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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



January, 1907 



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Residence of Winthrop Sargent, Esq 



Haverford, Pennsylvania 

 By Paul Thurston 



I RIVING along the road from Merion to Ha- 

 verford and passing in front of the many 

 well-kept estates and beautiful houses which 

 command attention, there is none more pic- 

 turesque and interesting than the one re- 

 cently built for Winthrop Sargent, Esq., 

 at Haverford. 



The house stands well back from the street, with its end 

 facing the roadway, and is most attractive in its combination 

 of stone, stucco, and half-timber work. The first story is con- 

 structed of rock-faced stone laid in white mortar with joints 

 well raked. The second anci third stories are beamed with 

 half-timber work, and with the panels filled in with rough 

 plaster of a soft gray color, while the half-timber and all 

 wood work is stained a soft brown, except the sashes, which 

 are painted white. The roof is covered with slate. The 

 beauty of the house is enhanced by the planting which has 

 been done about it, and the vines which are beginning to 

 climb over its walls, making it an artistic picture. 



The house, setting well back from the highway, affords 

 an opportunity for a broad expanse of velvet lawn which is 

 bordered by a low stone fence. Beds of shrubbery are placed 

 at the corners of the house and about the lawn, and massive 

 maple and elm trees grace the outlines of the estate, at the 

 front, sides, and rear. 



The approach to the house is by an avenue which winds 

 from the main road to the front entrance, beyond which it 

 extends to the enclosed court in which is placed the stable 

 and outbuildings. 



A series of stone 

 steps lands one in the 

 vestibule, which is 

 furnished with a 

 tiled floor and pan- 

 eled walls of oak. 

 The hall is trimmed 

 with oak, finished 

 with Flemish treat- 

 ment. The walls of 

 the hall have up- 

 right battens of sim- 

 ilar oak forming 

 panels of plaster. 

 The celling is cov- 

 ered with a rough 

 plaster coat and tint- 

 ed a creamish yel- 

 low. The staircase 

 has a balustrade of 

 handsome design, 

 starting from a 

 carved newel at the 

 bottom of the stair- 

 w a y. Underneath 

 the stairway Is the 



Beds of Shrubbery are Massed at the Comers of the House 



coat closet and lavatory, both convenient to the entrance. 

 To the right of the entrance is the study, which is treated 

 in the old Dutch style with Flemish oak trim and wainscot- 

 ing. It is fitted up with built-in bookcases and a paneled seat, 

 and has an open fireplace with facings and hearth of old 

 blue tile. 



The living-room is separated from the hall by an archway 

 with a column forming the division. The double living- 

 room is trimmed with oak of Flemish treatment. Both 

 have paneled walls formed by battens which extend in an 

 upright position to the frieze and cornice. The fireplace in 

 the outer living-room is built of brick, and has a facing of 

 Caen stone, a hearth of tile, and a mantel of simple design. 

 The inside living-room, which is separated by a massive 

 beamed arch, has a bay window at the front of the room fur- 

 nished with a paneled seat. The inglenook contains an open 

 fireplace with facings of Caen stone, a tiled hearth, a mantel 

 neatly carved, and a paneled over-mantel. On either side of 

 the fireplace are paneled seats. 



From the living-room the porch is reached, which is, as it 

 should be, isolated from the main entrance, giving privacy 

 to the family circle. It is fitted up as an outdoor living-room, 

 and beyond it is the garden, which is laid out in a formal 

 manner. 



The billiard-room, which occupies the entrance side of 

 the house, is an interesting room. It is also trimmed with 

 Flemish oak, and has a three-foot paneled wainscoting, above 

 which the walls are treated in crimson. A plate rack above 



extends around the 

 room. The ingle- 

 nook contains an 

 open fireplace built 

 of blue granite, with 

 a shelf of hewn stone 

 resting on stone cor- 

 bels. At either side 

 of the fireplace are 

 paneled seats. 



The dining-room 

 is also trimmed 

 with Flemish oak, 

 and the walls are 

 wainscoted to the 

 height of five feet 

 and finished with 

 a plate rack. The 

 ceiling is beamed 

 and ribbed, form- 

 ing panels. An at- 

 tractive feature of 

 the room is the com- 

 bination buffet and 

 cabinet which is 

 built in the corner. 

 The space below the 



