 





Fine Views of the Sea are Obtained from the Terrace at the Rear of the House 



surfaces. The roof is covered with shingles. The terrace 

 at the rear is built of red brick laid in white mortar, with the 

 floor of similar brick laid in herringbone fashion. 



Stepping up from the stone slab placed in front of the 

 entrance door, which is surrounded by a latticed 

 arbor on which are growing crimson ramblers, one 

 enters the house. The first floor of the two-story 

 villa has a great vestibule, a staircase, hall, parlor, 

 dining-room and the service departments. 



The main vestibule has a floor of 

 reddish brown octagonal tile, a rough 

 plastered wall in gray, with an open 

 trussed roof. The furniture is of 

 Italian character. 

 Crossing the ves- 

 tibule the staircase 

 hall is reached, con- 

 taining a staircase 

 built in a circular 

 form with a plain wrought iron rail. 



To the right of the entrance ves- 



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mantel is plain and simple with paneled overmantel. On 

 either side of the fireplace are French windows opening into 

 the cloisters, which have been built with brick piers and 

 arches. The faces of this brickwork have been partially 



whitewashed, with the red bricks 

 protruding at random in order to 

 present an antique effect, which is 

 most unusual, for it predominates 

 also the characteristic of the in- 

 terior. From the cloisters and the 

 terrace, which ex- 

 tends across the rear 

 of the house, the 

 full beauty of the 

 situation is laid 

 bare; for it is bor- 

 dered by a long line 

 of straight high ce- 

 dars, banded into a 

 wall with festoons 

 of bay and sumac, 



