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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1908 



bachelor guests. 

 Hand-wrought iron 

 hardware and light- 

 ing fixtures of spe- 

 cial design are used. 

 Thumb latches and 

 long strap hinges 

 are used for the 

 doors, while large 

 hand-wrought nails 

 are used to hold the 

 woodwork in place. 

 The bathrooms are 

 fitted with open 

 plumbing and 

 porcelain fixtures. 



The other build- 

 ings on the estate 

 include a thor- 

 o u g h 1 y equipped 

 boat house, which is 

 built on the edge of 

 the lake and pro- 

 vided with a float 



on the outside and two bedrooms on the inside, 

 service building containing the servants' quarters 

 rooms, with laundry, ice house and store room. 



In the treatment of the grounds no attempt has been made 

 to idealize nature but rather to let her have her own way. 

 Except for a very small space in front of the piazza there is 

 not a blade of grass to be found, the ground being covered 



The Twenty-foot Doorway Connecting the Porch and Living-room 



and a 

 of six 



entirely with the 

 natural growth of 

 blueberry, kalmia, 

 wintergreen, moss, 

 ferns, etc., found 

 everywhere in this 

 locality. In the 

 building operation 

 where the natural 

 surface was un- 

 avoidably disturbed, 

 it was recovered 

 with the natural 

 growth of the 

 woods, which could 

 be lifted up in 

 sheets like sod and 

 relaid in like man- 

 ner. There was 

 originally a dense 

 second growth of 

 poplar, white and 

 black birch, spruce, 

 etc., between the 

 Lodge and the lake. All the poplar was cut out and much of 

 the black birch, while only enough white birch and spruce 

 were cut to afford vistas or glimpses of the water. 



As a matter of fact outdoor decoration in its modern 

 sense is not needed for a site such as this. Nature is here 

 both wild and lovely, an unimprovable nature that permits 

 only the barest of clearing around the dwelling. 



The Fireplace of the Living-room Is Built of Fieldstone Laid up at Random 



