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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar91912newy (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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Plan of the ground floor and of the terrace containing the ob- long pond, or rather, the formal-pool, and the door w ay pat- terned after the San- ta Barbara Mission. The porch which is just a few inches from the ground, is made of red brick, and a white seat with the severe lines of a bench is on either side of the heavy front door. The presence of the close- ly-trimmed box trees, adds to the decora- tive effect here and in various parts of the ground. The hallway which one enters from this door, runs at right angles to it, and in fol- lowing it directly to the right, one comes to a bedroom facing the north porch, and farther on a larger space to the right of the north porch, and which makes one frontward upon the entrance-court. The drawing-room the uneven loom of the rock-garden, the dip of the path, and the pantry are placed across the hall and all these face the semi-serpentine bend in the pond and in the walk, the extensive terrace piazza. To complete this side of the just the shift to variety that was needed to show that house are, the screen-porch and the kitchen. To the front the garden's lap which receives and holds the variegated once more, we find another bedroom where one of the shower of horticulture, must have the essentials of form as windows gives upon the left side of the entrance-court, well as of color. Two bathrooms, linen and other closets, complete the list Shaded by graceful olive trees the entrance-way t6 the of the walled-space features of this floor. The arrangement house is most attractive with its little conventional court of the interior rooms not only guarantees comfort, but
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View of the hillside house from this upper story entrance

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