September, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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bronze sidelights fixed to 

 the walls. 



A door at the further cor- 

 ner of this room gives en- 

 trance to the study, which 

 is situated at the corner of 

 the entrance front, but 

 which has no direct connec- 

 tion with the hall. It is a 

 library in a very true sense, 

 the walls being lined with 

 built-in bookcases com- 

 pletely around the room, 

 save where they are inter- 

 rupted by the chimney 

 breast. The wood is oak, 

 and the mantel is of the 

 same material, faced and 

 lined with red brick. The 

 book shelves extend solidly 

 from floor to ceiling, the 

 lowest section of each set of 

 uprights consisting of a 

 drawer. The hardwood 

 floor has an Oriental rug, 

 and the furniture is cov- 

 ered with greenish-brown 

 leather. The window cur- 

 tains are white, and the 

 white ceiling is perfectly plain save for a simple molding on 

 the edge. The room has windows on two sides, those on the 

 hill front being provided with built-in seats. 



The dining-room is on the right of the entrance, and is 

 entered directly from the hall. It has a floor of Moravian 

 tiles hexagonal in pattern, thus differing from the other tiling 

 in the house. The walls are solidly lined throughout with 

 oak, the boards being placed upright, with large square 

 panel-markings made by a dark line. A narrow molding 

 suffices for the cornice, and the ceiling is plain and white. 

 The fireplace has a facing of mottled green marble, with 

 a lining of red brick. A narrow shelf above it is supported 

 on simple brackets. An old gold mirror hangs on the wall 

 above. The room is lighted by side lights. The window 

 curtains are of thin white silk. 



One end of the dining-room is glazed, that is to say, is 

 almost completely occupied, filled by three great windows. 



The Arched Roof of the Living-room Makes It Unusually 

 Cool and Airy 



These open into an in- 

 closed porch, which consti- 

 tutes the breakfast-room. 

 The walls and piers are 

 wholly of brick; the floor 

 is paved with Moravian 

 tiles. There is a beautiful 

 outlook into the adjoining 

 woodland from the outer 

 windows of this room. A 

 pantry adjoins the dining- 

 room, but the kitchen, laun- 

 dry and other service rooms 

 are in the basement, which 

 open onto a lower part of 

 the hill on which the house 

 is built. 



The surrounding grounds 

 have been treated with a 

 good deal of taste and care. 

 The loggia in the center of 

 the house opens onto a 

 small brick space, covered 

 with an iron frame and 

 awning. All the ground 

 without forms a terrace, 

 beautifully grassed, inclosed 

 at each end with a stone 

 wall. 



The whole of the front of the house is inclosed within a 

 great outer court extending well beyond the forecourt formed 

 by the house walls. It has a low stone wall, emphasized at 

 the entrance with loW piers. Vines are already making good 

 headway upon it, and the border inside is planted with 

 flowers and shrubs. The boundary wall extends around the 

 kitchen yard to the left, where the driveway reaches a lower 

 level. Here the basement of the house is built of stones, 

 with segmental windows and arches to support the super- 

 structure. 



The stable is a building of some size, consisting of a cen- 

 ter and two wings disposed around a central court. It is built 

 of Harvard brick, like the house, relieved by a single band of 

 tile. It is roofed with square tiles, green, yellow and brown. 

 Its courtyard is inclosed within a wooded fence, painted 

 green. Higher up, toward the house, is the tennis court, on its 

 own special plateau and quite high above the entrance drive. 



The Stable and Carriage House Is Disposed Around an Open Court; It Is Built of Brick with a Slate Roof 



