The Studio yearbook of decorative art (1916)

UNITED STATES
many pergolas, with their seasonable clothing of flowers, have been
placed carefully to enhance the effect of the more natural accessories of
the gardens. An attractive adjunct to the house itself is the patio or
courtyard, partly sunk, with its high arched walls, fountain, paved
walks, and hints of sweetly scented meditative nooks (p. 150). From the
house itself this feature is refreshing to the eye, and the wooded back-
ground shows how the architect availed himself of existing attractions.
Within easy reach of the main residence is the garage and coachman’s
house (p. 152),but the most interesting of the subsidiary buildings is the
log cabin (p. 153) which is sufficiently far away not to offer compari-
sions in style. The plan shows the nature of this structure, with its
large living-room and ample, open-air lounge. It is a social centre, used
largely as an “ amusement house ” and in connection with sports,
swimming in the summer and skating in winter. There are tennis
courts in proximity to this log cabin and a more congenial resting-
place after healthy exercise could not be imagined. It may be mentioned
that the lakes which provide such interesting items in the general
scheme have been “ harnessed ” for practical purposes, as well as being
designed to give variety to the landscape. A water-wheel is constantly
turned by the falling water and works a pump for the purpose of forcing
water to a tank in the garage, from which it gravitates to the fountains
in the patio, in the breakfast-room, and in two places on the terrace. In
some of this outside work Mr. Knickerbacker Boyd was assisted by
Messrs. Sears and Wendell.
By Mr. L. V. Boyd, also practising in Philadelphia, are houses at Queen
Lane Manor, Philadelphia, Riverton, New Jersey (p. 155), and at
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania (p. 154), the original features of which are
clearly shown in the reproductions.
Messrs. Duhring, Okie and Ziegler’s recent work is represented by
several examples. In the first place there is “ Lynn House,” Langhorne
(p. 157), once a farmhouse but now remodelled and extended. The
building, in its original state, consisted of only a living-room and
kitchen, with three rooms above. The old kitchen, with beamed ceiling
restored, now forms the dining-room (p. 156), and the new kitchen, with
pantry and laundry, is included in the additional wing. Two long
porches, one of them covered with glass, face south, and a third is on
the east. Another structure adapted to modern purposes is the Willet
Studio Building, once an ice-house, now a stained-glass studio, with
residence for Mr. and Mrs. Willet, whose collaborative work is so well
known and appreciated in America. The covered staircase on the ex-
terior (p. 156) is for the use of the workmen employed by the artists, and
it forms a dignified feature. The house at Villa Nova (pp. 158 to 160),
with its living porch and sleeping porch connecting the two wings, has
an air of comfort and solidity. The service arrangements, forming one of
the wings on the ground floor, are well considered. Messrs. Duhring,
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