CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND GIVEN IN 1 89 1 BY HENRY WILLIAMS SAGE Cornell University Library NA 7610.B16 American country homes and their gardens 3 1924 015 196 342 ^(Sfei Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924015196342 American Country Homes and Their Gardens x.^* ^"^^m^:*- *■ ^^•«i£ %i^^ .% •'"■Z >^ »ft ft> «> m ''in s ^- ,-»* «^ ^ |B^^^.! 3i^H ^ «-.:.lv.^J¥fe': •■ ^7 ^)\^^^i*.c^-^:^' 1 ''tW^mm^ / iiS^^i^S JS |i ■< ^ ^Hi ^' ^ i5 liid|V'''^S5l * ^^^^ ^v ••, f^^S^H ^^ss ^BBBj^S.^ ««^^-'',W.j^HH ^ ^Sfc^'^^^^fc .-••«"«*^SS*'' ^njf^^jr ^^*yp^- ' ■^^3 * 'J': ■' i^"^'?'' .3»-;W„. **': - r ■■■ ._.^ Q ^%MH V .. 3 ' _ 7~" |:-, # ^ ^2Ij^hS|^H~^ *^%^" ,^-^*^' '*^?«*i^^*?i5#" "BLAIR EYRIE" LOOKING UP TOWARD THE HOUSE FROM THE GARDEN From a Water Color by Horace C. Dunham American Country Homes and Their Gardens Edited by John Cordis Baker Introduction by Donn Barber Philadelphia ' Published by House y> Caraeii The John C. Winston Company Ar -2.131001 COPYRIGHT igo6 ' BY THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. Contents A California Home in Santa Clara County . A Colonial House at Devon, Pennsylvania Percy Wilson, Esq., Owner A Colonial House at Radnor, Pennsylvania Ledyard Heckscher, Esq., Owner. . A Design FOR AN Artist's House . A House at Bernardsville, New Jersey Thomas Hunt, Esq., Owner. . A House at Brookline, Massachusetts A House at Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Arthur P. Baugh, Esq., Owner. A Hunting Lodge at Aiken, South Carolina . A Residence at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Mrs. J. N. Beistle, Owner "AsHFORD," Belle Haven, Connecticut "Beaulieu," Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California The Residence of C. A. Baldwin, Esq. "Bellefontaine," at Lenox, Massachusetts Giraud Foster, Esq., Owner "BiLTMORE," ASHEVILLE, NoRTH CAROLINA The Residence of George W. Vanderbilt, Esq. Brook Farm, Tuxedo Park, New York Estate of Richard Delafield, Esq. . . PAGE .181-184 4 .145-146 .147-148 131-133 . 170-172 . 127-130 ..69-71 .18-20 . . .60-61 . 1 19-122 .215-221 ,160-169 . 123-126 .226-227 PAGE CoNYERs Manor, Greenwich, Connecticut Estate of E. C. Converse, Esq.. . 222-225 Examples of Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware. -51-59 "Faulkner Farm," Brookline, Massachusetts Hon. Charles F. Sprague, Owner 108-118 "Green Hill," The Old Goddard Mansion at Brookline, Massachusetts Miss Julia Goddard, Owner .... . . ■ 154-^55 "Hampton," an Old Colonial Mansion at Towson, Maryland. . 38-41 House and Garden near Windsor, Vermont Charles A. Piatt, Esq., Owner. 134-138 "Kate's Hall," Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia The Residence of Joseph S. Clark, Esq. . . 139-144 "Maxwell Court," Rockville, Connecticut The Residence of Francis T. Maxwell, Esq.. .91-98 "Miravista" at Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California. .210-211 "Mohican Cottage," Bolton-Landing-on-Lake-George, New York WilHam K. Bixby, Esq., Owner 32-37 Old Gardens AT Camden, South Carolina . . . . .... ... .191-196 "Renemede," a House and Garden at Bernardsville, New Jersey H. J. Hardenbergh, Esq., Owner . . .99-101 Residence at Jersey City, New Jersey H. C. Bennett, Esq., Owner . .r: . .212-214 Residence at Westbury, Long Island Herman B. Duryea, Esq., Owner. 21-25 Residence and Gardens at Newport, Rhode Island Mrs. Richard Gambrill, Owner. . . 102-107 Residence at St. James, Long Island I ,; " Stanford White, Esq., Owner.. . .204-209 "Ringwood Manor" and. its Gardens, Passaic County^ New Jersey The Residence, of Abram S. Hewitt, Esq.. . .185-190 "Sevenoaks," an Architect's Garden at Germantown, Philadelphia Frank Miles Day, Esq., Owner 173-178 "Sherrewogue," St. James, Long Island Devereux Emmet, Esq., Owner 42-50 The Gardens of "Avonwood Court," Haverford, Pennsylvania Estate of Charles E. Mather, Esq 26-31 The Garden at "Blair Eyrie," Bar Harbor, Maine Estate of De Witt Clinton Blair, Esq 13-17 The Garden at "Fairacres," Jenkintown, Pennsylvania John W. Pepper, Esq., Owner The Garden and Grounds of Mt. Vernon, Virginia. . The Garden of "Weld," Brookline, Massachusetts Estate of Captain Larz Anderson . "The Garth," Strafford, Pennsylvania Ernest Zantzinger, Esq., Owner. The Old Red Rose Inn of "Stoke Pogis," Villa Nova, Pennsylvania Frederick Phillips, Esq., Owner. . ... "The Orchard," Southampton, Long Island James L. Breese, Esq., Owner. . . "Twin Oaks," Washington, District of Columbia The Residence of Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard "Wyck," AN Old House AND Garden AT Germantown, Philadelphia PAGE . 80-86 .62-68 156-159 149-153 .87-90 197-203 179-180 72-79 Architects Whose Work is Illustrated PAGE Andrews, Jaques iff Rantoul . 13 Ash, Percy.. , ... 26 Barber, Donn . 222,226 Boyd, David K. . 