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room are reached in 
the third story. In 
addition to the 
servants’ quarters, 
there are two rooms 
on this floor, one 
of which is large 
enough to be used 
for a billiard-room 
and the other for an 
extra guest room. 
The larger room is 
lighted on three 
sides, affording am- 
ple light and venti- 
lation. 
There are many 
houses of more pre- 
tentious character 
than the one illus- 
trated in this paper, 
but there are few 
that comprise so 
many points of 
merit. When one 
considers the fine 
detail of the exter- 
ior, the excellent ar- 
rangement of the va- 
rious rooms of the 
interior, and the de- 
sirable appoint- 
ments contained 
therein, it is not sur- 
prising to claim that 
the acme of perfec- 
tion has been reach- 
ed in the designing 
and building of this 
model dwelling. 
From the beginning 
of the construction 
of the cellar to the 
execution of the 
most minute detail 
of the house, noth- 
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The dining-room 
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ing has been spared, 
either in the kinds 
of materials select- 
ed for its erection 
or for the manner 
in which they were 
put together, and 
they carry out the 
ideal sought by the 
architect in the con- 
ception of this 
building. 
Considerable 
planting is now be- 
ing done about the 
house in order to 
soften the lines of 
the dwelling, and 
also to form a set- 
ting for so delight- 
ful a house as the 
one designed by Mr. 
Joseph Duke Harri- 
son, architect, New 
York city, views of 
which are presented 
in the accompany- 
ing illustrations of 
this paper. 
The house should 
be the center of the 
picture presented to 
the eye, which a 
harmonious frame- 
work of grass, fow- 
ers, and shrubs will 
bring forth in all its 
beauty, and it is the 
owners’ intention to 
relieve the severity 
of the home- 
grounds by a con- 
sistant planting of 
desirable shrubs 
and flowers. 
