House and Garden 
- The Standard of Excellence - 
in Builders’ 
Fine Hardware 
With Correct Designs in 
all the Leading Schools of 
Art is found in the produc¬ 
tions of 
P. & F. 
CORBIN 
N. W. Corner 
Eighth and Arch Streets 
PHILADELPHIA 
FACTORIES 
New Britain, Conn. 
Interior view of the First Church of Christ, 
Scientist, Boston, Mass., in which we laid 
30,000 feet of Interlocking Rubber Tiling, in 
a solid color, to harmonize with the stone 
finish. 
Interlocking 
Rubber Tiling 
Noiseless, non-slippery, restful to the feet, 
sanitary, extraordinarily durable. The finest 
floor for use in public buildings, banks, offices, 
theatres, hospitals, libraries, kitchens, laun¬ 
dries, billiard rooms, bath rooms, stairways, 
etc., etc. 
Samples, estimates, and special designs fur¬ 
nished upon application. 
Beware of infringers. Patented. 
Manufactured solely by 
Foyer of the First Church of Christ. Scientist, Boston. Mass. 
New York Belting and Packing Company, Ltd., 
91 and 93 Chambers Street, New York City 
Chicago: 150 Lake Street. 
St. Louis : 218-220 Chestnut Street. 
Philadelphia: 118-120 North 8th Street. 
San Francisco : I 
Cakland : 1 Cal. 
E. nth Street and 3d Avenue. J 
Boston : 232 Summer Street. 
Indianapolis, Ind. : 229 South Meridian St. 
Baltimore: 114 West Baltimore Street. 
Buffalo: 600 Prudential Building. 
Pittsburgh : 913-915 Liberty Avenue. 
Spokane, Wash. : 163 S. Lincoln Street. 
Sole European Depot, Anglo-American Rub¬ 
ber Co., Ltd., 58 Holborn Viaduct, London, 
E. C. 
acres, mainly set in fruit. The struc¬ 
ture is the home of Mrs. Winchester, 
widow of the inventor of the Winchester 
rifle. “Ten years ago,” says a writer in 
the San Francisco Examiner, “the hand¬ 
some residence was apparently ready 
for occupation, but improvements and 
additions are constantly being made, for 
the reason, it is said, that the owner of 
the house believes that when it is entirely 
completed she will die. This supersti¬ 
tion has resulted in the construction of a 
mass of domes, turrets, cupolas and 
towers, covering territory enough for a 
castle. Although no part of the struc¬ 
ture is over two stories high, the house 
is large enough to shelter an army. The 
house stands in the midst of a large and 
extremely beautiful lawn. Fountains 
throw their spray over figures that seem 
almost human. Beautiful flowers grow 
everywhere; roses, lilies, trees, vines, 
pampas grass and rare plants of every 
description help to make a magnificent 
setting for the buildings, which resemble 
an old German castle with its surround¬ 
ing strongholds. There are many build¬ 
ings beside the house, and they, too, 
show the effects of the owner’s odd 
belief. Summer-houses and conserva¬ 
tories are made with the most pictur¬ 
esque of pinnacles, and there are many 
unexpected niches where groups of 
statuary are hidden. Even the barns 
and granaries are built in L’s and T’s, 
which suggest that they were made in 
parts and are ready at any time to have 
the work continued. The first view 
of the house fills one with surprise. 
You mechanically rub your eyes to 
assure yourself that the number of 
turrets is not an illusion, they are so 
fantastic and dreamlike. But nearer 
approach reveals others and others, and 
still others. How it is possible to build 
on an already apparently finished house 
and preserve its artistic appearance 
through so many changes is a query that 
nobody can answer, but the fact remains 
that it has been done. From every 
point of view new towers appear, and one 
has to make a circuit of the building to 
see all of them, for every addition, of 
the many that have been made, has one 
or more separate roofs, and every roof 
is elongated into a tower or rounded into 
a dome Not every one erected is sure 
to remain, though. The main cupola 
was pulled down and rebuilt sixteen 
times before it pleased the taste of the 
owner and was allowed to stay. As fast 
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