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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
Here is the house as it stands to-day — substantially built and well 
adapted for remodeling 
A suggestion indicating a possible solution of the transformation 
problem 
Walnut Grove Farm—An Opportunity in Remodeling 
A FARM OF THIRTY-FIVE ACRES, WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY BUILT HOUSE AND STABLE 
THAT COULD READILY BE DEVELOPED INTO A MODERN COUNTRY HOME OF CHARACTER 
I N Stamford township, just two miles from the town of that 
name, there is a farm of thirty-five acres that is going to 
make a country home of real distinction for the man who first 
appreciates its possibilities. 
Stamford, as everybody knows, is one of the most attractive 
places within reach of New York. Situated on the north shore 
of Long Island Sound, it has the advantages of a beautiful har¬ 
bor, well organized yacht clubs and the refreshing breezes from 
the salt water. Fine schools and churches, and electric express 
service to New York over the New 
Haven Road—covering the thirty-five 
miles in fifty minutes — are but a few of 
its more obvious points of attraction for 
the man who wants to keep in touch with 
New York City without the necessity for 
living day and night in its crowded thor¬ 
oughfares. 
Walnut Grove Farm is particularly 
fortunate in its natural advantages. 
The grounds are planted with stately 
shade trees, hardy flowers and shrubs, 
and an orchard of more than a hundred 
and fifty fruit trees — in addition, of 
course, to the beautiful stretches of fer¬ 
tile meadow land that would gladden the heart of any man that 
feels the call of the soil surging in his veins. Just imagine the 
fun of transforming the little lake that is pictured below into a 
splendid feature of your country home—the naturalizing of col¬ 
onies of Japanese iris, moisture-loving lilies, and scores of the 
wild reeds, marsh grasses and such things around the water’s 
edge. Do not such creative activities as this form one of the most 
fascinating sides of life in the country? 
The house itself is a well built structure containing fifteen 
rooms and ample service quarters, elec¬ 
tric lights, heating equipment, and is 
within the Stamford telephone zone. 
There is a smaller cottage on the place 
that offers possibilities as a servants’ 
lodge, also a seven-stall barn. One of 
the illustrations above merely suggests 
the possibilities for remodeling the main 
structure. 
Write Mr. Frank B. Gurley, 56 Park 
Row, Stamford, Conn., for any further 
information regarding this splendid pos¬ 
sibility—the whole property is for sale 
on reasonable terms. 
Here is a good seven-stall barn that could be turned 
into a garage 
Just imagine the possibilities of developing this spring-fed lake—naturalizing lilies, iris and other moisture-loving plants around its edge 
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