HOUSE AND GARDEN 
December, 1909 
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It was impossible to get the water in sufficient force at the height 
of the second floor. Therefore, although naturally less convenient, 
the bathroom had to be planned for the lower level. 
The front of the house, or, to be more accurate, the entrance 
side of the house, faces the road and looks out upon the flower 
garden. The opposite side commands a magnificent view down 
upon the lake through the wooded edge of the bluff. On this 
side, too, there is a screened porch which is used throughout the 
warm weather as a dining-room. In the winter time the dining- 
table is moved into one end of the living-room. 
It was, of course, but natural to plan the second story with its 
three bedrooms commanding the view over the lake, each of the 
larger bedrooms having also a pair of windows in the gable ends. 
Throughout the second story the windows are casements, opening 
out. 
The woodwork in the living-room is one of the most attractive 
features of the house. It is of a sturdy, straightforward construction 
throughout, in perfect keeping with the character of the house. 
On the ceiling the second floor joists have been allowed to show, 
and the fact that these timbers contained the usual assortment of 
knots and checks was felt to be a recommendation rather than a 
fault, inasmuch as they are convincing evidence of honest construc¬ 
tion rather than mere applied decoration. 
Shingles were used for the exterior walls, the roof and for the 
porch roof supports. In order to secure a more interesting texture, 
however, lath strips were laid beneath the butts of every other 
horizontal course of the shingles. The effect was to give stronger 
horizontal lines by means of the resulting shadows. 
One of the minor features of Hawthorne Lodge, which serves 
to show how much careful consideration has been given to every 
detail, is the walk leading from the road to the entrance porch. 
Gravel had been used for this walk when the house was first built, 
but it was found that in rainy weather this was tracked over the 
lawn and in upon the floor of the house. The obvious solution 
of the problem was a brick walk, but in this case it would have 
been unduly expensive, for the reason that there are no brick 
kilns in the neighborhood. There was, however, a cement mill 
not far distant, and nearer still was the beach with an infinite 
variety of colored pebbles. These two facts, together with the 
recollection of a public square at Mentone, Italy, which had been 
paved with colored pebbles laid in a pattern in cement, resulted 
in working out the same idea at Hawthorne Lodge. Large flat 
stones and pebbles of dark reds and blues were gathered from the 
A wide porch extends across the lake front and one end of the Lodge and 
forms the outdoor living-room throughout the summer months 
lake shore. The stones were laid irregularly down the center of the 
walk and along the edges. The intervening spaces were filled 
with the pebbles. To protect the walk against frost, a substantial 
foundation of gravel was laid beneath the cement, which formed 
a bed for the stones in the center. It need hardly be added that 
the walk was not a particularly economical one after all, largely 
because of the labor involved, but there is no question about its 
effectiveness and its unique beauty. 
It may be interesting to know just what Hawthorne Lodge 
cost. The items were as follows: 
Carpentry and masonry. $2718.42 
Plastering. 195.00 
Painting and Glazing. 203.50 
Plumbing (including a system of 
sub-soil sewerage disposal). 522.17 
Hardware. 50.00 
Furnace. 94.00 
Architects’ fees. 388.00 
Total . $4171.09 
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In the living-room the second floor joists have been allowed to show in 
all the honest ruggedness of straightforward construction 
This end bedroom has a dormer window overlooking the lake and a 
group of two windows in the gable 