69 Carrere bf Hastings 18, 2i, 102, 160 Day, Frank Miles .. 173 Duhring, Okie iff Ziegler 14^ -Eyre, Wilson 32, 80, 1 19, 131, 149, 212 Hardenhergh, H. J 99 Howell, Jehu ...,..,,.. 38 Hunt, Richard M. .. ..... 123 Jackson, W. E . , . . 60 Lord, Hewlett iff Hull 170 McKim, Mead bf White... 42,197,204 Olmsted Brothers... 123 Piatt, Charles A.. . .91, 108, 134, 156 Polk, Willis... . 181,215 Schweinfurth, J- A 127 Zantzinger, C. C . . . . 139 Introduction THE American Country House, intended for occupancy during only a portion of the year, dates as an institution, especially in the Northern States, from about the close of the Civil War. Prior to that time the summer life of the vast majority of our people was little different from their v^^inter life. Those who went into the country for the warmer months, went either as guests to the summer hotel, or as boarders to some farmhouse. The close of the war found many with ample bank accounts and the money which had come easily was easily spent; much of it going into country houses. At this time the so-called "Italian Villa" broke as a wave over this part of the country, with its octagonal rooms, its gingerbread ornaments, its mansard roof. This was followed by the "Queen Anne" style which smothered us under its meaningless complications and intricate excrescences, the tower swearing at the gable, the gable at the oriel, the oriel at the balcony, with no place for the eye to rest, nervous, restless, irrational. Despite Ruskin's dictum, its ornaments were constructed and its construction, instead of being ornamented, was hidden away as something to be ashamed of. Into this nightmare riot a master hand only some twenty years ago, placed a quiet, restful, "all shingle" house which at once brought relief to the trained mind but caused a shock to the layman. Where were the beloved towers and gables, the balconies and finials, the jimcracks galore ? Where was his money's worth ? But the trained mind carried the day and from that time, in the early eighties, an imaginative yet careful and scholarly development has been carried on by men of recognized training who found that the problem of the Country House was worthy of their attention and study. In this movement the return of the many Americans who have studied in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and have brought back with them a knowledge and appreciation of logical expression in design has played no small' part. To them and their influence is largely due the rational plan to meet individual needs, the logical design to fit the particular site, the common sense use of materials, and the evolution of certain new con- structive methods, which, taken together, form a distinctly American solution of the problem of the Country House. The result is that our country houses have a distinction of their own which, arouses the respectful admiration of all who are competent to judge of their merits. They faithfully express our modern Ameri- can civilization and show a certain sensible comfort found in no other land. Our piazza life has much to do with this, for piazzas are essentially an Americanism. The plan treatment is noteworthy as expressing the peculiar requirements of our American life with its demands for comfort, convenience and a Home. Strictly speaking, we have not yet developed a distinctively American style of Architecture, and it is an interesting question among critics whether we shall ever do so. A National style presupposes a national community of thoughts, aims, ideals, which with our heterogeneous make-up, seems impossible. And it is fully as interesting a question whether a distinct National style borrowing nothing from other lands is greatly to be desired. A reminiscence of the style of other days, a somewhat foreign accent, is hardly to be deplored in modern Architecture; it rather lends a charm and a mystery to it. Precedent and tradition must of necessity influence good design. Just as every phase of modern life and civilization is dependent upon and traceable to tradition, so we must, logically, build our future on what we have learned in our past. We cannot deny tradition any more than we can deny history. Examples of the past are before us like an open book, they are part of our present life, and nothing less than a cataclysm can break the sequence of evolution in modern Architecture. This, however, does not mean that we shall servilely copy; that we shall pluck up a building of the English, French or Italian style and plant it bodily in an environment to which it is totally unsuited. Nothing could be more illogical, and yet we have seen it done again and again in the more pretentious of our country houses which approach the proportions of the "Mansion." These are open to the criticism so often expressed of our American Architecture as a whole, that