House and Garden 
finished in Colonial white and mahogany, a most 
attractive apartment with an ahundance ol day¬ 
light. One of its charming features is the lovely 
view to be had of the hig flower garden at the base of 
the five windows in the outside wall of the room. 
The entrance to the dining-room is through the 
center hall. In the rear of the latter is a long, nar¬ 
rower hall leading to the service portion of the house 
and terminating at a porch in the rear of the house, 
'fhe place, by the way, is well supplied with porches, 
there being the magnificent ones on the front and on 
the side where the library and billiard-room are 
located and a fourth in the rear near the kitchen. 
The hilliard-room, like the hall, has a fine, beamed 
ceding and wainscoting, all m oak, and contains a 
handsome and quaint stone fireplace with seats at the 
side and a hig stag’s head surmounting the mantel. 
Along the sides of the room are artistic cue racks and 
other provisions for taking care of the paraphernalia 
of the popular game to which the place is dedicated. 
On the second floor of the house are nine bedrooms, 
all generous in size and well lighted, and five bath¬ 
rooms. The finish is Colonial white. Like the rest 
of the house the design and furnishing of the bed¬ 
rooms is simple and there is a soothing and restful 
atmosphere imparted to them. 
The surroundings of the house have been intelli¬ 
gently laid out and the planting and placing of shrub¬ 
bery, flower beds and other scenic accessories called 
for more than ordinary skill. At the main entrance 
leading off from the Watson Road, an excellent 
macadam driveway from Sewickley to the Heights, is 
an imposing and massive gateway of brick and terra¬ 
cotta with handsome, wrought iron gate, designed by 
Rutan & Russell. Conspicuous in the horticultural 
scheme is the aquatic garden, a beautiful pond full 
of rare and costly plants, while towering beside it is 
the artistic water-tower, designed to conform with 
the lines of the house. In the basement of the water- 
tower is a power plant for supplying power to the 
estate. In years to come the place will possess a 
pine forest, hundreds of pines now being set out. 
There is quite a colony of outbuildings, including 
a large, handsome stable and coach house, finished 
m Georgia yellow pine; a poultry house of the most 
modern design, with commodious “runs” for the 
finely-bred stock; a hostler’s dwelling; costly green¬ 
houses and conservatories, full to overflowing with all 
kinds of floral beauties and rare plants, and last, hut 
not least, a complete farm barn of large dimensions. 
The conservatories are unusually up to date. There 
is also a market garden attached to the place. All the 
buildings are designed to harmonize with the English 
architecture of the house and form fitting parts of one 
comprehensive picture of aristocratic country life. 
In the stables are quartered a number of blooded 
horses, hackneys, coach steeds and riding equines 
that have won coveted blue ribbons and medals in 
the New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh horse 
shows. The carriage house contains some of the 
swellest rigs to be seen in Greater Pittsburgh. There 
are also some fine dogs on the estate. 
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