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House & Garden 
<Gillies 
THE APPROACH TO 
It is inevitable that a house set upon a bed 
of solid granite should be built of that mater¬ 
ial, but one rarely finds it accomplished with 
as much charm aw in the home of James P. 
Cahill, Greenwich, Ct. which has been made on 
an island connected by a causeway with the 
AN ISLAND HOME 
Connecticut mainland. The stone steps lead 
from the driveway, between a massed planting 
of rhododendron, laurel, yew, and pine, to the 
wide, flagged terrace before the entrance door¬ 
way. The original oaks have been preserved with 
praiseworthy care. Frank P. Whiting, architect 
