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HOETICULTTJEE 



October 24, 1914 



These are the two last houses, eacli 55 feet 6 inches by 300 feet. 



The Famed Briarcliff Range of 



Paul M. Pierson 





IN addition to greenhouse business interests in con- 

 nection with his brother, F. R. Pierson, at Scar- 

 borough; for a number of years Mr. Pierson was 

 also interested in the Law houses at Briarcliff, N. Y. 

 A few years ago, as you know, Mr. Pierson bought 

 out the entire Law interests, and added new houses. 

 It was along in March, 1901, that we built the 

 first houses at Briarcliff— they were 28x300. In 1909 

 Mr. Pierson ordered two more, each 55 feet 6 inches 

 wide and .300 feet long. The sides are of tile — 

 cement covered. 

 The benches in 

 both these houses 

 run across the 

 houses — an idea 

 of Mr. Pierson's, 

 which he feels 

 has distinct ad- 

 vantages. 

 Five years ago. 

 when making 

 practically the 

 first repairs on 

 one of the L. & 

 B. houses owned 

 by the two broth- 

 ers at Scar- 

 borough, it was 

 found that the 

 wrought iron 

 posts which had 

 been originally 

 used when the 

 house was erected 

 a quarter of a 

 century before, 

 were prectically 

 as good as the 

 day they were set. 



Based on this conclusive bit of endurance, we prompt- 

 ly abandoned east iron foot pieces tor all our posts, 

 and substituted guaranteed wrought iron, which runs 

 in one piece from the eave to the bottom of the foot 

 piece footing. 



If houses we built 25 years ago (it's 30 now) are in 

 such good condition that we are glad to take our cus- 

 tomers around to see them, it's hard to tell how long 

 these last big houses of Mr. Pierson's will last. As 



good as we built 

 i^^^^mrml^Vl them years ago, 

 -^ we certainly are 

 building them 

 much better now. 

 Better in every 

 way. 



Bankers — even 

 the conservative, 

 hard-headed bank- 

 e r s — recognize 

 that the kind of 

 houses we build 

 are as much an 

 asset as any 

 other factory 

 building and are 

 willingly advanc- 

 i n g money o n 

 them a s never 

 before. 



And now, how 

 about you — are 

 you about ready 

 to talk business? 

 Say when and 

 where, and we 

 will be there. 



Interior view of one ot the I*ier«.on wiile lionses at SeftrliorouRli, N. Y. It 

 shows liow liKlit in appearance tlie framing is — liow entirely free from over- 

 .leaii complications of trnssincs and bracings. 



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