Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1916 — ART IN HOUSE TERRACING [ARTICLE]

ART IN HOUSE TERRACING

Subject That Deserves Much Thought, as It Will Make or Mar Appearance of Home. Terraces, particularly house terraces, which are all those upon small grounds, belong to architecture, and. should therefore be kept closely in. connection with Its kind. All house terraces, those close about or parallel to buildings, belong to the structure adjacent and should be kept as close up as possible. Terraces usually allow for a liberal bed of plants next to the buildings, then a path, a level apron of equal or slightly greater width on the outside of path, and then the terrace, If there be but one, drops down into the field. If there be more than one terrace each successive one as they leave the building must be broader than the one above, and thus they drop by ever-easing and more generous extent to the field below. This field does not mean a vast extent, but wtiat remains of the premises. The mistake is often made, and it is a serious one, of building the terrace broader than the field, a reversal of art that is inveighed against by every authority who has written upon the subject.