American estates and gardens . e limits of the mainland. It is a wonderful situation, a scene of utmost peace and charm;and the great house built here is, with its subsidiary buildings, one of the finest residences inAmerica. It is a veritable palace, a house of great size, built so far out on its rock as to be prac-tically surrounded on three sides by the waters of the Sound. It is approached by a curvingdriveway that presently enters a formal treatment of its bordering land. Immediately to theleft is the house of Mr. Frank , Mr. Benedicts secre-tary, itself a fine and beau-tiful dw
American estates and gardens . e limits of the mainland. It is a wonderful situation, a scene of utmost peace and charm;and the great house built here is, with its subsidiary buildings, one of the finest residences inAmerica. It is a veritable palace, a house of great size, built so far out on its rock as to be prac-tically surrounded on three sides by the waters of the Sound. It is approached by a curvingdriveway that presently enters a formal treatment of its bordering land. Immediately to theleft is the house of Mr. Frank , Mr. Benedicts secre-tary, itself a fine and beau-tiful dwelling rising directlyabove the water, and connectedwith Mr. Benedicts own houseby a stately pergola, builtdirectly above the wall whichskirts the land, and whichrises in steps to the higherlevel on which the greaterhouse is built. And very splendid thismansion is, designed in a pureItalian stjde, a stately Italianpalace built on this quiet NewEngland shore, whose rockysurface has been transformedinto a superb formal garden in. THE TERRACE OF INDIAN HARBOR. [55]
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