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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1907 



The inner front of the house is designed in 

 strict harmony with the entrance front. Once 

 more there is the long, low stretch of wall, with 

 the higher building at the further end. But the 

 recessing here is the opposite from what it is on 

 the first front. That is to say, the center is now 

 slightly projected, while the ends are as slightly 

 recessed. In the center of the first story are five 

 great arched windows opening onto the steps by 

 which the terraced lawn is reached, each shaded 

 by a green and white awning, which adds much to 

 the color scheme of the front. Again there is a 

 very low flat roof, relieved only by the chimneys, 

 of brick, painted white. The central window of 

 the second story has a segmental arch and the 

 single balcony of this front. 



The hall is a long rectangular room, occupying 

 the whole of the center of the house. It is L 

 shaped in plan, the extension on the right contain- 

 ing the stairs, which adjoin the entrance front, and 

 which have a wrought iron railing. It is paneled 

 throughout in cypress, in small rectangular panels, 

 interrupted only by the pilasters of the two great 

 doors and the frames of the windows and lesser 

 doorways. The floor is of the same material, 

 with Oriental rugs, and the plain ceiling is white 

 plaster supported by a cornice, which is a portion 

 of the surrounding wainscot. The hooded fire- 

 place on the right is wood, with red brick facings. 

 The furniture includes some fine carved chairs, 

 while others have brown leather coverings. 



The great door opposite the entrance door ad- 

 mits to the loggia on the inner face of the house. 

 It is completely inclosed within the house lines, 

 being lighted by three of the large round arch 

 windows of which mention has already been made. 



The Entrance Front Is Long and Low, with a Modest Portico and Severe Treatment of the Detail 



The Simplicity Which Characterizes the Entrance front Is Equally 

 Marked on the Inner Front 