it is an adopted, borrowed, or rearranged European Archi- tecture. This criticism, while perhaps a just one, should not be taken too seriously, for in Architecture as in everything else, it is the results that count and it matters little how the end is reached provided the means be honest. Many of our most successful and best known country houses of the more pretentioiis type are borrowed inspirations, but their adaptation to our needs and uses shows more cleverness and skill than anything we find in our buildings of a monumental or public character. To one educated in art matters, the main charm of European Architecture is in its direct and truthful adherence to local tradition. Insensibly the people live with their past. Steady advance is made as time goes on but still they build in the ways of their fathers, better and more beautifully, but always along the lines of tradition. The influence of local materials upon construction is everywhere clear. The result is a quality and seriousness of design which, from the American point of view, may seem somewhat monotonous, but which is, nevertheless, orderly, distinct and quiet. With us this charm is still lacking: we have but little local color. So rapidly have we grown, so breathless has been our haste to advance, that local tradition has obtained no master hold on us. We have everywhere close at hand materials which should be used both for sentimental and practical reasons, and which would produce local types and at the same time lend a local significance to our Architecture. It is not many years since the use of these local rhaterials was a necessity: the cost of bringing materials from a distance was prohibitive. Each section of our country then had its own distinct type of construction. But now, with our network of railways, it is often more expensive to use local materials than those brought from a distance. A house in Maine can, to-day, be more easily and cheaply built of wood from Oregon than of brick manufactured at its doors, and its rooms can be finished in Gulf Cypress at less expense than in a wood which is native to a Northern State. It is often cheaper to bring limestone from Indiana than to quarry and cut a local stone. Our cheap and comfortable means of traveling induce our people to visit all parts of our own country as well as the Old World, and that which they see abroad they bring back in memory as their inspiration for similar creations at home. All this, with the free use of machinery and the high price of labor, has militated against the use of local and natural resources and has robbed us of our local color. You will find in Connecticut the brother of the house in Illinois and first cousin to the one in Florida. There is no doubt of our strong individuality and seriousness as a nation, nor of our stupendous advances in science, manufactures and wealth, but in art we still lag behind. The very characteristics which have pushed us to the fore in the more exact branches have held us back in art. We have had no time to give it thought; it has been not a necessity, but a luxury. Now, however, under the influence of greater wealth and leisure and a broader education there is everywhere evidence of a desire to beautify our homes, our towns and our cities. This growing desire for the beautiful is the surest sign of our progress in civilization. One of the most marked manifestations of this desire is to be found in the Garden. In country work Nature should be of the first consideration. The site should control the house, for it is obviously impossible for the house to control the site beyond certain narrow limits. You may torture Nature and pull it into shape to match and frame your Architecture, but your sins will find you out; the • result will be failure. Architecture should meet Nature at least half way, the two must go hand in hand and be fused into one harmonious picture. The flux is the Garden. It must be the connecting link between the house and the surrounding landscape and must be studied with relation to both, so as to form a gradual transition from the fixed and formal lines of the one to the free and irregular lines of the other. It must, as well, be suited to the requirements of the occupants of the house; it should be as livable as the house itself and form an open air extension of its rooms and piazzas, growing less and less formal as it leaves the house until it is merged insensibly into the surrounding landscape. The present tendency is toward simplification, and in it is much of encouragement. We have laid by the "Queen Anne" style of garden and are beginning to realize that the old time gardens of our grandfathers were pretty fine things, after all, and that their charm lay largely in their direct simplicity and lack of pretension. We are beginning to appreciate the fact that