October, 1911 
compactness than it 
had originally. Such 
good points as the 
old building held 
have been retained 
by the architect in 
the remodeled struc- 
ture, with much cor- 
recting of faulty 
line, plan, and de- 
tail, and much tear- 
ing down and re- 
building. This sug- 
gests that there is a 
certain pleasure in 
remodeling an old 
building that is as 
distinct as in watch- 
ing the building of a 
new dwelling. That, 
perhaps, is because 
there is always a 
certain satisfaction 
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House of Mr. J. E. Thomas before remo 
in making even the inanimate bend to our dictation, a 
sense which is essentially distinct from that of creating. 
The Thomas house could 
hardly have a lovlier setting 
than that which surrounds it to- 
day—poplars, apple trees, 
cherry trees, shrubbery, vines, 
and a beautiful, trim garden, 
walled with sweet-flowering 
shrubs and perennials, a broad 
path leading around its parallel- 
ogram center of sod, set with 
beds of petunias and other old- 
fashioned plants, with here and 
there an evergreen lending 
rich color to the lighter green 
of the foliage surrounding it. 
A porch upheld by two Doric 
columns serves as the carriage 
entrance to the north, and 
connecting with the south 
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places. On either 
side of the fireplace 
of the northern half 
are built-in book- 
cases, designed to 
accord with the 
style of the adjoin- 
ing woodwork. The 
doors and windows 
of the living-room 
were retained from 
the old house and 
remain unchanged. 
The woodwork of 
this room is white, 
while its wall-cover- 
ing is buff brown. 
In remodel- 
ing the old house 
the location of the 
old dining-room 
was retained, and 
its windows face 
both north and south. The room has been entirely refitted, 
however, and a brick fireplace added to the east wall 
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between the doors leading into 
the breakfast-room and _ into 
the butler’s pantry. The din- 
ing-room is mainly lighted by 
the three French windows to 
the south, opening upon the 
terrace that leads into the gar- 
den, just below the breakfast- 
room. Green and white is the 
color scheme that has been 
chosen for the dining-room. A 
bay window overlooks the 
north approach to the house. 
Some lovely bits of old china 
are to be found in the china 
closet occupying the southwest 
corner of the room. The 
breakfast-room gives access to 
the service end of the house. 
side is a broad balustraded wooden terrace, latticed below This often neglected part is here especially well arranged. 
The bedroom floor is well planned, and the problem 
to admit air and light to the cellar. 
this porch are 
filled with leaded 
glass, ‘simple and 
elegant in design, 
with an appropri- 
ate Colonial fan- 
light transom 
above. To the 
tight of this en- 
tranae (which 
leads directly 
through the gray- 
papered hallway to 
the piazza entrance 
on the south side) 
is a living-room 
that has been made 
out of two smaller 
rooms thrown to- 
gether. This is di- 
vided midway by 
fluted columns and 
pilasters, and con- 
tains the unusual 
luxury of two fire- 
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The double doors of 
after remodeling is encircled with vines and bushes 
here required much 
thought on the part 
of the architect. 
All bedrooms have 
windows either 
upon facing walls 
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that they ensure a 
proper current of 
air passing through 
the rooms. 
There are four 
bedrooms and two 
bathrooms for the 
family use on the 
second © floor, and 
the additional 
rooms for the ser- 
vants are over the 
service part of the 
ground floor. While 
the bedrooms and 
bathrooms for the 
servants are large 
and light, it seems 
