The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30
ASPECTS OF CEDAR COURT
SOME VIEWS or 4 COUNTRY
PLACE N NEW JERSEY.
Otto ". kahns Pine summer Residence
A Suggestion From TIVE Evergreen
Trees-A Garden sunk In = Cedar
Wood Motives In the Architecture.

Trefn-A Shfuen Nuuh IN = Ne0nr
Wood Motives In the Architecture.
Cedar Court IL the country home Of Mr
and Mrs. Otto Herman Kahn. near Nor
ristoWn. IL shows interestingly some Of
the features that enter into the beauty
Of q country place. One Of the charms Of
Cedar Cour' lea in its growth. Already
the efforts Of James GTeenleaf and Nad-
ley a Smythe who are responsible for
the landscape work. have borne fruit In
the beautiful VIs'as that the place at
forVis One IL able 20 $50 their desi gns
carried 20 their ultimate finish much more
completely than new estates usually
show them
The name 81 the place which was built
by Carrere A Hastings was derived from
the Suggestio ION of the two trees that
stand al the entrance to the court. The
carriage road. a. the picture Of the house
shous. leads between these trees. The
trees are evergreens. and they not only
inspired the title OF the house but were
instrumental in deciding what the nature
Of the planting should be. II was deter
mined that the grounds should be laid out
With evergreens a. the pTedominating
growth.
advantage in the two views OF the sunken
garden. which lies at one side Of the
house This garden. which ends in the
pool framed in its white marble edges,
iH composed wholly Of the finest quality
Of native evergreens No color Of any
kind - seen in the planting. and only
the hay trees about the pool differ from
the cedars that grow about the walks
II H..
garden. This garden originally was a
level terrace. The reason for converting
the spot into a sunken garden has been
entirely justified by the result
The centre ~ the Sunken garden lies
now IN such n position that II - the prin-
clpal view from the upper rooms az Cedar
Court Looking from the second story
the eye falls first on the cool green foliage
OF the cedArs surrounding tho marble
pool such a delightful coup d oeil -
OF ouurs~ valuable to country house
which il used ch ely IN summer and hap
pens TO be situated in region that IL
likely 20 get its shsrc % summer heat
The CEDAR grow a. thiCkly IN the garden
however. that they impair 20 the atmos-
phere something Of the color and GOODNESS
10 be found in the German forests 81
situated and 80 thoroughly planted out
that one ~ sensible Of certain feeling
of isolation and rcmot~ncss although
the house - only a -hor- distance away
The rool and fountain IN front Of the
huuSe ara surround 4 by h 'dge ~ bny /
Then comes a mig ~ aquatic plants
about the water which il ornament ed
With colored water lilies and other water
hA -.
~ The pool near the Two cedar~ thar stand
guard az he end u the drive 20 the house
The house j. covered with English ivy
and ornamentcd a. intervals along the
ground floor with standards Of bay and
laurel i - ont m the a4autic flower.
growing m the Satcr garden IN front II
the house hat there - anv note 81 color
70 reiiev. the Greea monotone Of Cedar
Court
CArrere 4 Hastings built the nouse
which originally formed part Of what
looked like one large building AsaInat-
ter NJ fact the second house was built
for Mrs Henri WertheIm. who was a sis
ter Of Mrs otto II Kahn Mrs Vert
holm died the house was damaged nv
ire and has since been converted into a
part Of cedar Court II contains the
guests rooms II Is now connected with
C~dir Court by r low one story ua-s, 20
which has high French windows tia,
rea IN TO the ce.Ing and are covered with
English ivy
/ he house n Cedar Court ia made Of
F'ucco Their" - a spanish feeling in the
architecture which may 10 due 10 the
fact that II was done Nv Carrers = Hast
ings shortly after they had made their
great success with the Ponce de Leon
Hotel m Florida The two towers IN.
sloplng roofs and the open loggia on The
ihird hoor cont rihuts TO this eject Tho
land - level II was ia fact = farm before
Mr. Kahn began go build his hou~e there
and this type ~ architecture T. VOL suited
% the neIghborhoOd
Although there seems TO he = terrace
hsvond the point az which the two cedar-
stand there " no drop m tho level Of tho
land here 4 road winds from this point
down through the grounds These are
large enough TO allow a private golf
course 20 y" laid ont there There are
also sufficient grounds 20 allow the keep
ing ~ hocks ~ sheep and ali the other
features u farm life