July, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



249 



" Cosycote' 



r. Klock's Camp, 

 Different Arrant 



All of the timberwork on the interior is dressed and ex- 

 posed to view. The living-room throughout is stained with a 

 soft forest green. At one end of the room is a great open fire- 

 place, built of selected cobblestone. The mantelshelf is of 

 rough hewn stone and is 

 ornamented with Indian 

 relics and curios. A divan 

 nook is placed at the op- 

 posite end of the room. 

 This is a true living-room, 

 in which the family really 

 live and in which the meals 

 are served. The kitchen is 

 fitted with a pantry, sink 

 and cupboard complete. 



The second floor con- 

 tains two bedrooms, bath- 

 room and trunkroom. The 

 bathroom is furnished with 

 porcelain fixtures and ex- 

 posed plumbing. The 

 cabin cost less than one 

 thousand dollars to build. 

 Mr. Coutant planned his 

 own lodge, and the ser- 

 vices of an architect were 

 not required. 



"Rock Ledge," the 

 camp built for Mr. A. E. 



Rose, just across the stream from "Moonhaw Lodge," and 

 illustrated on page 248, is constructed of log slabs placed 

 on the framework with the bark on them. Stone steps with 

 cobblestone balustrades conduct one to the front piazza. The 

 front door is made of slabs and opens into a large living- 

 room, which occupies the 

 main part of the first floor; 

 it is used for dining as 

 well as for the general 

 living quarters of its in- 

 mates. The walls are cov- 

 ered with white birch bark, 

 and there is a rustic stair- 

 case, with columns and a 

 balustrade of birch sticks, 

 leading to the second 

 story. The large open 

 fireplace is built of cobble- 

 stone with rustic mantel- 

 shelf. Beyond the living- 

 room is the kitchen fitted 

 with pantry, sink and cup- 

 board. There are three 

 bedrooms on the second 

 floor. Mr. Rose also built 

 his cabin without the ser- 

 vices of an architect, em- 

 ploying local workmen to do the work under his direction. 



The camp of J. E. Klock, Esq., known as "Cosycote," 

 illustrated on this page, is just across the road from Mr. 

 Rose's camp, and is built practically with the same exterior 

 and interior treatment. 



The exterior is changed a little in that its second story and 

 gables are covered with shingles. The stone chimney built 

 on the exterior is an attractive feature of the cabin, for what 

 would a camp be without its great open fireplace and stone 

 chimney? The interior is treated in an artistic manner. 

 The exposed studding and sheathing and floor joists are 

 dressed and stained in soft tones, giving very restful effects. 

 Four bedrooms constitute the arrangement of the second 

 floor in Mr. Klock's cabin. 



While Similar to Mr. Rose's, Has a 

 'ement of Rooms 



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The plan of Mr. Klock's camp was practically the same as 

 that used for Mr. Rose's camp, and was built in a similar 

 manner, except that the living-room has a settle of rustic 

 character thrown out at either side of the fireplace. There 



was no difficulty in secur- 

 ing plenty of cobblestone 

 for fences, bridges, chim- 

 neys, fireplaces and foun- 

 dations, just as there was 

 plenty of timber, logs, 

 slabs, which could be ob- 

 tained easily, with which 

 to build the exterior of the 

 camps. 



With the cost less than 

 a thousand dollars for 

 each of these camps, it can 

 be easily seen that one 

 may possess a mountain 

 camp without the need of 

 a great outlay of money. 



The houses I have de- 

 scribed strike, it seems to 

 me, the true note of wood- 

 land living. One can not 

 carry into the woods all 

 the advantages and re- 

 sources of civilization, yet 

 many of these one should 

 have and must have. The problem of civilized life in the 

 woods is a much more difficult one to solve than is generally 

 supposed. It is impossible, even for the most ardent lover 

 of the simplest life, to get along without a certain amount 

 of the resources of civilization, I might almost say without 



some of the luxuries of 

 civilization. On the other 

 hand life in the woods can 

 only be successfully accom- 

 plished with the absence of 

 many of these conveniences 

 and luxuries. The most 

 successful solution of the 

 problem arises in reaching 

 a happy medium between 

 these two opposed points 

 of view. 



This medium seems to 

 me very happily reached 

 in the dwellings in Witten- 

 berk Park. They are not 

 bare camps, nor are any of 

 them luxurious houses. 

 They are dwellings in the 

 wood and of the wood, 

 nothing more and nothing 

 less. They are dwellings 

 at once habitable and suited to their wonderfully beautiful 

 environment. They are built of materials obtained close at 

 hand, and are, in every sense, wood cottages. Simple and 

 unpretentious as they are in their plans, they are amply suf- 

 ficient for every creature comfort and are thoroughly adapted 

 to the needs of their occupants. Than this, I can imagine 

 wood dwellings giving nothing more, and these offer instruc- 

 tive suggestions to any one having similar dwellings to build. 



Nor Is It possible, at any time, to forget the beauty of 

 their surroundings. These are not merely close at hand, but 

 extend for miles In every direction. The vistas and views, the 

 deep woods, the running brooks, the wild undergrowth, the 

 wood life in its every aspect, give to Wittenberg Park charms 

 of a most unusual order. 



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