March, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



99 



Quartered Oak Is the Trim of the Hall, While the Walls Are Covered with Japanese Grass Cloth 



Decorated with a Stenciled Border 



above which the walls are covered with a dull red striped 

 paper, finished with a neat molding, from which pictures 

 may be hung. The corner fireplace is built of red brick with 

 the facings and hearth of similar brick, and a mantel. At 

 one side of the room is a cluster of windows under which 

 there is placed a paneled seat. 



The dining-room is treated with white paint, and has a 

 paneled wainscoting, above which the walls are covered with 

 tapestry, and the whole 

 finished with a massive 

 wooden cornice. The open 

 fireplace with its brick fac- 

 ings and hearth and its 

 mantel with Ionic pilasters 

 is the important feature of 

 the room. This room is 

 carried out with Colonial 

 characteristics and is quite 

 in harmony with its furni- 

 ture. 



The butler's pantry is 

 fitted with all the best pos- 

 s i b 1 e conveniences. The 

 kitchen and its dependen- 

 cies are fitted up complete. 

 The servants' hall and stair- 

 way is a private one, from 

 the cellar to the third floor, 

 which contains the extra 

 guest rooms and the serv- 

 ants' quarters. 



The re are five bedrooms 

 and two bathrooms on the 

 second floor. All of these 

 rooms are painted white, 

 and the walls of each room 

 are decorated in a particular 

 style and with one color 

 scheme. The bathrooms 

 have tiled floors and wains- 

 cotings, and porcelain fix- 



tures and exposed nickel- 

 plated plumbing. A cellar 

 furnished with a cemented 

 bottom, contains a laundry, 

 heating apparatus and fuel 

 rooms. 



The exterior grounds, as 

 already mentioned, are spa- 

 cious in area, and are sur- 

 rounded by a privet hedge. 

 The front of the house 

 which is quite open has had 

 its beauty enhanced by the 

 graceful planting of a group 

 of evergreens. Messrs Bai- 

 ley and Bassett, of Philadel- 

 phia, were the architects, 

 and to them is due credit 

 for having produced so de- 

 lightful a house. 



The site, which is sur- 

 rounded by roads on three 

 sides of the estate, presented 

 a n excellent opportunity 

 which the architects were 

 sufficiently clever enough to 

 grasp in the laying out of 

 the grounds, and the design- 

 ing of a house appropriate 

 to the site and its surroundings. This is a very important 

 point which does not always receive the careful consideration 

 which it deserves, but it is the one from which the beauty 

 of an estate is maintained, and its harmonious results estab- 

 lished. 



In this particular case, the result obtained has been most 

 happy. The whole general scheme is one of complete har- 

 mony. 



White Painted Trim, Walls Covered with Tapestry, Fireplace with Brick Facings and a Colonial Mantel, and 

 Good Mahogany Furniture Are the Principle Features ot the Dining-room 



