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House & Garden 
A HOUSE SET IN THE WOODS 
Next in loveliness to a city set on a hill is a house 
set in the woods, a house that one comes to 
through a shadowy avenue of tall trees, a long, 
low house of formal lines contrasted with the in¬ 
formality of the forest about it. This is the 
peculiar charm of the home of Mrs. Flora C. Zinn, 
at Gordonsville, Va. The estate itself consists of 
about forty acres. All save the clearing for the 
house is left undeveloped. Here stands the house, 
with its garage and service quarters set in close 
proximity. These various elements are united 
into an architectural composition by brick walls, 
terraces and treillage. Although the house is 
newly finished, its planting—as will be seen by 
other views on pages 22 and 23—gives it an ap¬ 
pearance of age. Griffin & Wyncoop, architects 
