﻿September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  347 
  

  

  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 
  

  

  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 
  

   outdoor 
  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- 
  

  

  