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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



June, 1907 



Fine Old Prints Adorn the Walls of the Dining-room While a Fireplace with 

 Colonial Mantel Adds Extra Charm to It 



The Old Fireplace of the Original House is Maintained with its Flat Stone Hearth 



tiled wainscoting 

 and Hoor and porce- 

 lain fixtures with ex- 

 posed nickel-plated 

 plumbing. The 

 third floor contains 

 one bedroom and 

 trunk room, all the 

 space being utilized. 



The informal 

 garden is quite the 

 feature of the es- 

 tate and is laid out 

 in close relation to 

 the house, which 

 has all of its living- 

 rooms overlooking 

 the grounds and 

 gardens. It is 

 reached from the 

 living-porch and by 

 crossing the lawn 

 to the terrace wall, 

 the access to the top 



of which Is obtained by stone steps. On 

 either side of these steps are grouped a 

 graceful cluster of growing plants and 

 shrubs, blending themselves well with the 

 growing vines on the terrace wall. 



The grounds about the house have been 

 well planted and have been the means of 

 softening the hard edges and corners about 

 the place down to a pleasing landscape. 



An unusual feature of the estate Is the 

 farm buildings, which are placed across the 

 road from the house. It was quite the cus- 

 tom, in Colonial times, for the farmers to 

 build their farm buildings opposite their 

 houses, that is, of course, where they hap- 

 pened to own both sides of the road. In 

 this particular case, as shown by the custom 

 of those days, the site chosen was one which 

 had natural features, that Is one which had 

 a receding decline, so that the barn could be 

 built with an access direct from the road- 

 way, while by a slope of a hill, and a cut 

 into its side, a cellar was obtained in which 

 provision was made to house the cattle and 

 horses, and also for the storage of farm 



produce, leaving the remainder of the build- 

 ing for the storage of feed and hay. This 

 was the barn found upon the estate. Its 

 location not being objectionable, and its con- 

 dition being such as to Influence the main- 

 taining of it, the architects decided to reno- 

 vate and transform It into a modern stable. 

 The timbers, upon examination, were found 

 to be Intact, so the principal work to be done 

 to the exterior was to clean up Its walls, put 

 a new roof on and give the whole building 

 a coat of whitewash. The stable and car- 

 riage rooms were placed on the main floor, 

 and each have walls and ceilings, ceiled 

 with narrow-beaded stuff. The carriage 

 room is provided with a carriage wash, har- 

 ness room and man's room. The stable 

 contains box stalls with ornamental Iron 

 fittings. The upper part of the building 

 Is supplied with the modern fixtures for the 

 storage of feed and hay. The ground 



floor contains ample 

 stalls for the cattle, 

 and storage space 

 for farm imple- 

 ments and other 

 necessary farming 

 apparatus. 



Just a short dis- 

 tance from the 

 barn, and standing 

 under a great 

 spreading oak, is 

 the dairy and spring 

 house, located at^ 

 the side of the 

 lake which Is em- 

 braced in the es- 

 tate. The old dairy 

 Is built of stone, 

 and it was given a 

 clean up with a coat 

 of whitewash, in- 

 side and out, and 

 a new roof. 



A Quaint Old Four Poster and Bureau of Old Style Are Quite in Harmony 



with This Old House 