a whitewashed fence around a modest garden is, after all, a more suitable frame than a monumental balustrade made of terra-cotta in imitation of marble. We are learning that a marble seat and a sun-dial do not of themselves make an Italian Garden and that a cold clean-cut marble pergola is not absolutely necessary to the success of a cottage garden. Our American landscape is so diverse in its qualities, ranging from the most rugged rock-bound coast and towering mountain ranges through rolling hills to the most pastoral scenes, that the landscape gardener finds variety without limit to inspire him, and unstinted natural material ready at hand. And yet the garden seems to divide itself into two classes, the Formal and the Natural; the one extending the house well into the confines of nature, the other bringing nature well up to the doorstep; the former being appropriate as an adjunct to the more pretentious Country house, which seems unwilling that Nature should in any way assert her personality within the Hmits of its own domain, the latter suiting the rambling Cottage, ready to nestle in the heart of Nature and become part of her great whole. Among the following illustrations we shall find examples of many kinds of Gardens: of the garden so free in its treatment that it seems but a part of the surrounding landscape; of the garden of our grandmothers, with its sweet straightforward simpUcity; of the garden inspired by those of Japan, where art is so subtle that formality becomes a part of nature; of the ultra formal garden which is but a mansion in the open. The House, too, is shown in great variety: some which bear the clear impress of foreign inspiration; some of as evident home birth; the house of the last Century and of the Century before and the house of to-day; the house which is a Mansion and the house which is a Home. But in all, both in the House and in the Garden, we shall find evidence that we have learned much of restraint. There is still much to learn, but the trend seems to be in the right direction and the development of something approaching perfection is only a matter of time and opportunity. The Garden at "Blair Eyrie" The Estate of DeWitt Clinton Blair, Esq. Bar Harbor, Me. Andrews, Jaques &' Rantoul, Architects THE FOUNTAIN The Garden at "Blair Eyrie' THE GARDEN FROM THE FORECOURT The Garden at "Blair Eyrie" IS VIEW TOW'ARIJ THE TEA-IIOliSE J'J.AX UF TUE ESTA'J'E i6 The Garden at "Blair Eyrie" > s o M W O w W H O « is; w c < O w The Garden at ''Blair Eyrie" 17 VIEW FROM THE TKA-HOUSR A Hunting Lodge At Aiken, South Carolina Reconstructed and Enlarged for Wm. C. Whitney, Esq. Carrere &' Hastings, Architects. THE FORECOURT AND THE CARRIAGE ENTRANCE i8 A Hunting Lodi^e at Aiken, South Carolina 19 A VIEW FROM THE rORCII OF THE OLD HOUSE ONE OF THE NEW WINGS 20 A Hunting Lodge at Aiken, South Carolina A VIEW FROM TllF. CENTRE OF T 1 1 !•: OARDEN. Sliciwiii"- tile Colonnade connceting the old IinildinL;- with the new. THE 1\[AIN AXES OF TEIE GARDEN Residence of Herman B. Duryea, Esq., At Westbury, Long Island Carrere &' Hastings Architects \ _n N n_ [ I ' ^| ' " ' i | ' ' It ' Ji-zIL"_Lbit: 7v."A'/ ^5^ 111 1. 1 ii iJii I ni THE THIRD FLOOR PLAN .4 THE SECOND FLOOR PLAN THE BASEMENT PLAN THE FIRST FLOOR. PLAN 21 22 Residence of Herman B. Durvea, Esq., at Westbury, L. I. Residence of Herman B. Duryea, Esq., at Westbiiry, L. I. 23 Q O O W l- o Pi 24 Residence of Herman B. Duryea, Esq., at Westbury, L. I. Q c 'A 2; a p Residence of Herman B. Duryea, Esq., at Westbury, L. 1. 25 o o 6 W o <: H w w Q O The Gardens of "Avonwood Court" ' At Haverford, Pa., Estate of Charles E. Mather, Esq. Percy Ash, Architect 2 JL-'^SSk; THE GARDEN GATE 26 The Gardens of "Avonvvood Court" 2/ THE STAIRWAY' FROM THE LA\\N 28 The Gardens of "Avonwood Court' THE GATEWAY TO THE LAWN The Gardens of "Avoiivvood Court" 20 THE STAIRWAY THE GARDEN FROM A BEDROOM WIXDOW p The Gardens of "Avonvvood Court' TIIK KAST WALL The Gardens of "Avonvvood Court" 31 THE SUN-DIAL "Mohican Cotta2:e'' Bolton-Landine-on-Lake-George William K. Buxby, Esq., Owner DESIGNED BT fFilson Eyre, Architect. '■- -■ *: A PEKST'ECTIVE SKETCH OF MOHICAN COTTAGE^ DRAWN BY THE ARCHITECT .S2 Mohican Cottage," Bolton Landing, Lake George 33 THE PORCH IN THE SOUTHEAST ANGLE 10) PI ^' ^/./',y.. noon, PI.AN OF THE FIRST FLOOR LQ P_ _^_0 O; PLAN OF TFII'". SECOND FL(JOK 3+ "Mohican Cottage," Bolton Landing, Lake George AX EXTR.Wl'E TO T 1 1 K REA1< 1 1 ALL TIIF, SOrril IMIRTICil \\|) MAI lAi.v i;xruA\ci-: "Mohican Cottage," Bolton Landing, Lake George 35 THE XOUTI£ IMJK'I'ICO WITH DINING-ROOM BAY WINDOW THE HOUSE FROM THE LAKE 36 "Mohican Cottage," Bolton Landing, Lake George f ft. » ^ tU^^i^ 1 mm t I THE MAIN ENTRANCE THE EAST PflRTICO WJTIT LIVING-ROOM BAY WINDOW 'Mohican Cottage," Bolton Landing, Lake George 37 THE BAY WINDOW IN THE LIVING-ROOM THE DINING-ROOM BAY WINDOW ''Hampton'' An Old Colonial Mansion At Tow son, Maryland DESIGNED BY J eh II Hoivel/, 1783 THli MAIN FRONT 38 V-f " Hampton"— An Old Colonial Mansion at Towson, Md. 39 THE WEST WING 40 "Hampton"— An Old Colonial Mansion at Towson, Md. w o w H w O c o m w H 'Hampton"— An Old Colonial Mansion at Towson, Md. 41 THE HOUSE FROM THE SOUTH LAWN S£<] '3 ir^^^ I Hi ' ''°",' "^i*" White Lantana.Zmriia ,ftoie5 ffll Varie^dtpd Abutilon THE BOX GAROr.N AT HAMPTON The parterres contained the following geraniums in July, 1902: 1. Pauline Lucca. 