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with brick, and from which 
the entire garden can be 
viewed. The interior finish 
of the house is of as interest¬ 
ing and varied interest as is 
the exterior. 
Passing from the panelled 
vestibule, one enters the 
entrance hall, which is paved 
with Mercer tile laid in mosaic 
form, and panelled with a 
heavily molded dark oak 
wainscot, six feet high, with 
heavy dark oak overhead 
ceiling beams. Directly in 
front is the reception-room, 
seen through double doors 
glazed down to the floor. 
This room is in the “Adams” 
style, with walls panelled to 
the ceiling, and painted 
throughout with a creamy 
tint, with Wedgwood jasper 
plaques inserted in the panels 
of the walls and ceiling. The 
latter is framed into a series 
of hexagonal and diamond¬ 
shaped plaster panels, heavily molded, each panel 
being enriched with a Wedgwood plaque, having 
a sage green background. The whole room has 
a very distinctive note, and ; is true to style, with 
antique furniture in keeping with its setting. 
The library is panelled ito within three feet 
of the ceiling, and is filled with bookshelves. 
At the middle of the longer side is a deep ingle- 
nook with seats on either side of the fireplace—■ 
an ideal place for a long winter’s evening, with 
a favorite book before the fire. The ceiling of 
this room is of double thickness, of solid oak beams 
chamfered, with heavy carved corbels projecting 
from the walls to support the beams at each end. 
To the left of the entrance, is the Hall, with 
its large Jacobean fireplace—^Jacobean being the 
style of all of the interior of the house except the 
reception-room. This hall has a clerestory, with 
THE KITCHEN ENTRANCE 
high Indiana limestone mullioned windows, with 
leaded glass enriched by medallions of painted 
glass, containing Swiss copies of antique subjects. 
A gallery, with oak posts and rails, runs across 
the clerestory at the second floor level. 
Under the gallery is the entrance to the breakfast- 
room, with its ^^mahogany wainscoting, mantel, 
and domed and ribbed ceiling. From this hreak- 
fast-room hall there is also access through double 
sliding doors into the reception-room. 
At the opposite end of the hall an archway enters 
the stair hall, from which opens the dining-room, 
twenty-four feet square, with oak wainscoting 
to the ceiling, having antique paintings, repre¬ 
senting the four seasons let into the walls. The 
ceiling itself is of plaster, heavily coffered, with 
a central wrought iron light fixture decorated with 
wrought iron leafage. 
An Elevation of the Southeast End of the Garden. The Roman fountain having been substituted lor 
the axial feature at the right 
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