H oiise and Garden 
THK FIREPLACE IN THE EIVING-ROOM 
Note the reinforced concrete beams 
only to have a home provided with the latest com¬ 
forts and conveniences also with heautilul surround¬ 
ings, but to have it in connection with very large 
farming operations. While the principal industry 
is the breeding of horses of various kinds, provision 
had to be made for other live stock as well as poultry, 
farming machinery and crop storage. As the dairy 
industry is to be one ot the principal operations, the 
dairy planned is of unusual size and equipped with 
the latest apparatus. Consequently the location and 
character ol the various buildings has been a 
work of much greater magnitude than the 
group on the ordinary estate which seldom 
consists of more than the residence, the lodge, 
the barns and possibly a greenhouse. 
Of course the home of the owner is by far 
the most elaborate structure and is undoubt¬ 
edly one of the best examples of concrete work 
which has thus far been completed in America. 
Its general architectural design is Gothic of 
the Tudor period, the main portion being 
thirty by one hundred and sixteen feet in 
dimensions with a wing for the kitchen and 
accessory departments of thirty by fifty feet. 
The residence is in the shape of an “L,’’the 
main entrance being at the angle. It opens 
into a living-room, the main feature of which 
is an immense fireplace no less than ten b\' 
twenty-one feet in dimensions. On the same 
floor is a spacious children’s library and din¬ 
ing-room, while a large covered porch nearlv 
surrounds the outside of the 
ground floor. The second 
floor contains six bedrooms in 
addition to bath-rooms, toilet- 
rooms and a dressing-room,the 
third floor being occupied by 
the quarters of the owner’s 
personal servants, also a bil¬ 
liard room. 
With the exception of the 
main roof beams, the house 
construction is entirely of rein¬ 
forced concrete. The roof 
beams mentioned are steel 
with a concrete slab between. 
The outside of the building 
was plastered with a rough 
coat made to adhere properly 
by using a cement bond. All 
of the outside walls are furred 
with hollow tile, and all of the 
inside partitions are built of 
hollow tile. This idea was 
carried out in order to avoid 
danger from fire originating 
inside, and the house is so 
isolated that fire cannot orig¬ 
inate from the outside. The roof is covered with red 
shingle clay tile. All of the windows are crystal plate 
glass set in metal, subdivided. The building is 
lighted by both gas and electricity, and heated by a 
hot water system. It is provided with an air cleaning 
system. 
The house is approached by a road running over 
a large meadow skirting the lake, with a view of the 
boat-house, and then winding to the south so it rises 
to the top of the hill about 1200 feet from tbe lake. 
THE BOAT-HOUSE ON THE PABST ESTATE 
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