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DOI article:Yockney, Alfred: Architecture and decoration in the United States
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21779#0157
UNITED STATES
Okie and Ziegler are responsible also for the garden at Rosemont
(p. 160) which, with its geometrical lines and columned pavilion, is
essentially architectural. It is surrounded in a most pleasant way by
longer established foliage and forms a successful contrast.
The house at Haverford Township, Delaware, by Messrs. Wilson Eyre
and J. G. Mcllvaine, of Philadelphia (p. 161), is constructed of local stone,
covered with stucco, the roof being of different-toned slates, graduated
in thickness, from quarries in the State of Vermont. Entering through
the vestibule one reaches the main hall, which has a length of about 32
feet, and, like most of the rooms on this floor, is lined with oak. The
appearance and construction is suggested by the second illustration.
Directly in front of the entrance and down the two steps is the drawing-
room, and to the right the library, with loggia on the far side. The
dining-room, breakfast porch, kitchens, etc., are to the left. Upstairs
the chief bedrooms face south, there being a balcony over the loggia.
The roof of the vestibule forms a terrace accessible from the sewing-room.
The house is convenient in plan and distinguished in appearance.
An architect’s own house always provokes more curiosity than those he
designs for other people, for the last thought in building is expected in
regard to its conception and completion. Like the lawyer’s will, how-
ever, it does not always prove to be exact in forethought. It would be
interesting and instructive to know whether Mr. Elmer Grey of Los
Angeles has ever modified his first opinions regarding his house, “ Oak
Knoll,” Pasadena (p. 162) ; whether, for instance, the semicircular bay
gave the same value to the interior as to the elevation. It is certainly
pleasant to look upon, reminiscent though it is of other days. That it
should reappear as a feature of an architect’s own residence in California
is noteworthy. In addition to this keynote the building has dignified
touches, such as the terraced approaches and balustraded portico, and
it is happily placed on an incline.
Mr. H. T. Lindeberg (late Messrs. Albro and Lindeberg), New York, is
represented in these pages by illustrations of three buildings of distinction.
There is a pleasant freshness of design, a feeling of stateliness in “Fox-
hollow Farm,” Rhinebeck, New York (p. 163). The tall columns give
strength to the perspective and the pierced parapet completes this ex-
tended portico with good effect. The high roof and dormers add a
picturesque note, and the success of the house is assured by its situation
among the fine old trees. There is French influence in the residence
at White Plains, New York, the garden front of which is illustrated
(p. 164). It is a low-lying, comfortable building with a character of its
own. The third house, among the recent work of Mr. Lindeberg, is
situated in the Pocantico Hills (p. 164). This is of the farmhouse type
and, indeed, may have been adapted from an earlier structure. In the
distance the tiling has all the appearance of thatching and the work has
been done admirably. The rusticity of the whole building has been
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Okie and Ziegler are responsible also for the garden at Rosemont
(p. 160) which, with its geometrical lines and columned pavilion, is
essentially architectural. It is surrounded in a most pleasant way by
longer established foliage and forms a successful contrast.
The house at Haverford Township, Delaware, by Messrs. Wilson Eyre
and J. G. Mcllvaine, of Philadelphia (p. 161), is constructed of local stone,
covered with stucco, the roof being of different-toned slates, graduated
in thickness, from quarries in the State of Vermont. Entering through
the vestibule one reaches the main hall, which has a length of about 32
feet, and, like most of the rooms on this floor, is lined with oak. The
appearance and construction is suggested by the second illustration.
Directly in front of the entrance and down the two steps is the drawing-
room, and to the right the library, with loggia on the far side. The
dining-room, breakfast porch, kitchens, etc., are to the left. Upstairs
the chief bedrooms face south, there being a balcony over the loggia.
The roof of the vestibule forms a terrace accessible from the sewing-room.
The house is convenient in plan and distinguished in appearance.
An architect’s own house always provokes more curiosity than those he
designs for other people, for the last thought in building is expected in
regard to its conception and completion. Like the lawyer’s will, how-
ever, it does not always prove to be exact in forethought. It would be
interesting and instructive to know whether Mr. Elmer Grey of Los
Angeles has ever modified his first opinions regarding his house, “ Oak
Knoll,” Pasadena (p. 162) ; whether, for instance, the semicircular bay
gave the same value to the interior as to the elevation. It is certainly
pleasant to look upon, reminiscent though it is of other days. That it
should reappear as a feature of an architect’s own residence in California
is noteworthy. In addition to this keynote the building has dignified
touches, such as the terraced approaches and balustraded portico, and
it is happily placed on an incline.
Mr. H. T. Lindeberg (late Messrs. Albro and Lindeberg), New York, is
represented in these pages by illustrations of three buildings of distinction.
There is a pleasant freshness of design, a feeling of stateliness in “Fox-
hollow Farm,” Rhinebeck, New York (p. 163). The tall columns give
strength to the perspective and the pierced parapet completes this ex-
tended portico with good effect. The high roof and dormers add a
picturesque note, and the success of the house is assured by its situation
among the fine old trees. There is French influence in the residence
at White Plains, New York, the garden front of which is illustrated
(p. 164). It is a low-lying, comfortable building with a character of its
own. The third house, among the recent work of Mr. Lindeberg, is
situated in the Pocantico Hills (p. 164). This is of the farmhouse type
and, indeed, may have been adapted from an earlier structure. In the
distance the tiling has all the appearance of thatching and the work has
been done admirably. The rusticity of the whole building has been
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