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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar51908newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The Terrace Is Floored with Brick, Marble and Cement The Library Is the porches with which the house is completed. It is inclosed within a stone balustrade, and is supported by a stone wall, with a superb flight of steps in the center that rise directly from the surface of the surrounding lawn. The flooring con- sists of Harvard brick laid on their sides; in the center are great panels of concrete laid in marble borders, the effect being that of mosaic on a large scale. The hillside drops quickly a short distance below the terrace, giving the front a singularly free and detached appearance, to which its whole design is admirably in keeping. The remaining features may be briefly noted. They con- sist chiefly of a fine feeling for wall space and a skilful disposi- tion of the windows. These are throughout of identical design, and consist of large rectangular openings, surmounted Each end of the house is occupied by a porch. That to the left, as the mansion is entered, is inclosed with glass and is used as an outdoor dining-room when the season permits. That on the right is a great open structure immediately over- looking the garden, to which it not only serves as an intro- duction, but of which it is an integral portion. It is built completely of limestone, the same material being employed also for the house wall immediately beneath it. It is nearly square, being three bays long on the sides, and three bays across the front. It is supported by columns with pilasters on the ends. The ceiling is of plaster, elaborately paneled and decorated, and the floor is paved with brick. The garden, to which this porch so completely belongs, is an immense space inclosed with a brick wall of the same gen-

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