American homes and gardens . 162 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS September, 1906 Ox Pasture Hill The Home of Edward B. George, Esq., at Rowley, Massachuetts By Lilian Harrod. IX PASTURE HILL, the summer home ofEdward B. George, Esq., is only thirtymiles from Boston, and as we alighted atthe little country station in Rowley andnoted the river lazily wandering in and outamong the marshes on its way to the sea,we thought we had indeed reached a fair and goodly coun-try. We thought so still more as we drove along the elm-shaded roads and up the slope of the hill on which stood thismost attractive summe
American homes and gardens . 162 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS September, 1906 Ox Pasture Hill The Home of Edward B. George, Esq., at Rowley, Massachuetts By Lilian Harrod. IX PASTURE HILL, the summer home ofEdward B. George, Esq., is only thirtymiles from Boston, and as we alighted atthe little country station in Rowley andnoted the river lazily wandering in and outamong the marshes on its way to the sea,we thought we had indeed reached a fair and goodly coun-try. We thought so still more as we drove along the elm-shaded roads and up the slope of the hill on which stood thismost attractive summer home. The house is designed to be the home of a gentleman ofmoderate means, but of artistic perceptions and throughout has been the keynote, and the house isneither a suburban residence, nor a farmhouse, nor an adap-tation of a city dwelling, but a simple, unostentatious coun-try home. It stands just underneath the crest of the hill, and the viewof the surrounding country is far and unbroken on every the south stretch green meadows, where purple shadowslinger and the distant cow-bells tinkle musically across themeadows. To the east is
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