AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1907 



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mobility to the design, and yet is thoroughly harmonious and 

 well adapted to the various needs of the interior. 



A portico, two stories in height, with four columns, whose 

 capitals are of Ionic type, is built at the center of the en- 

 trance front, and is the commanding feature of the exterior. 

 The main doonvay, below it, is encased within a pilastered 

 framework whose entablature supports a pointed pediment. 

 The window on either side is included within the ornament 

 treatment of the doorway and each has, beneath it, a 

 built-in seat. Handsome wrought iron lanterns on the 

 portico pilasters complete the special features of the en- 

 trance. 



The windows on either side of the portico are treated 

 as a single panel, two stories in height. They form a con- 

 tinuously paneled bay, triple in design, the central upper 

 member being round arched, with small circular windows 

 on each side of the arch, while the other divisions are 

 variously windowed and paneled to meet the internal re- 

 quirements. While seemingly identical in design these 

 bays include a number of marked differences. Thus the 

 upper bay on the left, which lights the stair hall, contains 

 three windows reaching to the summit of the entablature 

 of the lower division. The central lower panel is solid, 

 which is the case with the upper panel on the right. On 

 the right side the windows in the upper tier have panels 

 below them; the lower tier has three windows. 



The interior arrangements exhibit an admirable disposi- 

 tion of the space. A great hall occupies the center of the 

 house. To the left are the stairs and passages to the service 

 wing; behind, on the water front, is the dining-room. Un 

 the right of the hall is the den, on the entrance front, with 

 the drawing-room adjoining it on the water front. Then 

 comes the living-room, extending from front to front, and 

 on the extreme right is Mr. Burton's office. 



The hall is paneled throughout with wood, painted 

 white, with panels of pale yellow embroidered silk. The 

 ceiling has exposed beams, molded and decorated, with 

 yellow panels corresponding to those of the walls. The 

 cornice is upheld by channeled pilasters with Ionic capitals, 

 with decorated consoles in the frieze to carry the ceiling 

 beams. On each side of the entrance door is a recess with 

 a window and a built-in seat. The stairs are on the left, 

 rising within an arched passageway which has a white 

 wainscot and yellow walls. On each side of the arch are 



carved mahogany doors leading to the other 

 parts of this Hoor. The mantel is of wood, 

 with a paneled chimney breast with corner 

 columns standing on pedestals. The fire- 

 place has a mottled white marble facing and 

 hearth. The hardwood floor is covered 

 with handsome Oriental rugs. There is a 

 host of interesting and beautiful objects in 

 this hall. On each side of the fireplace are 

 iron boxes, used in olden times in Spain by 

 the richer classes in traveling for carrying 

 their money and jewels, with enormous 

 spring locks inside. Beyond is a painted 

 Russian sleigh, filled with growing plants. 

 On the other side is a rare old desk 

 inlaid with ivory. On the wall opposite 

 the mantel is an old gold mirror. There 

 are many smaller ornaments, mostly an- 

 tiques. At the further end the hall opens 

 into a sun parlor or conservatory; it is 

 semi-circular in form and filled with beau- 

 tiful plants. 



The dining-room is a rectangular apart- 

 ment with windows overlooking the water 

 and at one end. It has a high wainscoting 

 of San Domingo mahogany for about two- 

 thirds of the height, finished with a shelf on carved corbels. 

 The main divisions of the wainscot are continued to the ceil- 

 ing in the form of richly carved brackets, which support the 

 great longitudinal beams. The transverse beams are closely 

 set, forming narrow oblong enclosures, the spaces between 

 them being filled with canvas and tinfoil painted yellow, 

 with ornamental frames in lighter colors. Above the wains- 



The Water Front of the House 



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cot the walls are treated with large panels 

 of canvas, with tinfoil painted yellow, and 

 painted with designs similar to those used 

 in the ceiling. The fireplace, which extends 

 to the doorway, consists of a single vast slab 

 of green and white marble. A small shelf 

 of the same material projects above the fire- 

 place opening. The chimney breast is 

 enclosed within a large panel of wood. 

 The upper divisions of the windows 

 are filled with leaded glass. The cur- 

 tains are green silk, embroidered with 

 gold and silver; behind them are white sash 

 curtains. A warm brown rug fills the center 

 of the hardwood Boor. Much of the fur- 

 niture is antique, including the two side- 

 boards and a fine old cabinet filled with 

 china. The door to the pantry is con- 

 cealed behind a large screen with old 

 French color prints in its upper section. 

 The chairs are covered with carved leather. 

 There is no chandelier, the room being 

 lighted with silver sidelights. 



The drawing-room occupies the cor- 

 responding position on the other side of the 

 hall. The woodwork throughout Is white. 

 On the water side is a shallow bay window, en- 

 closed within an ornamental frame and containing a built-in 

 window seat. A wood wainscot Is carried completely 

 around the room save where it Is interrupted by the book- 

 cases, which fill a goodly portion of the lower wall 

 surface. The walls are covered with a green colored cloth 

 with small silver circles. The doors and windows have 



Driveway Is Bordered with a Mass of Shrubs and Flowering Plants 



well molded frames. The entrance bay is curved at 

 each end with a decorated wood pilaster whose brackets 

 reach to the ceiling. The ceiling is decorated in the Pom- 

 peiian style with a broad outer border of green, and a white 

 center with pictorial medallons in the margin. The fireplace 

 is of wood and occupies the center of the further wall. It 

 is designed in a monumental style, with corner pilasters reach- 

 ing to the ceiling. The fireplace has a facing of yellow mar- 

 ble, and over the shelf Is an oblong mirror, built-in. An 

 immense white bearskin is laid on the Hoor. There is a 

 multitude of objects of Interest in this room, the tops of the 

 bookcases at every available place being crowded with 

 bric-a-brac of the most interesting sort. The mantel orna- 

 ments are beautiful pieces of old glass ware. 



A passage floored with mosaic connects this room with 

 the den on the entrance front and the living-room, which, 

 as has been said, occupies the whole of the further wing 

 of the house. In the passage Is a closet with running water 

 for arranging Bowers. It is three steps down and a splen- 

 did and delightful apartment, quite the largest in the house 

 and in some respects the most Interesting. It Is divided 

 into three great bays by three standing columns which reach 

 from floor to celling. At each end is a half circle window, 

 that is, three windows In one. The woodwork is painted 

 white. There is a paneled wainscot around the base of the 

 walls, which are covered with red burlap. The panels of 

 the ceiling have a gray ground. The room is extraordi- 

 narily brilliant in color, the rich red of the walls aflfording 

 a fine background to the columns and white woodwork. 

 Red, indeed, is the predominating tone. The curtains are 

 red damask and the mantel, which Is of white wood, has 

 a fireplace with a facing of red marble. On the shelf are 

 many beautiful pieces of old red and white glass, and 

 many other specimens of the same ware are disposed 

 throughout the room. It Is literally crowded with Inter- 

 esting objects of every Imaginable sort. Antique bronze 

 lamps of various designs depend from the four corners. 

 There are old clocks, old mirrors, old engravings, a ver- 

 itable museum of antiques, all chosen with great care and 

 all admirably disposed. 



Mr. Burtln's oflice adjoins the living-room. Originally 

 designed as a porch its open sides have been enclosed, and 

 it now forms a very useful as well as a very attractive 

 apartment. It is somewhat shallow in dimensions and is 



