House and Garden 
Vol. XII SEPTEMBER, 1907 No. 3 
“AROHEAD” 
A SUMMER HOME ON THE SHORES OF LAKE TAHOE 
By CHARLES ALMA BYERS 
(Photographs by Abbott & Caldwell) 
T O possess an ideal home, and especially one for 
the summer, careful attention must be given 
to the selection or the making of a suitable 
setting. If the setting for it has to be created it 
should be done with the view to having it harmonize 
with the finished house, the plans for which, of course, 
have been previously drawn. But if it is to be 
selected the selection naturally precedes the building 
—and the house is therefore made to compose with 
its surroundings. In the former case it is designed 
by the architect, and in the latter the design is sug¬ 
gested by Nature—more or less radical changes 
may have to be made in the original suggestion 
when final drawings are made to have it more fully 
conform to the builder’s taste. In building a city 
home it is better, and more necessary, to create 
the surroundings, but when it comes to the matter of 
a home for the summer only, when one desires to get 
away from the commercial side of life for a few 
months, the natural setting is most desirable and 
Copyright, 1907, by The John C. Winston Co. 
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