American country houses of to-day; an illustrated account of some excellent houses built and gardens planted during the last few years, showing unmistakable influence of the modern trend in ideals architectural (1915)
Howe, Samuel, 1854- · New York Architectural Book Pub. Co. P. Wenzel and M. Krakow · leaf 39
the left 15 16 AMERICAN COUNTRY HOUSES OF TO-DAY or southern side of the driveway facing the meadow land, overlooking thevalley with its broad, hollow woodland in the neighborhood of Wheatleyand Old Westbury. It is so located on the hillside as not only to invite a full enjoymentof the distance but… … THE ENTRANCE PORCH IS REACHED BY DESCENDING FROM THE ROADThe house makes an interesting sky-line in whieh the trees and liushes play an important part happy among the trees and shrubs rather than a thing standing alone sep-arate and distinct, dignified possibly but too isolated and detached. It is…
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