﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  A 
  P 
  rii 
  - 
  ! 
  9°7 
  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  The 
  Dining-! 
  

  

  Has 
  Paneled 
  Walls 
  from 
  the 
  Floor 
  to 
  the 
  Ceiling 
  Treated 
  

   with 
  a 
  Greenish 
  White 
  Color 
  Scheme 
  

  

  A 
  

  

  " 
  NAUTICAL" 
  

  

  Designed 
  and 
  Built 
  for 
  

  

  HOUSE 
  

  

  

  John 
  H. 
  Duncan 
  

  

  Esq. 
  

  

  

  Highland 
  Beach, 
  New 
  J 
  

  

  rsey 
  

  

  

  By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  

  

  

  3N 
  INCREASED 
  demand 
  tor 
  originality 
  in 
  beauty 
  and 
  comfort. 
  

   and 
  the 
  requirement 
  for 
  the 
  conformity 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  with 
  its 
  

   natural 
  environments, 
  inspired 
  Mr. 
  Duncan 
  in 
  designing 
  and 
  

   building 
  his 
  "nautical" 
  house 
  at 
  Highland 
  Beach. 
  

  

  The 
  site 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  built 
  is 
  treeless 
  and 
  sandy, 
  

   and 
  faces 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean 
  in 
  front 
  with 
  the 
  Shrewsbury 
  

   River 
  at 
  the 
  rear. 
  This 
  situation, 
  therefore, 
  required 
  the 
  de- 
  

   signing 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  "all 
  front." 
  Upon 
  very 
  careful 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  site 
  it 
  

   was 
  found 
  that 
  a 
  much 
  better 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  ocean 
  might 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  

   height, 
  so 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  to 
  build 
  the 
  house 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  living 
  quarters 
  on 
  what 
  

   is 
  usually 
  the 
  second 
  floor 
  of 
  a 
  house. 
  This 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  happy 
  thought, 
  

   and 
  was 
  carried 
  out 
  with 
  an 
  equally 
  happy 
  result, 
  thereby 
  insuring 
  an 
  unobstructed 
  

   view 
  of 
  the 
  ocean, 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country. 
  

  

  The 
  exterior 
  throughout 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  painted 
  clapboards. 
  The 
  walls 
  

   of 
  the 
  first 
  story 
  are 
  pierced 
  with 
  "port-holes," 
  which 
  give 
  light 
  to 
  the 
  interior; 
  

   and 
  from 
  the 
  interior 
  looking 
  out 
  across 
  the 
  sea 
  it 
  reminds 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  scene 
  visible 
  

   from 
  the 
  stateroom 
  of 
  an 
  ocean 
  steamer. 
  

  

  The 
  front 
  door 
  is 
  approached 
  from 
  a 
  winding 
  road 
  inclosed 
  with 
  a 
  sea-washed 
  

   stone 
  wall 
  as 
  a 
  border, 
  inside 
  of 
  which 
  arc 
  growing 
  grasses. 
  A 
  broad 
  platform 
  in 
  

  

  The 
  

  

  Library 
  Is 
  

  

  _ 
  

  

  Very 
  Beautiful 
  

  

  Room 
  

  

  in 
  

  

  thf 
  

  

  L 
  

  

  DUis 
  XV 
  

  

  Style, 
  

  

  with 
  Pa 
  

  

  ■eled 
  

  

  

  Walls 
  

  

  ol 
  

  

  French 
  Walnut, 
  and 
  

  

  Carvi 
  

  

  ugs 
  

  

  Relieved 
  

  

  with 
  Gold 
  

  

  

  "Deck" 
  Is 
  Enclosed 
  with 
  

  

  a 
  Roped 
  Railing, 
  Red 
  Canvas 
  Curtains, 
  Has 
  Indian 
  Red 
  Walls 
  

   the 
  House 
  and 
  Is 
  Used 
  (or 
  Dining 
  Use* 
  

  

  The 
  "Upper 
  Deck" 
  Extends 
  Around 
  the 
  House 
  with 
  Numei 
  

   Giving 
  It 
  a 
  Real 
  Nautical 
  Character 
  

  

  are 
  Introduced 
  Aboi 
  

   Regard 
  to 
  Ublitaria 
  

  

  : 
  and 
  Belt 
  

   Reqi 
  

  

  ind 
  Always 
  with 
  

  

  