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Notice the charming watercolor of the entrance door by talented artist John S. Coles in one of the bedrooms. By the way, the entire vintage pictures comes from the book Mastering Tradition: The residential architecture of John Russell Pope by James Garrison from the Acanthus Press. Below within the vintage picture you can see the portrait of Mrs. White painted by John Singer Sargent which the very low mantel accommodated. Strange that the vintage photograph reveals a screen hiding this cool detail! I assume the panel molding was added by Platt for the Meyers as it does not appear in this vintage photograph. The Meyers purchased the house from the White household and 'modernized' the interiors in 1934 (albeit by notable architect Charles Platt). Those comprise security gates that may be pulled over all the doorways and home windows whereas the household will not be in residence. The renovated pool home is where the family spends most of their time.

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In-built 1916 by architect F. Burrall Hoffman (who additionally designed Vizcaya) for Mr & Mrs. Frederick Guest, the house is most recognized for quite a lot of photos by society photographer Slim Aarons of daughter CZ Guest at the home (one seen above). I hate these e-book opinions which smash the entire book for you so I'll characteristic a variety of photographs on considered one of my favourite homes in Palm Beach featured within the guide, Villa Artemis. One by no means is aware of how much longer they will be around. Much of the yard is within the entrance of this house leaving a somewhat small formal terrace area to benefit from the view above the garage accessed from Belmont street far below. The combination of the constructing fabric to the topography provides the go to multiple choices, starting from perching on a panoramic viewpoint, getting into into a thick forest, making contact with the water from the waterfall or having fun with the exquisite view of a garden that is organized round a pond.


The formal rose garden matches the neoclassical tone set by the house; formal however not fussy. The smaller pantry door thầu xây dựng set into a larger mahogany doorway, seen above, is pure genius on the a part of Pope; symmetry above all! I had never seen a lot of the campus before and was thrilled with many of the original buildings just like the inexperienced home above, the place plants are nonetheless grown for the gardens. The work in the gardens even won the prestigious Palm Beach Preservation Foundation's award. While most of his work has been torn down in NYC the place he was based, just a few initiatives stay reminiscent of the bottom of the statue of liberty and the facade of the Met on fifth avenue. The lovely finial at the bottom of the stair. In case you have a chance to tour both of the lovely Meridian Foundation houses on Crescent Place which are lovingly cared for, go expertise these lovely houses!


All the bedrooms retain their unique mantels and lovely paneling despite being used as workplace house for the past few decades. Why can't a phenomenal paneled room with a mantel work as an office? The bookcases are authentic (fancy office for a chauffeur, huh?). I'm not sure if these openings between the library and dining room are authentic - they contain wooden pockets which can be closed from the library facet. The dining room is adjacent to the library. The library on the bottom stage features a scenic wallpaper (Zuber?) and beautiful 2nd empire furnishings. The library continues the mahogany. The brass hardware all through the home on the mahogany doors is de facto gorgeous. The picket doors have been also imported from India. George V was declared the Emperor of British India. Construction of the Taj, begun in the identical yr, was not completed till 1653. In total 20,000 folks from India and Central Asia labored on the building. A spokesperson from the corporate stated, "We assist our customers at each step of the construction course of.