A House for an Actor 
THE STREET FRONT 
A HOUSE FOR AN ACTOR 
A HOUSE FOR AN ACTOR. 
Designed by Charles Barton Keen and Frank E. Mead , Associated Architects. 
N OT that the plan of this house contains 
any features peculiarly identified with 
the profession of its owner; it provides a 
home merely, but charming in its surround¬ 
ings and having amplest comforts within. 
It is now being built for Mr. Chauncey 
Olcott at Saratoga. The unusually interest¬ 
ing design calls forth a scrutiny which, were 
we permitted, we should like to follow dur¬ 
ing the whole course of construction and 
alter development, for this is a house whose 
effect, as the architects’ sketches show, will 
depend largely upon the maturity of its 
environment. Though it is within the 
limits of the town, in an outlook upon Hil¬ 
ton Park at the front, and an extended view 
of descending hillsides at the rear, is to be 
found a pleasant openness closely rivalling a 
rural site. 
Two wings of the house project upon the 
front, but they are of secondary importance 
in the life of the interior. It is on the 
side facing the rear of the property and 
overlooking the garden, that the living-room 
and family dining-room, are placed. The 
functions of the latter are extended by 
an “outside breakfast-room,’’ virtually a 
covered porch (see the plan page 544). 
1’he garden itself responds happily to the 
symmetry of the house, the principal walks 
Wand Ball 
Court 
THE LAY-OUT OF THE GROUNDS 
A HOUSE FOR AN ACTOR 
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