A Summer Home on a Farm 
the house without disturbing the uses of the 
latter. 
When this much of the plan had been 
decided upon it became a question with the 
architect how the 
various parts of 
the building 
might be arranged 
in relation to one 
another so as to 
fulfill the practical 
requirements and 
at the same time 
obtain the best 
artistic effect. 
Upon the site 
where the build¬ 
ing was to be 
placed stood a 
grove of oak trees 
in its natural state, 
and that part of the 
grounds around 
the building and 
away from the river did not, in consequence, 
promise anything in particular in the way of 
attractiveness. It was seen, however, that if 
the bedrooms reserved for guests’ use and the 
main portion of the house were arranged 
around three sides of a square and the court 
thus formed converted into a garden, a feature 
would be secured for that part of the grounds 
away from the 
river that would 
have much in the 
way of attractive¬ 
ness to recom¬ 
mend it. Two of 
the main rooms of 
the house would 
then have, in ad¬ 
dition to the river 
view, windows 
looking out upon 
a garden ; all the 
guests’ rooms 
would face there 
and could be 
reached under 
cover of porches 
in rainy weather, 
and that portion 
of the grounds away from the river would be 
redeemed from a condition of commonplace¬ 
ness to an integral and distinctive part of the 
general scheme—and so it was thus arranged. 
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