International studio (50.1913)

A Country Gentleman s Farmhouse

upper one, surrounded by a brick wall, a continua-
tion of the entrance plaza, will be devoted to rose
culture. Grass steps will lead to the lower or
vegetable garden, planned to occupy one acre.
At the bottom of this garden will be a large circu-
lar lily-pond, which will have reflected into it a
semi-circular pagoda. Grape arbors, tea houses,
etc., will find their place in the scheme.
The fact of the gardens being planned on the
hill-side has lent itself capitally to the matter of
terracing. The vegetable garden is to be laid
out following the type of the old Southern gardens,
that is to say, with grass walks and the beds
bordered with old-fashioned flowers. The owner
was fortunate to possess about his grounds so
many picturesque old apple-trees which with
good care and treatment have been revitalized,
and add immensely to the appearance of the
property. They tend to remove that all-too-
newish look which such an estate is compelled to
wear in its initial years.
Mr. Remick has many years in front of him
before he can be said to have attained the prime
of life. To few architects come such oppor-
tunities so early in their career, and the erection
of Haymount with all its accessories was no mean
test of a man’s capabilities. While Haymount
ranks in its owner’s eyes merely as a farmhouse,
it certainly stands in a very different category
from what is ordinarily accepted under that class-
ification. A very noticeable point is the obvious
intention on the part of owner and architect to
house comfortably a large family in an unobtrusive

THE SUPERINTENDENT’S COTTAGE


manner, without stamping Haymount as a show-
place; and it is gratifying to observe that every-
thing possible has been done for the comfort and
convenience of the retainers. The estate is in very
truth a little kingdom, largely supplying its own
needs, and the main building strikes the spectator
perforce as a fine country mansion, in splendid
setting, conceived in a spirit of dignified simplicity.
No over-elaboration, no weakening debauch of or-
nament mars its effect, either within or without.
Tricks of all sorts may be played with other
forms of architecture, but with the Colonial
type no chicanery will pass; and for this very rea-
son it has always remained during the hundred
years of its creation, the most difficult style to
carry out to a successful issue. How far Mr.
Remick has succeeded may these pages show.

THE DINING-ROOM


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