No\'ember, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



41 1 



A Small Successful Summer Home 



By John Maylor 



HE summer house of Mrs. L. Anna Er- 

 bacher shows what can be done in building 

 a small summer house by the seashore, with- 

 out following any particular style of archi- 

 tecture yet with a distinctive character suf- 

 ficient to present a charming home. 



The house is situated at Water Witch, 

 N. J., which is a great park of many acres resting on the 

 crest of a rugged hill top known as the "Highlands," from 

 which broad views are obtained of the lower New York Bay 

 and the Atlantic Ocean. The site affords ample opportunity 



for special development, and the design shows an admirable 

 Regularity of form, which is reflected in the plan and interior 

 arrangements. The detail is refined, and the whole general 

 scheme presents that characteristic of simplicity which is so 

 delightful in a summer house. While we are building to-day 

 of every conceivable material, we have learned to confine 

 these materials to a certain standard of excellence in the de- 

 signing of our houses, and in this particular case, Messrs. 

 Hill and Stout, who were the architects of the house, have 

 adopted a scheme which gives the greatest amount of light 

 and ventilation, and an arrangement of rooms with an open- 



