December, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



445 



Notable American Homes 



By Barr Ferree 



" SHORELANDS;' 



the Seaside Villa of Henry Seligman, Esq., 

 Elberon, New Jersey 



SEASIDE property which is bounded on 

 one end by the principal driveway of its 

 town, and on the other by the Atlantic 

 Ocean, and contains within it vegetable and 

 flower gardens, lawns and tennis courts, a 

 lodge, stable and bathing pavilion, while 

 the mansion itself is amply secluded within 

 spacious stretches of grass, possesses some elements of novelty 

 and many properties that lend themselves to delightful and 

 charming treatment. Such at least are the salient features 

 which Mr. Seligman's house, designed by Mr. C. P. H. Gil- 

 bert, architect, of New York, at Elberon immediately offers 

 to the visitor. 



The roads limits of the place are defined by chains, fas- 



tened to posts of interesting design, with two lofty columns at 

 the driveway, surmounted by globe-lights. To the left is the 

 lodge, a pleasant two-story, flat-roofed structure with wings 

 of one story. The space between it and the entrance drive- 

 way is filled by a lovely garden of the gayest-blooming flow- 

 ers. On the right is the stable, a structure whose identity Is 

 at once proclaimed by its central covered court, but which, 

 being designed in harmony with the other buildings on the 

 property, has, save for this feature, little of the outward 

 characteristics of such buildings. Both structures, as well as 

 the house, are of wood, painted white, with blinds of Indian 

 red. The grounds are beautifully hedged here, and within 

 them is the vegetable garden, arranged in blocks and groups, 

 and having a true ornamental character of its own. The land 



The Sunken Garden Lies Below Brick Walls Surmounted with a Handsome Balustrade 