11. 2. A. S. Nutt, dark crimson. 12. 3. Gen. Lee, double salmon. 13. 4. Mrs. Massey, single pink. 14. 5. Dr. Jacoby, single pink. 15. 6. Single white. 16. 7. Marshal McMahon. 17. 8. Centaur. 18. 9. Gen. Lee. 19. 10. Gen. Hancock, double scarlet. . 20. Centaur. Marshal McMahon. Centaur. Gen. Hancock. Marshal McMahon. Single white. Pauline Lucca. A. S. Nutt. Gen. Lee. Queen of the West, THE PLAN OF THE BOX GARDEN. "Sherrewogue'' St. James, Long Island Residence of Devereux Emmet, Esq. McKim, Mead ^ White, Architects, Nciv l^ork "HF, WAT.K TO THE GARI)I';N 4^ 'Sherrewogue," St. James, Long Island 43 Q Z < o CO w O o H -CO 44 "Sherrewogue," St. James, Long Island THE KNTRANCH TO THE GROUNDS THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE Sherrewogue," St. James, Long Island 45 THE PLAN 1)1' Sll liRI^I'IWOGlIE THE DRIVE 46 'Sherrewogue," St. James, Long Island o o 2^ 25 "Sherrevvogue,'' St. James, Longr Island o o « a en w 48 'SherrewoiTue," St. James, Long Island Till-: XKW END OF THE HOUSE A I'Axrr IN THE garden "Sherre\voi>;ue," St. James, L.oni^ Island 49 A irF.nm% or vox Z_ A-iiU. ~ ^ THF- XKW LIVIXr.-ROOM "Sherrewogue," St. James, Long Island I *?•**-'," w ^tS,r,^', .aci'"-- TiiF, riirMNi-\-i'ii':rr. tn 'i-iii'. i.iviNc-ROoAr Examples of Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware DOORWAY ITF ISAAC BARNKS HOUSE ISAAC IIAKXKS JIOL'SK AT KlXfi's CREEK A lA'PTCAT. nW'EEl I XC ( 1 1-' Till-; I'.AST l-J; X Slim- 52 Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware Vte/v- , J liALPT FARM. W'l^.STON'ER, MAKVT.AND THE IIAVWARP IKJUSi;, L'OCO M OK !■: CITV, MARYLAND Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware 53 IN Tin-: GAKUKNS f.lF "HEI.MdNT J [ALL," SMYRNA, DELAWARE .^ 5+ Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware (.otrrighl. rHI2. by ll,„r, Troll, "rATCLIFFIC MAi\OK,'' NliAR EASTON, MARYLAND THE I'OIN'J', rAMliRniGI-:, MAKVLANI) Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware 55 A RUSTIC BENCTr, '■'llFJ.MdXT ir.M.T. 56 Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware THE rARTKRRE, r.ET.MONT HALL' A RESTTNT; T'LACl', "■uELMONT IIALL" Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware 57 58 Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware L„... •f ',t~m. A UtJSTIC ARCH, KELAIONT HALL -'^^■mt^ AN AVICNUK, "hicLM(.)N-|' HALl" Colonial Homes and Gardens of Maryland and Delaware 59 EMTKANCE TO TJIE LO\VER GARDEN, BELMUNT HALL Belmonr!; 1 1 Hall 5mi|rna Del. i ^ ^./ 1 1 !!3i: I \\ i i 1! 9 1 SKETCH-ELAN, "BELMONT HALL A Residence at Swarthmore, Pa. IV. E. Jackson, Architect. I'HE HOUSE FROM THE ROAD. 60 A Residence at Swarthmorc, Pa. 6i Seal'- of F. ■'^ ' rSTtcti-lhniorc ,yo ' ' ; --■ Oj'i^ned hy VV E Jack s orv , A rcht THE PLAN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE The Gardens and Grounds of Mount Vernon, Virginia. IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN THE GATE BEYOND OPENS TO THE LAWN 62 The Gardens and Grounds of Mount Vernon, Virginia 63 o o o 1 < m U W X H W Q '75 w n a 64 The Gardens and Grounds of Mount Vernon, Virginia ' 'W.T THE WEST FRONT AND PASSAGE Til THE KITCHEN THE LAWN FROM THE WEST DOOR The Gardens and Grounds of Mount Vernon, Virmnia 'A O "A « W H 'A C "A O irj 2: w K H 66 The Gardens and Grounds of Mount Vernon, Virginia w Q < o o M W S The Gardens and Grounds of Mount Vernon, Vircrinia. 67 . *.^<'V-\i>: THE SOUTH ENM) OF THE HOLiSF. THE WALK AROUND THE WEST EAWN. 68 The Gardens and Grounds of Mount Vernon, Virginia f I SV f / \l 'TD >1 ^•f-. •*?<. THE PROPKKTN' AT AIOI'XT N'KRXON WASrilNGTON'S PLAN OF MOUNT VERNON •^ I 1 !J Hi I II LI ill 1$1 11 111 n yil ^^^JJ^^I^^^X the: west eront of the house A House at Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Arthur P. Baugh, Esq., Owner David K. 'Boyd, Architect THE REAR OF THE HOUSE ^fcoiMl Hoar plaii THE PLANS 69 70 A House at Wynnewood, Pennsj^lvania ^ i I Sicd. THE HAI.L CllIMNE^'-PIECE TITE MAIN STAIRWAY TTIE LIVING-ROOM A House at Wj^nnewood, Pennsylvania 71 THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE THE DRIVE ENTRANCE ''Wyck" An Old House and Garden at Germantown, Philadelphia THE WALK BEl'OKE THE HOUSE 72 'Wyck," An old House and Garden at Germantovvn I o c w 74 "Wyck," An Old House and Garden at Germantown THE GARDEN FROM THE SECOND STORY THE REAR OF THE HOUSE "Wyck," An Old House and Garden at Germantown THE MAIN DOORWAY 76 "Wyck," An Old House and Garden at Germantown A BKDROOM •J^-1 Tlir rARI.OR 'Wyck," An Old House and Garden at Ger mantown. n A SHELTERING ARBOR 78 "Wyck," An Old House and Garden at Germantown I J^ ^ «Cillib-^^^^;il^£»^^rj''"'.!