﻿September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  357 
  

  

  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 
  

  

  