September, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



347 



The Summer Home of 



Thomas Nash, Esq. 



At East Hampton 

 Long Island 



By Mary Watson 



VERY individual dwelling must be, to a 

 certain extent, a product of circumstances, 

 for the reason that it must conform to the 

 life of the family who are to inhabit it. 



The plans must be arranged for the 

 needs of the family, and the extra design 

 must be influenced by the environments sur- 

 rounding the site upon which the house is to be built. Having 

 settled these two points, the restrictions lie only in the ma- 

 terials which are to be selected for its construction, and the 

 amount of money to be spent in its erection. There is also 

 another feature which is important, and that Is, the treat- 

 ment of the interior 

 decorations in har- 

 mony with the fur- 

 nishings which the 

 various rooms are to 

 contain. 



The summer 

 house at East 

 Hampton, Long Is- 

 land, which is illus- 

 t r a t e d in these 

 pages, was built for 

 Thomas Nash, Esq., 

 of New York, who 

 was also its archi- 

 tect. 



The site is a cor- 

 ner one, and the 

 house stands with 

 its end facing the 

 main thoroughfare, 

 from which a drive- 

 way extends in and 

 around a circle 

 placed in front of 

 the entrance at the 

 side of the house. 

 A terrace with a 

 floor paved with 

 brick and reached 

 by stone steps ex- 

 tends across the en- 

 trance, connecting 

 with the covered 

 piazza on the side. 

 Bay trees and 

 hydrangeas lend a 

 tone of color to 

 the approach. A 

 platform, covered 



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A Fine Doorway Gives a Distinct Character to the House 



with a hood supported on Ionic columns, leads to the door- 

 way. The exterior of the house is covered with shingles, 

 which are left in their natural state, weathering to a silver 

 gray color, and harmonizing with the ivory-white painted 

 trim. The doorway opens into a square hall, whose walls 

 are paneled with cypress from the floor to the ceiling and 

 stained a soft brown. There is a good deal of quaint antique 

 furniture placed along the walls. The joists of the ceiling 

 are exposed to view and are stained. An unobtrusive stair- 

 case rises at the side of the entrance. 



To the right of the hall is the living-room, which is 

 treated in a similar manner with paneled walls and exposed 



ceiling timbers, all 

 stained and finished 

 in a soft brown 

 tone. The color 

 scheme of the 

 room is good and 

 harmonizes well 

 with its furnishings. 

 There is a large 

 open fireplace built 

 of red brick, with 

 facings and hearth 

 of the same; a 

 carved mantel shelf, 

 supported on carved 

 brackets, completes 

 the chimney fixtures. 

 An alcove, raised 

 two steps from the 

 main floor, com- 

 pletely inclosed with 

 glass windows and 

 surrounded with 

 paneled seats, is an 

 attractive feature of 

 this room. French 

 windows open onto 

 the piazza, which is 

 inclosed with glass 

 and finished as an 

 o u t c1 o o r living- 

 room. The den is 

 fitted up in an at- 

 tractive manner. 



The dining-room 

 has paneled walls 

 similar to those of 

 the hall, which are 

 stained in a reddish- 

 brown color to har- 