°<'«i«H. A FI.AN OF THE Hf)USK AND GROUNDS OF "WVCK." ;- fi ■* "^U S' r-. o ozJ. J I'LAN (JF THF Al/IF RATIONS lO FHF. HOLISi:. Executed by William Strickland, Architect, and toLind aninni:; the papers at "Wyck" 'Wyck," An Old House and Garden at Germantovvn 79 THE GARDEN EROM TEIE LIVING HALL. The Garden at 'Tairacres Jenkintown, Penna. John W. Pepper, Esq., Owner irUson Eyre, ^-Irchitect .?j'.> A CdKNMCK OF T}!!-: CAKDKN So The Garden at "Fairacres," Jenkiiitown, l^ennsyhania 8i o w o w 1-1 w o w Q 6 w 82 The Garden at "Fairacres," Jenkintown, Pennsylvania THE CENTRAL WALK OE THE GARDEN TJIE DESCENT ERUiM THE LAWN The Garden at "Fairacres," Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 83 Iz; w o a < o w W O o Pi M H / ^-■■^'*y'i!'inti^ 84 The Garden at "Fairacres," Jenkintown, Pennsylvania AN ELEVATION OF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE GARDEN The Garden at "Fairacres," Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 85 1^ PLAN OF THE GARDEN A PARTERRE WALLED W El H i'RIVi;T 86 The Garden at "Fairacres," Jenkintown, Pennsylvania c < o w X c O W S! < The Old Red Rose Inn of "Stoke Pogis" At Villa Nova, Penna. 'By "P. W . Humphreys THE VERANDA ALONG THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE — ENCLOSED IN WINTER 87 ^:R The Old Red Rose Inn of "Stoke Pogis," at Villa Nova, Pa. The Old Red Rose Inn of "Stoke Pogis," at Villa Nova, Pa. 89 THE \ISITUKS ICXTKAXCE Till-: EN'IRANCJ-; I'O Till:: TERRACE AN EARLY VIEW OF THE RUSTIC PERGOLA LEADING TO THE STUDIO 90 The Old Red Rose Inn of "Stoke Pogis," at Villa Nova, Pa. THE PLAN OF THE RED ROSE A I'ORTION OF THIC PERC,OI,A ENCI.OSIXG TlIF, QT' ADRANGLE "Maxwell Court" A Residence and Gardens in the Italian Style At Rockville, Connecticut Designed by Charles A. Piatt THE SOUTHERN FACADE OF '1 H E HOUSE 91 "Maxwell Court," Example in Italian Style at Rockville, Conn. TJIE I'INTkANCE TO I 1 1 K ItUUSE FROM THE U I'PER TERRACE 'Maxwell Court," Example in Italian Style at Rockville, Conn. 93 94 "Maxwell Court," Example in Italian Style at Rockville, Conn. THE HOUSE FROM BELOW THE TERRACE THE RELATION OF HOtSE, FORECOURT AND GARDEN "Maxwell Court," Example in Italian Style at Rockville, Conn. 95 96 "Maxwell Court," Example in Italian Style at Rockville, Conn. Maxwell Court," Example in Italian Style at Rockville, C onn. 97 THE PERCm.A EXCLUSlXc; AX KXD OF Tllli GARDEN THE DRAWING-ROOM AT " MAX WELL COURT" 98 "Maxwell Court," Example in Italian Style at Rockville, Conn. TJIK X'1-:R(,(iI.A of Till-: COAIII AIAN S LODGE rilK DIM \(i-RO(]\I AT 'maxwell COURT " "Renemede 55 A House and Garden at Bernardsville, N. J. Designed by the Owner H. J. Hardenbergh, Esq. THE HOUSE AND THE GARDEN 99 100 "Renemede," A House and Garden at BernardsvilTe, New Jersey THE PLAN OF RENEMEDE ' THE HOUSE FROM THE WEST • 'Renemede," A House and Garden at Bernardsville, New Jersey lOI THE ENTRANCE HALL THE DRAWING-ROOM Residence and Gardens of Mrs. Richard Gambrill Newport, Rhode Island Carrere &' Hastings, Architects -q fL,^r j^ ri m ^ THE HOUSE FROM THE SUNKEN GARDEN 102 Residence and Gardens of Mrs. Richard Gambrill, Newport, R. I. lO^ 104 Residence and Gardens of Mrs. Richard Gambrill, Newport, R. I. A GARDEN HOUSE AND VAULTED TRELLIS THE INTERIOR OF A LOGGIA AT MRS. GAMBRILL's HOUSE Residence and Gardens of Mrs. Richard Gambrill, Newport, R. I. 105 r»»'" 'A '^fc, I ^ ^- THE MAIN HALL /" fc,.. THE STAIRWAY io6 Residence and Gardens of Mrs. Richard Gambrill, Newport, „R. I. THE SALON THE SOUTH LOGGIA FROM THE FLOWER GARDEN Residence and Gardens of Mrs. Richard Gambrill, Newport, R. I. 107 THE ENTRANCE TO THE STABLES FROM THE FORECOURT THE LIBRARY Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Mass. Hon. Charles F. Sprague, Owner T)esigned by Charles A. Tlatt TiiJi GAKUEN Jr-ROM THE CASINO io8 Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Massachusetts 109 w w H no Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Massachusetts OUTSIDE THE \\\\LLS, l-AT'EKNER FARM THE LOWER TERRACE THE PLAN Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Massachusetts in THE DESCENT TO THE FLOWER GARDEN A GARDEN WALK GARDEN STEINS, FAULKNER FARM 112 Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Massachusetts THE BASIN THE GARDEN PERGOLA Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Massachusetts "3 ^- • \: o C/3 A,.^ !r ?— 7- «'^ .V 't"- -V *^^ ^ :#* ^ '' ''' l^f .■^ ^^ r 'hA^- I : Iff ^^!