AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS November, 1907 



without bookshelves is paneled throughout and contains the 

 fireplace. In the center of the room is a massive and richly 

 carved table. Behind it is a carved wood chair. The other 

 furniture is red and blue. 



Of the grounds surrounding the house 

 it is impossible to speak save in a most en- 

 thusiastic manner. That it is built at the 

 end of Collender's Point has already been 

 stated, but this mere statement conveys 

 nothing of the great beauty of the sur- 

 roundings or of the really remarkable 

 nature of the site the owner of this prop- 

 erty has obtained. Without the house, 

 toward the water, is an immense semi- 

 circular lawn. The house stands upon 

 the diameter of the semicircle, which has 

 been raised somewhat toward the water, 

 where it is supported by a retaining wall, 

 which, however, is not seen from above. 

 Across the Sound is the shadowy outline of 



trees, tubs of hydrangeas and other stately plants, giving 

 welcome notes of color and rich growths of foliage. 



On the entrance side the planting and arrangement is 

 equally fine. Here are thick clumps of shrubbery, hedges of 



The Water Front Ten-ace and One of Its Porches 



Long Island. Oyster Bay is nine miles away to the right; 

 Huntington is to the left. These are mere names, however, 

 for Long Island is too far away to be distinctly visible. 



The landscape treatment of the place 

 has been carried out with fine taste. Many 

 of the trees, and of course all the shrubs, 

 are newly planted, but have already passed 

 beyond their first growth and their rich 

 luxuriance give delightful promise of 

 superb maturity. Below the terrace that 

 surrounds the house on two sides is a rich 

 planting of herbaceous and other shrubs, 

 giving fine notes of foliage and bloom. 

 The broad terrace is spaciously pathed with 

 brick, with borders of grass. At the 

 east the path runs straight out to a sum- 

 mer house built on the most exposed point 

 of the property. Here, on either side, are 

 the pyramids of box which were a feature 

 of the entrance driveway. And everywhere, 

 where emphasis is needed, are boxed bay 



The Return of the Terrace on the Side 

 of the House 



lofty poplars, groups of young trees and 

 masses of foliage and bloom. To the 

 left, as you enter the grounds, is the 

 stable. This is a handsome and com- 

 modious structure with a lofty central 

 pediment on the avenue front. It has 

 an interior court, open on the inner side 

 and a cottage for coachmen and men. 

 On the right of the drive, but at right 

 angles to it, is the conservatory. This 

 handsome building has a large central 

 dome, and is flanked by two structures in 

 brick: that toward the avenue is the 

 gardener's house; the further end is 

 utilized as a potting room and acetelyne 

 house, the latter gas being used as supplementary to the elec- 

 tricity with which "Brick House" is lighted. The mechanical 

 equipment is as ample as the artistic care given every detail. 



The Stable Has a Pedimented Center Facmg the Entrance Drive 



