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Identifier: americanhomesgar41907newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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August, 1907 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 297
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Quietly Resting Under the Spreading Trees Is the Old Farm House, from Which Broad Vistas Are Obtained of the Meadows to modern requirements, and Mr. Gages renovation of hishouse at Villa Nova is a fine illustration of this very point. The charm—the architectural, artistic or building charm—of an old house is an undeniable quality of attractivenesswhich many a spacious, costly modern dwelling wholly lacks.It is the distinction of old age that wins ones admiration,and no building can acquire this fine characteristic save by ageitself. The vaunted superiority of the new house is apt to bethoroughly superficial, a mere veneer, as it were, on a founda-tion by no means too extensive. If need be, much of thisveneer can be applied to an old house, which may thus obtainthe combined advantage of the beauty of old age with the excellence of modern conveniences, and all they imply.For the conveniences must not be forgotten. No buildingis a fit habitation that fails to meet the personal requir

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  • bookpublisher:New_York___Munn_and_Co
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