«55r ^ . ^ 1^7^ I in I ■ JLjtm « 11.1 aa. - lij ■■atjWi— \'/*' ^^ THE PLAN "Biltmore" Residence of George W. Vanderbilt, Esq, Asheville, North Carolina Richard M. Hunt, Architect ' ^ Olmsted "Brothers, l^audscape Architects TTTF, GREAT OUADRAXCT.E 1^3 124 "Biltmore," Residence of George W. Vanderbilt, Esq.,- Asheville, N. C. o o 'Biltmore," Residence of George W. Vanderbilt, Esq.,"Asheville, N. C. i 25 THE PARTERRE - ? FROM THE- DRIVE 126 "Biltmore," Residence of George W. Vanderbilt, Esq., Asheville, N. C. THE WALLED GARDEN FROM THE TOP -OF THE RAMP A House at Brookline, Mass. /. A. Schweinfurth, Architect FU(J.M THE llll.LTOr THE DINING-ROOM 127 128 A House at Brookline, Massachusetts D O X w X A House at Brookline, Massachusetts 129 •SECOND-FLOOR-PLAN- •H0V5E-AT-BR00KLINE THE HALL I30 A House at Brookline, Massachusetts A Design for an Artist's House Wilson Eyre, Architect •.•■WlK,._aj^ ^4^^'*^'!^' FROM THE GARDEN BIRD S-EYE VIEW 132 A Design for an Artist's House 55 M O PS < w W H Q < o z O HH H <; > w o > Q t« W > M < CA W <: A Design for an Artist's House 133 Second Floor Plan PLANS FOR AN ARTIST S HOUSE House and Garden of Charles A. Piatt, Esq., Near Windsor, Vermont Designed by the Owner ENTRAxXCE GATE OF MR. PLATT's GARDEN 134 House and Gkrden of Charles A. Piatt, Esq., near Windsor, Vermont 13s THE TERRACE LOOKING UP THE LATERAL PATHWAY 136 House and Garden of Charles A. Piatt, Esq., near WlBCfWr, Vermont Lii^'rilSlllfiiy^i itiiij mBMSKsmm^ttt^ .. „ .i&. ...^jMifl^H - .V !«^i<:>»-'i'v; , '-jlgl^^ft -Ai -;: ■ '■^"^'v '■ ■-■-'"''■'' , , ;^'--^.^-;|,/x. ,^'^KK^%- -^v'*--^^^:2;^'^>^ ^^:^-^W - - ■BHv*^.'-' -' 'is s>*; .' I.' ■:^'^'^^■»;' X"^ ■ ' '' ' ■'.." . ■'■*■ '" -i?^ a -^M -' ^^:MiBm LATERAL PATHWAY LONGITUDINAL PATHWAY IN THE GARDEN House and Garden of Charles A. Piatt, Esq., near Windsor, Vermont 137 THE LATERAL I'ATIIWAV AND FLVZZA THE WALK TO THE STUDIO 138 House and Garden of Charles A. Piatt, Esq., near Windsor, Vermont ^ "Kate's Hall" The Residence of Joseph S. Clark, Esq., at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia T)esigtied by C. C. Zantzing-er \ THE HOUSE FROM THE SOUTH 139 HO 'Kate's Hall," Residence of Jos. S. Clark, Esq., Chestnut Hill, Phila. o o w u " 1^ „^„» Kate's Hall," Residence of Jos. S. Clark, Esq., Chestnut Hill, Phila. 141 'nil': llOL'SE FKO.M Till-: \'Af.E .... f--!^ -^ji SKCONI) nOOl' CPAN CI rlllKJ) n.OOH PLAN' PLANS OF THE L'fM>ER FLOORS 142 "Kate's Hall," Residence of Jos. S. Clark, Esq., Chestnut Hill, Phila. < H < W o w M H 'Kate's Hall," Residence of Jos. S. Clark, Esq., Chestnut Hill, Phila. 143 TICKRACF. STKl'S PLAN OF THE HOUSE AND IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS 144 "Kate's Hall," Residence of Jos. S. Clark, Esq., Chestnut Hill, Phila. THE WALL OF THE FORECOURT A Colonial House at Devon, Pa, Percy Wilson, Esq., Owner Dtihring, Okie ^ Ziegler, Architects HOUSE OF PERCY WILSON, ESQ., AT DEVON, PA. PLANS OF A HOUSE AT DEVON, PA. 146 A Colonial House at Devon, Pennsylvania THE REAR (;F A HOUSE AT DEVON, PA. THE MAIN HALL THE ALCOVE UNHER THE STAIRWAY A Colonial House at Radnor, Pennsylvania 147 UOL'SE ()[•' I.KIi^'AKIi lll-:CK,S( lll-.K, KS. tn W o < « o 1-1 w W H "Sevenoaks," an Architect's Garden at Germantown, Philadelphia 175 < o > w o « w w w 176 "Sevenoaks," an Architect's Garden, Germantown, Philadelphia THE PERGOr.A IN WINTER^ SEVENOAKS' THE EXEDRA A COLUMN AND CLEMATIS 'Sevenoaks," an Architect's Garden at Germantown, Philadelphia 177 o W w O o k4 fa O' Q ' % ■ W . w K H 178 'Sevenoaks," an Architect's Garden at Germantown, Philadelphia < o > Pd iJ O o Hi > P=l w O 1-1 w M en W . en ^'\ "Twin Oaks" Washington, D. C. "v^ Residence of Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard A SUMMER HOU^ COVERED WITH CRIMSON RAMBLER 8o "Twin Oaks," Washington, D. C. Al'l'ROACII TO THE HOUSE THF, WA'IKR OARDEX, X'ICTORTA KECUA ] ^ TUF, FOREGROUND A California Home In Santa Clara County PFillis Tolk, Architect - ^^/ ' it THE WEST .SIDE OF THE HOUSE i8i l82 A California Home THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE THE OPEN CORRIDOR A California Home 183 .- ■ '-^° ''"o ) vm H IJ i r. r ■ -'i;^/* • / 1 ■, i ^ .J ^ .(. ■s' -< -■ '^ .- 4 ■* .-. p « -. i - .?»/■* 1 > ■*. ^ i i ^i ' T -i,' ;« J ; . ! \ J i .> /, 1 i i '■ i .< ■j, 3 .i J, y '/' •■ 1 . -V >• (' OK'^'l ^ 1 ^(^' i,-i k: '^1 ui) 1 n; 11,- ■i, .-;i,,l,i i^'r.^'-it ^ ^ » * ■ r- K Li N E U i,^ :it;';-J ? L p li N t ,; rf •■■ fe -^..'F=^ .;. THE PLAN FROM THE TERRACE THE SOTTIl I-:XI1 III-' TlIF, CiiKI-tlliOR Ringwood Manor and its Gardens Passaic County, New Jersey' The Residence of Ab,rarn-,S. Hewitt BOORWAY OF THE 'old WING 185 i86 Ringwood Manor and its Gardens Ringwood Manor and its Gardens 187 en W W H H tn t3 O o l-l M M H n iz; ert and James Adam, presei-\-ed from old houses in I'.owlino' TTreen, Kew \'ork. WALK IN \']';OETABLI<: CAKUEN THE ITALIAN \VELI,-CURB Ringwood Manor and its Gardens 189 11 * k . A .X o •'1© i Ty.