a | AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
changes that leave to 
the creation only lit- 
tle more than a sug- 
gestion of the real 
chalet of the Swit- 
zerland mountains. 
It is in the roof lines 
and in the use of the 
split shakes for the 
siding that the sug- 
gestion is most pro- 
nounced; in nearly 
every other respect 
the creation shows 
marked deviations. 
The result of the 
combining of origin- 
ality with the sug- 
gestion borrowed 
from the Swiss cha- 
let, however, is 
highly satisfactory, 
the general appear- 
ance of the house be- 
ing both harmonious 
and attractive, while suited to numerous localities. 
The house, which is located at Oak Knoll, near Los An- 
geles, California, is the home of Dr. F. K. Ledyard. It 
stands on a fairly large plot of ground, and is embowered 
in a gracefully arranged setting of trees and shrubbery, 
which materially enhances the beauty of the home. One 
view of the house, presented on the cover, reveals it as 
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The redwood pergola 
January, 1911 
if in a frame formed 
by the arching branch 
of a picturesque old 
oak, while the more 
immediate setting 
consists of black aca- 
cias, English wal- 
nuts, orange and 
lemon trees and 
dwarfed palms. 
The color scheme 
of the house is strik- 
ingly attractive, and 
is such as to be pleas- 
ingly emphasized by 
the green olmefme 
surrounding foliage. 
The flat chalet roof 
with its broadly pro- 
jecting cavesi susan 
white asbestos, 
which, in color, har- 
monizes with the 
white limestone of 
the two wildly mas- 
sive chimneys and the gray cement of the walks and pergola 
porch flooring. ‘The siding, which is composed of split 
redwood shakes, is stained a deep russet orange, harmon- 
izing beautifully with one of the conspicuous natural colors 
of the bark of the redwood poles and logs which are used 
for the finishing timbers and in the construction of the 
fine pergolas of the porch and of the garden. 
Detail of chimney and of pergola 
