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Because of the steepness of 
the ground, the site is cut into 
several levels. The house is 
placed on a broad terrace 
paved with flags and with 
blue flowering plants in spaces 
here and there. The style is 
taken from the simplest New 
England prototypes. A rail¬ 
ing crowns the cornice 
The doorway, one of the fea¬ 
tures of the front, is flanked 
with an arch bearing a lamp 
made from a pair of antique 
iron newels taken from an old 
house in New York. The ex¬ 
terior—clapboard walls and 
brick chimneys — is painted 
white, and the iron porch and 
entrance archway bottle green 
From the south porch brick and 
flagging steps lead to the sunk¬ 
en garden, which has been laid 
out with a circular grass path 
centering in a brick-edged pool. 
An interesting arched open 
porch beneath the sleeping gal¬ 
lery is continued as a pergola 
to connect with the garage and 
kennels 
The garden is enclosed by a 
wall of rough stone with a brick 
coping that forms an excellent 
background for the plantings. 
From the south end steps lead 
to a grass terrace and a light 
tea house screened in at the 
back with an unusual lattice 
and raised on a flagged brick 
platform 
MR. ANDREW MORISON’S 
PLACE at MONTCLAIR, N. J. 
WILLIAM EDGAR MORAN, 
Architect 