-'^^ ■J- . «. J- ii .'^ i Founta yf ^' •...," ,M ■'■— ■! ■' ., x Jt'. r,^ -. ■.'■■/SI QY «./. '1 J«^ * vjr. > y 'tesd Baby'Tj ^■ vi.. -4^ (: •ce «ith Rests,-] '•^■:.yX.'ii'Q^^ *> -S'^i y cj a,.-ii % pnopoiED Pool ,J 3 1 :» ■! ^i ^ S|^ f^-i»^ §1 -?/Vv- ^ Apple & Peach Orchard ■ ^^■ ''" 'scale ° te «. t. «« .00 ^^ f^^j " A.V. Arbor- Fitee . J. _Juniper H.A; Hardy Azalea B. t 5ox H. ■' Ho//); S. Sptrea C. Coleus H.H. Hollyhocks P. Peonies MEASURED PLAN OF THE GARDENS B.A. Biota A urea (Thuya) R.R. ^oiffl Rugosa t* Ha. Hawthorn »' I.Y. /r?j-/> 7"^w G.Y. Golden Tew J.M. Japanese Maple Ph. P/7/0X F. Foxglove Y. Yuccas Gr.B. Golden Box p.p. Prunus Pisardi P. A. Aurea Plumosa (Tifuya) S.B. Silver Birch f M. Magnolia i' . = L. Larkspur ■ C.R. Cltmbi'ng Roses ■ !* D.*-r Z>fl/)//flj -^'^ '; The four intersections of the main paths are planted similarly. 1 90 Ringwood Manor and its Gardens THE NORTH WALK OF THE FORMAL GARDEN, SHOWING VENETIAN ORNAMENT OF ISTRIAN STONE l^ THE NORTH WALK OF THE FORMAL GARDEN^ SHOWING FOUNTAIN AND COUPLETS OF VENETIAN CARYATIDS Some Interesting Examples of Old Gardens at Camden, South Carolina A VISTA AT LAUSANNE 191 192 Old Gardens at Camden, South Carolina u W O Old Gardens at Camden, South Carolina 193 194 Old Gardens at Camden, South Carolina ci^ifS'^ TOPIARY WORK IN' THE SOWEBL GA'RDEN: . . THE HOUSE AT HOLLY HEDGE' Old Gardens at Camden, South Carolina '^95 A WINDING PATH AT "HOLLY HEDGE" THE VERANDA OVERLOOKING THE GARDEN AT "HOLLY HEDGE' 196 Old Gardens at Camden, South Carolina THE SOWEI.L GARDEX FROM THE JIOUSE A GREAT ARCH OJ-' HOLLY AT H ULl \ HEDGE AX EARIA' VIEW OF THE HOUSE, SFIOWING THE ARCHED DRIVICWAY a The Orchard 55 At Southampton, L. I. McKim, Mead &r' JFIutc, Architects THE OVAL IX FRONT OF THE HOUSE 197 igS "The Orchard" at Southampton, Long Island AN ENTRANCE '['(J THE STUDIO yVT "teIE ORCHARD" The Orchard" at Southampton, Lonir Island 199 THE PEONY WALK THE LILY POND AND HOUSE AT AIRDLIE "The Orchard," at Southampton, Long Island 201 'P o W W H O in O H w H < w THE WALK NORTH OF THE FLOWER GARDEN 202 "The Orchard" at Southampton, Long Island < o o Pi w -w -K- E- o o H < o H cc W K O Iz; E o ON H iz; < E-1 c K u o w ^E-1 O Iz; w Q 1-1 <: ;^ M O P^ M w "The Orchard" at Southampton, Long Island 203 ; 1 '1^ r ,;-■, r Q W ■0 < W o w M H w w Pm < u en Q < w w Residence of Mr. Stanford White St. James, Long Island McKini, Mcdd &" J flute, Architects - '" C THE Tl'RRACE Hl-:i'( iR |.; T 1 1 IC UOt'SE 204 Residence of Mr. Stanford White, St. James, Long Island 2C5 w Q < o tn a « o fa ;?; <: fa o < o o w PL. w 2o6 Residence of Mr. Stanford White, St. James, Long Island .:H ^^^ «a« J? THE OVAL CARRIAGE TURN BEFORE TJiE HOUSE '^5 ^ f -ia+ 'vs.-y^.^ta^^ jif'* '^.'Z.^^ ^lim'H 5^r T »J|a^^:^ -s ^ C ^ ir p, j^afcj t-=?^j^ / / THE PLAN OF THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS THE PORCHES UPON THE NORTH Residence of Mr. Stanford White, St. James, Long Island 207 U PI4 b O t5 W Q (I! < O < Pi O w M H 208 Resi(jence of Mr. Stanford White, St. James, I^ong Island \:d THE GARDEN AND ITS BACKGROUND THE CENTRAL WALK OF THE GARDEN Residence of Mr. Stanford White, St. James, Long Island 209 1^ A VENUS AND A SATYR GUARDING A PATH A TERRACE WALL "Miravista, y^ At Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California THE APl'ROACH FROM THE GARDEN 210 'Mira vista" at Montecito, Cal. 211 Jiff" ^'f'r t-nrr-yy^ mT'V'VJ'J'J*.!* , Lji:^. ■^'^M THE PLANTING AT THE TERRACE WALLS MIRAVISTA Residence of H. C. Bennett, Esq., Jersey City, New Jersey IVihon Eyre, Architect THE ARCHITECT S PRELIMINARY STUDY THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE 212 Residence of H. C. Bennett, Esq., Jersey City, N. J. 213 5cco(|d rioorPia*! THE PLANS THE REAR OF THE HOUSE 214 Residence of H. C. Bennett, Esq., Jersey City, N. J. VIEWS OF THE LIVING-ROOM " Beaulieu 5? Cupertino, Santa Clara County, Cal. inn is 'Polk, ^-Irchitect ■*■--' 4' •w- Ik! ;-t._£. II, f^ UyV-T>iJ'/V a f f .1 •^5 -'^- >", riiF", iim*' '4..- & THE PLAN OF BEAULIEU :"^. THE TERRACE BEFORE THE HOUSE 215 2l6 Beaulieu " Beaulieu " 217 2l8 " Beaulieu " '&^. O O W Beaulieu " 219 Q f5 W w 'Si w K H O u P o w H 20 Beaulieu A WALK IN THE PLANTATIONS THE LIBRARY Beau: leu 221 BEDROOMS THE DINING-ROOM Conyers Manor Greenwich, Conn. Estate of E. C. Converse, Esq. Do)iu Barber, Architect I-RONT OF MAIN HOUSE 222 Conyers Manor 223 ■:.li'»^^.-J~irf:i A CllTTAGE OX THE ESTATE GATE LODGE LIVING-ROOM Conyers Manor *«^*^ MAIN EXTRAXCE SALON Gonyers Manor 225 DINING-ROOM Brook Farm Tuxedo Park, New York Estate of Richard Delafield, Esq, 'Doiiu 'Btirbcr, Architect A VIEW OF THE GARDEN Brook Farm, Tuxedo Park, New York ^^7 THE STABLES - THE GREENHOUSE m-^ ' Imp