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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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The upstairs arrangement is a particularly good one as it 
permits the guest to be independent of the family 
exterior woodwork except the light colored sash of the 
leaded casement windows. From the main section two 
wings project, giving a pleasing irregularity to the front 
elevation and best taking care of the land slope. These 
wings or divisions contain on the east the billiard room 
and on the west an inclosed loggia or sun room. The 
entrance porch is small and open, but protected in part 
by the projecting upper story. The grounds maintain 
their gradual slope save for a small built-up terrace in 
front held in by a wall of native stone laid roughly with¬ 
out mortar. These lines of stone wall and projecting 
eaves all accentuate the spread of the house and help to 
tie it into its situation. This is finally accomplished by 
retaining the trees close about the house, especially the 
two dogwoods that flank the entrance, and permitting 
the outcroppings of rocks to remain unmolested. 
Within we see the real accomplishment of the owner’s 
ideas. There is a straight sweep from sun parlor right 
through to billiard room. Every room is bright with 
sunlight. The front door admits to a hall, the most no¬ 
ticeable thing in which is a great chestnut settle set be¬ 
tween the two stairways at the left and a closet at the 
right. Most of this stairway is inclosed by this parti¬ 
tion against which the settle is placed. The stairwell is 
lighted from the upper story and by a simple grille. 
Turning to the left from this hall one enters the din¬ 
ing-room. Here again the natural finished chestnut is 
used, but to a less extent. The ivory tinted walls are 
divided by wood strips joining a rail molding and the 
baseboard. The ceiling is beamed. The entrance to 
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The difference in level, besides giving privacy to the living-room, lends a certain 
variety to the first floor where the finish is so similar - 
The sunroom is a pleasing addition that opens out of the dining-room. Provision 
has been made to grow only orchids and ferns - 1 
All the upstairs bedrooms but this one are in white enamel treatment. 
This has the rough plaster walls and the natural wood finish 
The billiard-room has the rafters for its ceiling and is stenciled with a 
Dutch frieze of the owner’s design 
