Fieldstone Wall and Gate Posts Are Built at the Entrance to the Property 



"BEINHURST" 



The Summer Home of William A. Bein, Esq., at "Still Wood Park" in the Woodbridge Hills, 



Near New Haven, Connecticut 



By Samuel Sherman 



Mr. Bein, w 



looking for a site 

 for his summer 

 home, chose the one 

 he did with its mag- 

 nificent view of land 

 anci sea, for while it 

 seems as if it were 

 among the moun- 

 tain tops, it is in re- 

 ality only four miles 

 from Long Island 

 Sound. It is to these 

 beautiful hills, 

 which are always so 

 fascinating to the 

 lover of nature, that 

 Donald G. Mitchell 

 (Ik Marvel), the 

 distinguished a u - 

 thor, built his home 

 and found rest and 

 peace among them. 

 Mr. Bein built 

 his house wi t h i n 

 view of the ascend- 

 ing roadway, which 

 winds upward 

 through the gate- 



NE does not realize the beauty and the 

 charm of the Connecticut Hills for the 

 seeker of pleasure, recreation and health, 

 until one has climbed their heights, and the 

 hills of Woodbridge are not the exception 

 to the many hills to be found in dear old 

 Connecticut. So it is not surprising that 



hen 



way, passing the stable on the way to the house, which is 

 perched on a hill four hundred and sixty-five feet above 

 the sea level and which is sixteen feet higher than West Rock. 

 The house has been christened "Beinhurst," and is of a 

 simple and picturesque mountain lodge type of architecture. 

 The house proper is square in form, with a ten-foot ve- 

 randa extending around it, and the whole is covered with a 



roof which extends 

 down from the 

 main roof, sweeping 

 gracefully over the 

 veranda. The outer 

 edge of the roof is 

 supported on mas- 

 sive cedar posts rest- 

 ing on huge piers of 

 moss-covered field- 

 stone ; the space be- 

 tween the piers 

 being weathered 

 with bark slabs of 

 native chestnut, oak 

 and silvery gray 

 birch, presenting a 

 rustic effect on the 

 exterior. 



The roof is 

 pierced with great 

 dormer windows, 

 which form the sec- 

 ond story, and the 

 whole is surmounted 

 by an imposing 

 stone chimney of 

 unique design. The 

 The Four Corners of the House Rest on Fieldstone Piers roof and the ex- 



