HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 
1912 
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With first-floor living-rooms a den opening 
from the hall is desirable 
The window painting and the use of bricks are 
very decorative 
The nursery may be completely isolated in 
case of contagious diseases 
contour that is 
pleasing in ap¬ 
pearance and 
seems to give to 
each a natural 
setting. 
The approach 
to the house from 
the lower road is 
by rough stone 
steps bordered by 
elders, wild aza- 
lias, laurel, ferns 
and rock gar¬ 
dens. A wind¬ 
ing path thus 
formed leads 
through elder and 
spice bushes and 
other natural 
shrubbery across 
the stream to its 
entrance at the 
lower road. 
The general 
design of the 
house is what 
might be termed 
“English Cottage Archi¬ 
tecture,” if a name must be 
used to describe this quaint 
house. In construction it 
is brick, rough cast with 
cement, allowing the brick 
row-locks of arches over 
windows and other open¬ 
ings to be exposed, thus 
giving a touch of color, as 
do also the red chimney 
pots. The roof is covered 
with mottled green and 
purple slates, graded in 
size and thickness to give 
an interesting texture. The 
exterior woodwork is oak 
without moldings or other 
ornamental detail, the win¬ 
dow and door frames 
being pinned at the cor¬ 
ners with pro- 
j e c t i n g wood 
pins. 
Viewed from 
the driveway the 
approach seems 
very English ; the 
entrance porch is 
enclosed by walls 
and the arched 
opening allows 
for a storm door, 
thus forming a 
vestibule in win¬ 
ter. 
Referring t o 
the house plan, 
the stair hall is 
entered from the 
eastern frontage 
door. Under the 
main stairs a 
doorway leads to 
the piazza. The 
hall is wainscot¬ 
ed in plain oak 
panelling and the 
floor laid with 
6" x 9" dark red tiles, this 
tiling extending into the 
lavatory under the stairs 
and also into the den at 
the opposite end of the hall¬ 
way. A private staircase 
for the owner’s use leads to 
the cellar under the main 
stairway to avoid going- 
through the kitchen to the 
usual cellar entrance. The 
den occupies the irregular 
space formed by the angle 
of the back building with 
the main portion of the 
house. Besides being en¬ 
closed by brick walls, the 
floor and ceiling of this 
room are of reinforced 
concrete. The door to the 
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Furniture of old mahogany combines well with the old-fashioned wall paper 
the right note of color. The woodwork is white 
