HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 1915 
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A breakfast room off the dining¬ 
room at the rear of the house is 
one of the attractive features of 
the first floor 
THE HOME OF 
LEE BURNS 
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 
The master’s suite on the second floor takes in the depth of the house, and includes a sleeping 
porch 
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An adapted Colonial style of archi¬ 
tecture was followed, and both the 
house and grounds were fully 
planned before work commenced 
Herbert Foltz, architect 
I N the early part of 1913 the site of this house was a level piece 
of meadow land, unrelieved in any way. The problem pre¬ 
sented was to build on it not only a house, but a home, com¬ 
fortable, inviting and one that would grow more attractive with 
age. 
A form of the Colonial style was chosen, and not only the 
house, but the landscape gardening was carefully planned be¬ 
fore a sod was turned. The result has been most successful. 
While it is too soon for the planting to have reached its greatest 
effectiveness, even now it forms an attractive setting for the 
house itself. 
The ground has been graded so as to slope in all directions 
from the house, giving it the effect of being on a low hill. Back 
of the house the ground slopes across the gardens to the tennis 
court, beyond which, as a background for the view, is a most in¬ 
teresting fence, suggested by a quaint drawing of Kate Green- 
way’s. In front of this is a border of hollyhocks, larkspur, colum¬ 
bines and other hardy flowers. 
Care was taken to keep the scheme of planting simple and har¬ 
monious, preference being given in a large measure to the native 
Indiana trees, such as sugar maple, elm and hawthorne, while 
evergreens were massed in the corners of the yard. The lines of 
the house are softened by shrubbery, honeysuckle and ivy, and 
thought has been given to securing a good view from every room. 
Flowers were chosen for a succession of bloom and masses of 
shrubbery were placed with a view to their beauty in winter, as 
well as summer. 
The house itself is of simple composition, old motives being 
used with a certain freedom that, while preserving the essential 
balance of design, permits a picturesque note that is most 
In ihe dining-room the floors are dark oak, the paper a putty gray, and the hangings 
are of figured linen in neutral shades of gray, blue and rose 
Fumed oak has been used in the library woodwork, the furniture designed to match. 
The arrangement of shelves makes it an eminently usable room 
