HOUSE AND GARDEN 
300 
November, iqii 
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A view of one corner of the Corey house, 
showing the garage and tennis back-stop 
The home of Mr. Ellicott shows an ingenious 
development of another irregular site. Its 
success has been obtained by designing 
house and garden together 
Along one side of the Corey house extends a 
broad terrace with the principal view 
backing, which as a constant 
practice is injurious to a car. 
This place comprises about an 
acre and, as the plan shows, 
slopes considerably toward 
the south. It is the result of 
co-operation b e t w e e n the 
architects of the house and 
the landscape designer who 
had the grounds in charge. 
As the owner wanted to get 
an effective winter planting as 
well as to reduce the cost of 
maintenance, the planting was 
largely done with evergreens 
and the evergreen or hardy 
shrubs — that is to say, rhodo¬ 
dendrons, barberry, and such 
plants as are effective and 
beautiful the year around. 
Another very intelligent 
and effective example of such 
planning is Mr. Ellicott’s 
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house near Baltimore. The 
place was designed by Ellicott 
and Emmart and is only about 
an acre in extent. As the plan shows, it is a pentagon with the 
street on the north side. The land slopes toward the rear giving a 
view across the river over the tops of a rather dense growth of 
forest trees. The principal rooms face on a broad terrace at the 
rear, beyond which is a semi-circular grass terrace with a small 
pool in the center. To the left of this terrace is a kitchen yard 
enclosed in hedges and to the right is a more formal garden 
from which a rose garden extends to the south. A careful study 
of the plan and the views of the garden will show a very skilful 
adjustment of the various’levels. The shape and contour of the 
land allowed a successful use of more 
motives than would be generally advis¬ 
able in so restricted a space. If the land 
had been flat it would have been neces¬ 
sary to try more uniform arrangements 
or the effect would have been crowded 
and fussy. To my mind the attempt to 
do too many things in a restricted space 
is almost as bad as an entire lack of im¬ 
agination. The result becomes confused 
and nervous and lacks the effect of quiet 
placidity which should be the key-note of 
any good design. 
Mr. Pember’s design for a place only 
60 feet wide and 150 feet deep is an ex- 
The estate of Mr. H. D. Corey was developed through the co-operation 
of Mr. Stephen Child, landscape architect, with Chapman and Frazer, 
architects. The sloping site determined the main features 
cellent example of what may 
be done on a small lot. In the 
first place the rooms are so 
arranged that the principal 
windows face with the front 
or the back of the house. The 
windows at the side are un¬ 
important and the kitchen is 
placed so that it will not 
monopolize the rear and turn 
it into a mere “back yard.” 
The veranda is placed on the 
rear in such a way that it 
may be used as a dining 
porch. Back of this is a gar¬ 
den separated from the house 
by a terrace. This garden is 
designed to appear as large 
as possible. The central fea¬ 
ture is a simple panel of turf 
extending to a semi-circular 
pergola with a pool for ac- 
quatic plants. This is backed 
up by a mass of hardy shrubs, 
which forms a background to 
the garden and cuts off the 
unpleasant features of the neighboring back yards. Beside this 
there is space for drying ground, coldframes and a small vegetable 
garden. Really this is a most successful use of a very limited space. 
There can be no question that in the case of any of the examples 
given here the success of the place is the result of an intelligent 
planning, and that the relation between the house and grounds 
was most carefully considered as one problem at the outset. The 
result could not, save by the merest luck, have been achieved by 
building the house first and then wondering how best to arrange 
the grounds to fit the particular style and its position. 
The placing- of the house on the land ; 
the study of the proper approaches; the 
consideration of the different levels and 
their possibilities in relation to the size 
and the points of the compass should all 
be clearly borne in mind at the time the 
house is being planned. The architect's 
drawing of a house at Garden City repro¬ 
duced here shows the extent to which the 
consideration of the whole relation of a 
house to the grounds may be carried. At 
the time when the drawing was made 
there was nothing but a level lot to sug¬ 
gest the ultimate effect. 
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