American estates and gardens . IKE many great modern houses, the Flagler mansion at Palm Beach is compara-tively simple in its external treatment. It is eminently stately and serene, the greatcolonnade of the main front being the chief external adornment. The columns aremonumental in scale, and the five great arched openings behind them, and the largewindows above, are direct expressions of internal splendor of dimensions which the whole ofthe exterior admirably denotes. Architecturally, it is two stories in height, the attic story being in the roofs, which arelong and low and sloping, and who
American estates and gardens . IKE many great modern houses, the Flagler mansion at Palm Beach is compara-tively simple in its external treatment. It is eminently stately and serene, the greatcolonnade of the main front being the chief external adornment. The columns aremonumental in scale, and the five great arched openings behind them, and the largewindows above, are direct expressions of internal splendor of dimensions which the whole ofthe exterior admirably denotes. Architecturally, it is two stories in height, the attic story being in the roofs, which arelong and low and sloping, and whose varying heights have been cleverly utilized in giving varietyto the silhouette. It is classic in feeHng and in detail, but bears unmistakably the characterof a great American countr) house, admirably adapted to its environment in the beautifulFlorida landscape in which it has been WHITE HALL—THE LIBRARY, [105]
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