A Cottage and Garden at East Hampton , L. I. 
THE COTTAGE AT EAST HAMPTON AS EXECUTED 
omit a back stairway altogether, saving the 
space thus consumed and relying for com¬ 
munication upon the main stairway, which 
is well situated for the convenience of all 
occupants. 
The absence of projecting porches has 
made it the more feasible to add an appro¬ 
priate setting for the house in the shape of a 
formal garden and boundary hedges. But 
the imagination of the architect is known to 
frequently overreach the owner’s willingness 
to execute a design, however attractive it 
may be; and here at East Hampton is an 
illustration of it. The architect has gone 
beyond the design of his house and has 
shown us the exterior decoration he would 
have carried out. The landscape has been 
adjusted to the house, has been made to 
conform itself for a brief space to the archi¬ 
tecture which rises in its midst. And yet this 
surrounding has been omitted in the execu¬ 
tion of the place. The want of it is sadly 
apparent in the two illustrations we publish 
on this page. The house is built of frame 
covered with wire lath and stuccoed. The 
interior is extremely simple, the outside 
sheathing showing within and the flooring 
answering for the ceilings of rooms below. 
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