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 55
through a dri\eway into a fore-coiut, and so imder ahooded doorway into the hall, .so that the privacy of the family is in no waydisturbed. The floor above is somewhat unusual, with its fireplaces in everyroom, its 2jri\ate baths, its liberal clo.sets, its accommodation for maids, 32 AMERICAN… … THE HOODED DOOR AND WINDOWS ARE WELL PROPOKTIONED View of entrance from fore-court. Mediaeval frontages presented much this severe form whenfirst they were built, and weather stains spread over the surface, toning it acceptably of the sun. A stone walling runs across the end of the garden…
Architecture, Domestic · Landscape gardening
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