22 
House & 
Garden 
The view along the 
south porch shows 
the stucco walls 
broken around the 
doors and windows 
with brick. The 
ceiling beams are 
rough-hewn timbers 
with stucco be¬ 
tween. Quarry tiles 
make the floor 
The house is of 
stucco and hollow 
tile with brick trim; 
the roof of vari¬ 
colored slate. The 
shutters are green. 
This is the view 
from the northeast, 
showing the kitchen 
wing in the fore¬ 
ground 
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Tebbs 
From the southeast 
one sees the garden. 
The original prop¬ 
erty was an open 
farm, innocent of 
tree or shrub, and 
all the planting was 
pul in after the 
house was finished 
and the terracing 
completed 
In the living room 
the walls are pan¬ 
eled in antiqued ap¬ 
ple wood, giving a 
grayish brown tone, 
with the knots and 
irregularities show¬ 
ing in pleasant re¬ 
lief. The mantel is 
massive and of 
carved limestone 
