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“Rock Maple Harm” 
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AT HAMILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 
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The Residence of Secretary of the 
pa George von L. Meyer 
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BY MARY H. NORTHEND. 
URING the past two years many important 
alterations have been made at ‘‘Rock Maple 
Farm,’’ the summer home of Secretary of the 
Navy George von L. Meyer, located at Hamilton, 
notably in the exterior of the residence, which has been 
changed from its simple finish of gray stained wood 
to cement painted Venetian red. In its transformed 
state, the hov&e is most attractive and the deep red 
cl the new finish, combined with the pure white of the 
(rim, and the dark ereen of the blinds, harmonizes 
admirably with the surrounding lawns and flower-beds. 
THE MEYER GARDEN 
The house, which is partly old and partly new, being 
really an extension of an old dwelling that for many 
years stood on the site previous to Mr. Meyer’s purchase, 
combines in construction all the best features of a 
colonial home. It stands in the midst of an estate com- 
prising two hundred and seventy-five acres of land, ex- 
tending on both sides of the public road, and defined by 
a faced wall, and it directly overlooks the main traveled 
highway, from which it is screened by a thick growth of 
trees and shrubbery planted along the boundary fence. 
It is built on a spacious tiled terrace, supported by a 
brick wall and enclosed within a handsome balustrade, 
and it is flanked on the right by a beautiful formal 
garden. 
The entrance porch is located at one end, and the 
greatest length of the house is parallel with the road- 
In the center of its ornamental front is a great 
way. 
Lay window, two stories in height, and defining the 
slightly slanting roof is an artistic rail. The walls on 
either side of the bay window are characterized by 
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 
central pilasters supporting a curved pediment that rises 
above the main cornice, and between these, on the first 
floor, is a small pedimented porch supported by slender 
columns and topped by a window, most artistic in 
design and finish. All the other windows are rectangu- 
lar in shape, these on the first floor having molded 
frames surmounted with cornices. 
The broad terrace which directly fronts the house, 
overlooking a long stretch of the well planned grounds, 
as well as the great rock maple tree from which the 
estate derives its name, is ornamented with handsome 
bay trees set in tubs on either side of the small pedi- 
mented porches, and a pretty feature worked out here 
is the arrangement of narrow flower beds, close to the 
house, between it and the terrace floor. 
At the right, a flight of marble steps descends to 
the Italian garden, with its handsome wrought iron 
arehes overhung with vines and rambler roses. In the 
centre is a beautiful marble well-curb flanked by terra- 
cotta vases which stand upon tall marble pedestals, and 
defining the geometrically designed flower beds are 
small eypress trees, kept carefully trimmed. These 
trees are being made quite a feature of at this estate, 
and are extensively used for ornamental purposes. They 
ave transplanted direct from the woods in their wild 
Only thoroughly trained 
competent servants (male 
or female) supplied. Re- 
ferences personally and 
carefully investigated. 
MISS 
305 Fifth Ave., 
Registry Ofiice 
N. E. Gor. S3ist St. N. Y. 
Telephones 8822, 8823 Madison &q. 
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Special attention given 
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