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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 1910 
With all of the designers’ conscientious following of precedent they have allowed themselves the luxury of two good porches in addition to the 
small entrance porch that alone was found on the old houses. The color scheme, of course, is white with dark bronze green blinds 
from Oregon were used for the side walls, with foundation 
walls of concrete topped by an underpining of brick. Red cedar 
shingles cover the roof, left to weather. 
Lighting fixtures and the hardware have been chosen or 
designed with the same consistent care that is evident through¬ 
out the building. Small brass knobs were made to order for the 
interior doors. The lighting fixture in the front hall was found 
in a New York junk shop, polished, fitted with ground glass 
.and hung. 
And, best of all, the house is furnished in the same consistent 
Colonial style. The wall papers are Colonial in spirit rather 
than in the true letter of the style — they are not the old block- 
printed patterns that so frequently suggest affectation in these 
days, but small-figured patterns in soft colorings that defy ac¬ 
curate cataloguing. 
But I must tell you the most welcome compliment the Hoad- 
ley house has received. A dyed-in-the-wool Connecticut spinster, 
governess in a neighboring home, asked, “Are they building that 
house entirely of second-hand materials?” When told that the 
building was, in the main, new, she said, “But why don't they 
build an up-to-date hone while they're at it? — why, it's just like 
scores of old houses down East!" 
The exquisitely carved mantel in the living-room was saved from 
the wreck of an old Maryland homestead. As in the old work, 
only the fireplace end of the living-room is wainscoted 
The mantel in the owner’s bedroom was found in a house-wrecking 
company’s yard. On the clock is a picture of the old North Church 
of New Haven, designed by the owner’s great-grandfather 
