American estates and gardens . ENTRANCE GATE AND AVENUE, INDIAN HARBOR. [57]. O Pi< o< s O w O M < I—t Q [S8] AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS present as many of them as possible. Hence the dining-room is placed at the extremity ofthe main building, and has three open sides, all giving upon the water. It is enclosed onthe end with a great porch with a curved center. This porch is so close to the edge of therock as to almost overhang it, and thus, with its adjoining room, has a position of quiteunusual beauty. On the main front—the land front—the house is entered through a spacious vestibu
American estates and gardens . ENTRANCE GATE AND AVENUE, INDIAN HARBOR. [57]. O Pi< o< s O w O M < I—t Q [S8] AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS present as many of them as possible. Hence the dining-room is placed at the extremity ofthe main building, and has three open sides, all giving upon the water. It is enclosed onthe end with a great porch with a curved center. This porch is so close to the edge of therock as to almost overhang it, and thus, with its adjoining room, has a position of quiteunusual beauty. On the main front—the land front—the house is entered through a spacious vestibulewhich immediately adjoins the porte-cochere. This in turn opens into a great hall, reachingwholly across the front from end to end. On the right is a doorway to the drawing-room; inthe center is a corridor leading to the dining-room. On the right of this corridor are the libraryand the den; on the left, pantries and service-rooms, with the kitchen beyond. The arrange-ment of the rooms is entirely logical and quite compact, notwithstanding the considerable floorarea
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