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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



June, 1907 



The main walls 

 of the house were 

 retained and it was 

 added to by build- 

 ing on a dining- 

 room, butler's pan- 

 try and kitchen and 

 1 1 s dependencies. 

 The main walls of 

 the house were in 

 very good condi- 

 tion. The end wall 

 presented such a fine 

 piece of stonework 

 that it was thought 

 best to leave it ex- 

 posed to view. The 

 remainder of the 

 building was treat- 

 ed as it was in its 

 former day, by be- 

 ing given a coat of 

 stucco, leaving the 

 old stone quoins 



at the corners of the building, and massing the whole into 

 the composition of the newer building. I he roof was 

 shingled and put in a first class condition. The front chim- 

 ney pierces the roof and is built of stone in harmony with 

 the wall at this end of the house. A terrace, laid with brick 

 in herring-bone fashion, is built around the house; a small 

 covered porch is placed at the entrance, and a li\'ing porch 

 extends across the garden front of the main building. The 



The Old Farm House as It Appeared Before the Alteration 



old living-room of 

 the Colonial era 

 where the family 

 life centered, 

 where the cooking 

 and eating and visi- 

 ting was done, was 

 transformed into a 

 modern living- 

 room, where social 

 intercourse only is 

 considered — thus 

 is rendered a true 

 story of the evolu- 

 tion of the living- 

 room. The great 

 open fireplace, un- 

 der which one may 

 stand, is furnished 

 with the same old 

 iron crane from 

 which polished 

 brass pots swing, 

 and it has a hearth 



laid with selected stone. Seats are placed on either side of 

 the fireplace, over which are niches built in the walls for the 

 purpose of holding the mugs of good old punch, which was 

 a complimentary custom in old days. The trim of the room 

 is painted old ivory white, while the walls are covered with a 

 dull green covering. 



Crossing the staircase hall, another living-room is reached, 

 \\ hich was formerly the kitchen of the original house. This 



The Old Farm House and Its Grounds After Their Transformation 



