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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  March, 
  1907 
  

  

  Two 
  Modern 
  Houses 
  

  

  By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  

  

  HE 
  residence 
  built 
  for 
  W. 
  G. 
  McAdoo, 
  

   Esq., 
  at 
  Yonkers, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  forms 
  the 
  subject 
  

   of 
  the 
  illustrations 
  presented 
  in 
  Figures 
  1, 
  2, 
  

   3, 
  4, 
  and 
  5. 
  

  

  The 
  underpinning, 
  built 
  of 
  rock-faced 
  

   blue 
  stone, 
  is 
  laid 
  up 
  ashler. 
  The 
  super- 
  

   structure, 
  of 
  wood, 
  is 
  covered 
  on 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   terior 
  framework 
  with 
  matched 
  sheathing, 
  and 
  is 
  then 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  red 
  cedar 
  shingles 
  stained 
  a 
  rich 
  brown 
  color. 
  The 
  

   trimmings 
  are 
  painted 
  cream 
  white. 
  The 
  roof 
  covered 
  with 
  

   similar 
  shingles 
  is 
  

   stained 
  a 
  deep 
  moss 
  

   green. 
  

  

  The 
  hall 
  is 
  an 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  apartment, 
  

   and 
  is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  

   white 
  pine 
  and 
  

   treated 
  with 
  o 
  1 
  d 
  

   ivory 
  white 
  paint. 
  It 
  

   has 
  a 
  paneled 
  

   wainscoting 
  and 
  a 
  

   beamed 
  ceiling 
  sim- 
  

   ilarly 
  treated. 
  The 
  

   ornamental 
  stair- 
  

   case, 
  built 
  in 
  an 
  

   artistic 
  manner, 
  is 
  

   lighted 
  by 
  a 
  cluster 
  

   of 
  delicately 
  tinted 
  

   leaded 
  glass 
  win- 
  

   dows. 
  A 
  paneled 
  

   seat 
  is 
  provided 
  at 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   staircase. 
  The 
  fire- 
  

   place 
  is 
  an 
  arched 
  

   one 
  built 
  of 
  molcied 
  

   brick 
  with 
  the 
  fac- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  a 
  hearth 
  of 
  

  

  1 
  — 
  Brown 
  Stained 
  Shingles 
  and 
  Cream 
  White 
  Trim^Is'the^Color 
  Scheme 
  of 
  the 
  House 
  

  

  the 
  same 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  finished 
  with 
  a 
  neat 
  mantel 
  shelf. 
  

   The 
  drawing-room 
  is 
  also 
  treated 
  with 
  ivory 
  white 
  paint, 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  bay 
  window 
  and 
  an 
  open 
  fireplace 
  which 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  

   brick 
  and 
  furnished 
  with 
  tiled 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth, 
  and 
  a 
  

   mantel 
  of 
  Colonial 
  style. 
  The 
  living-room, 
  trimmed 
  with 
  

   mahogany, 
  has 
  a 
  fireplace 
  of 
  brick, 
  bookcase 
  built 
  in 
  and 
  a 
  

   bay 
  window. 
  The 
  den 
  has 
  a 
  beamed 
  ceiling, 
  a 
  paneled 
  wains- 
  

   coting, 
  bookcases, 
  and 
  an 
  open 
  fireplace. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  is 
  most 
  attractive 
  and 
  is 
  artistically 
  

   treated. 
  The 
  walls 
  have 
  a 
  paneled 
  wainscoting, 
  and 
  this 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  the 
  

   trimmings 
  and 
  

   doors 
  are 
  painted 
  an 
  

   o 
  1 
  d 
  ivory 
  white. 
  

   The 
  walls 
  above 
  

   this 
  wainscoting 
  are 
  

   covered 
  with 
  burlap 
  

   of 
  a 
  mustard 
  color, 
  

   forming 
  a 
  very 
  ex- 
  

   cellent 
  setting 
  for 
  

   the 
  plates 
  of 
  old 
  

   delft 
  blue 
  which 
  

   forms 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  character- 
  

   istics 
  of 
  the 
  room. 
  

   The 
  fireplace 
  has 
  

   facings 
  and 
  a 
  hearth 
  

   of 
  rough 
  faced 
  delft 
  

   blue 
  tile, 
  and 
  a 
  man- 
  

   tel 
  with 
  cabinets 
  

   over 
  the 
  shelf 
  with 
  

   lattice 
  glass 
  doors. 
  

   The 
  buffet 
  and 
  a 
  

   china 
  closet 
  is 
  also 
  

   built 
  in 
  with 
  lattice 
  

   glass 
  doors. 
  The 
  

   bay 
  window 
  has 
  a 
  

  

  Scconnjlt 
  

  

  2 
  — 
  An 
  Excellent 
  Arrangement 
  of 
  Rooms 
  Is 
  Noted 
  by 
  a 
  Study 
  of 
  theJPlans 
  

  

  