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House & Garden 
Architecturally, the house is an adaptation of 
Maryland Colonial to a rock-rihhed Connecticut 
setting. The stones for the strueture were 
gathered from the fences about the place. To 
one side the terrace was held by a retaining wall 
and a sunken garden laid out in roses below. 
You climb the steps at the left to the terrace 
THE RESIDENCE OE 
P. J. GOSSLER, Esq. 
The rear of the house commands the view—a 
wide stretch of lawn broken here and there with 
elms. A bricked terrace extends the full length 
of the house eovered midway with a portico sup¬ 
ported by tall columns. This arrangement of 
the living-rooms and terraee at the rear assures 
a full measure of privaey and quiet 
