Mr. Wurzburg’s house is of stucco with brown trim except that the casement sash are painted white. The house shows particularly good treat- 
ment of the sleeping porch. It is an architectural feature and not an excrescence as is so often the case. "W. A. Bates, architect 
The House That Was Built For Comfort 
The great billiard-room fireplace is of 
stone and rises almost to the ceiling 
by Arthur W. Dean 
O ET in among the oaks and hickories crowning a 
^ woodland knoll on Bronxville s rocky slopes a 
stucco house looks invitingly out upon the passerby, 
and such is its pleasant, welcoming aspect that he 
often stops in frank admiration. With the man of 
true distinction no detail of apparel is evident. He 
is a creature of his day and his environment. Some¬ 
thing about his appearance suggests finish, polish, 
breeding and the easy unpretentiousness of the 
present day, successful American. So with this 
house, if one may make so broad a comparison, a 
similar effect arises. It thrusts out no prominent 
feature, lets no single detail protrude, but gives a 
single forceful impression of livableness. It may 
be of English precedent to those who must needs 
classify, but this is an American house for a man 
of this generation; that is what its pretentions are 
rather than to seek to reduplicate some style or 
period. 
It is interesting to note how the house grew, for 
The inglenook is almost as spacious as 
a room and has the advantages of one 
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