June, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
59 
pendicular stripe with the usual diaper 
pattern of flowers. The hall and other 
chambers are still in the plaster, time be¬ 
ing taken to discover satisfactory patterns. 
As a matter of fact the new plastering was 
allowed to stand the first season, so that 
it might find itself and, if cracking, be re¬ 
paired. 
The exterior of the main building has 
undergone but little alteration, except in 
the raising of the long windows and the 
addition of a molded water-table across 
the front. The sash are made with the 
old fashioned heavy muntins, but the size 
of the glass has been increased from its 
probable original size. Its shape too sug¬ 
gests the general block of the building 
and is more in harmony than a narrower 
form might be. In reality it is a com¬ 
promise which considers in a measure the 
difficulty attending the cleaning of small 
panes. Old time glass was small from 
the conditions attending its manufacture. 
The additions consist of an elaboration 
of the front entrance, the new oval win¬ 
dow above, the bay window at the rear 
and the new piazza. There has also been 
added a galvanized gutter and this is al¬ 
ways best when the original has no in¬ 
stalled gutters. 
The original front door was a double 
affair and so narrow that to use one-half 
of it was a nuisance. The new doors 
were similar in design, but wider. The 
doorway is a composite and has its origin 
in different originals. 
As to our piazza; this has been made 
to balance, that this characteristic of the 
house proper might not be lost sight of. 
Our cornice is as simple as is practical and 
certain members in it correspond and line 
up with the top of the window casings. 
Our columns and pilasters have a double 
entasis, that is they are curved from the 
base to the cap while in the architectural 
conceptions the lower portion is straight. 
We have authority for this and have util¬ 
ized it so that its juxtaposition with the 
out-of-plumb corners would not assist in 
the emphasis of this fault. And right 
here it might be well to state, that as a 
further, and we trust complete disguise, 
there are to be four lattice frames extend¬ 
ing from the base to the lower story win¬ 
dow-caps and located on the front next 
to each corner and on either side of the 
entrance motive. When these are over¬ 
grown with trumpet-creeper we have 
hopes that our contrary lines may be lost 
sight of. The piazza rail and balusters 
are about as simple as we can find author¬ 
ity for. 
The recess in which the service steps 
enter the kitchen is suggestive in line of 
the old woodshed addition. This it will 
be noticed has an architrave bare of mold¬ 
ings and the cap is made up of the case 
moldings of the windows, with the top of 
which it is in line. 
The bay window added to the living- 
room is so inconspicuous a feature as to 
speak for itself in the picture, but the long 
sweep and terminating curve of the roof 
of the open-air room is apt to make a 
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