Studio: international art (30.1904)

Studio- Talk

element of the locality to
which he is confined,
recognising that the lead-
ing flower of a neighbour-
hood is nature's symbol
of the spirit out-breathed
there. In the Patton resi-
dence this idea is ex-
emplified by means of the
familiar thistle, combined
with a modified octagon,
which conveys the sug-
gestion of the Greek
cross, both of these motifs
adapting readily to the
rigid and vigorous charac-
ter of the glistening white
granite of which the
building is composed.

. ■ .., , MANTEL IN THE DINING-ROOM, PATTON RESIDENCE GEORGE H. MAHER, ARCHITECT

A spacious vestibule
leads directly into the main

hall, and from it are entered the various ceremonial The hall decoration is sustained in warm dark
rooms through large well-considered openings, green with oak woodwork. The staircase opposite

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STABLE AT THE PATTON RESIDENCE, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

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