﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  169 
  

  

  /TbirTfboc 
  

  

  wainscoting 
  and 
  are 
  supplied 
  with 
  porcelain 
  fixtures 
  and 
  

   exposed 
  nickelplated 
  plumbing. 
  The 
  third 
  story 
  is 
  given 
  

   up 
  to 
  storage 
  uses. 
  Mr. 
  Herbert 
  Lucas, 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   was 
  the 
  architect. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  was 
  six 
  thousand 
  

   five 
  hundred 
  dollars. 
  

  

  " 
  Bircn 
  Nest, 
  Summer 
  Home 
  or 
  Douglass 
  Snerley, 
  Esq. 
  

   Bar 
  Harbor, 
  Maine 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  novel 
  and 
  interesting 
  house 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Sherley's, 
  illustrated 
  on 
  pages 
  170 
  and 
  171. 
  Rock- 
  faced 
  

   boulders 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  story 
  and 
  the 
  chimneys, 
  and 
  

   birch 
  logs 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  stories. 
  The 
  boulders 
  

   were 
  carefully 
  selected 
  and 
  were 
  put 
  in 
  position 
  with 
  

   great 
  care, 
  so 
  as 
  not 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  mortar 
  joints. 
  The 
  birch 
  

   logs 
  retain 
  their 
  bark, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  house 
  presents 
  a 
  

   thoroughly 
  rustic 
  effect 
  that 
  admirably 
  harmonizes 
  with 
  

   the 
  silvery 
  gray 
  shingled 
  roof. 
  The 
  windows, 
  with 
  small 
  

   panes 
  of 
  glass, 
  are 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  exterior. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  grounds 
  is 
  marked 
  with 
  gate 
  

   posts 
  of 
  huge 
  boulders 
  strapped 
  together 
  with 
  iron 
  bands 
  

   and 
  provided 
  with 
  an 
  anchor 
  and 
  chain, 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  

  

  butler's 
  pantry 
  is 
  

   finished 
  with 
  the 
  

   usual 
  equipment, 
  

   and 
  the 
  kitchen 
  and 
  

   laundry 
  are 
  likewise 
  

   supplied 
  with 
  the 
  

   best 
  modern 
  con- 
  

   veniences. 
  The 
  lat- 
  

   ter 
  rooms 
  are 
  

   trimmed 
  with 
  yel- 
  

   low 
  pine. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  story 
  

   is 
  also 
  finished 
  with 
  

   white 
  enamel. 
  It 
  

   contains 
  five 
  bed- 
  

   rooms 
  and 
  two 
  

   bathrooms, 
  together 
  

   with 
  two 
  bedrooms 
  

   for 
  the 
  servants, 
  

   which 
  are 
  reached 
  

   by 
  a 
  private 
  stair- 
  

   way 
  from 
  the 
  

   kitchen. 
  The 
  bath- 
  

   rooms 
  have 
  tiled 
  

  

  iitCONO 
  floOD 
  

  

  An 
  Ample 
  Pitch 
  Is 
  an 
  Essential 
  Feature 
  of 
  the 
  Roofs 
  of 
  Most 
  Summer 
  Homes 
  

  

  stretched 
  across 
  the 
  opening. 
  These 
  novel 
  piers 
  are 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  with 
  clusters 
  of 
  farm 
  lanterns, 
  which 
  are 
  lighted 
  at 
  

   night. 
  A 
  nautical 
  lantern, 
  hung 
  from 
  an 
  ornamental 
  iron 
  

   bracket, 
  lights 
  the 
  entrance 
  porch. 
  The 
  entrance 
  door 
  is 
  

   made 
  of 
  rough 
  boards 
  hung 
  on 
  large 
  hinges 
  of 
  wrought 
  

   iron; 
  the 
  hinges 
  are 
  painted 
  white, 
  and 
  the 
  door 
  is 
  stained 
  

   soft 
  brown. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  no 
  exaggeration 
  to 
  designate 
  the 
  interior 
  as 
  unique. 
  

   The 
  timber 
  work 
  is 
  rough 
  hewn 
  and 
  exposed 
  throughout, 
  

   and 
  the 
  archways 
  and 
  openings 
  between 
  the 
  various 
  rooms 
  

   of 
  the 
  first 
  story 
  have 
  clusters 
  of 
  birch 
  logs 
  in 
  lieu 
  of 
  

   columns. 
  The 
  wood 
  of 
  the 
  living-hall 
  is 
  stained 
  with 
  a 
  

   soft 
  greenish 
  tint; 
  the 
  ingle-nook 
  walls 
  are 
  of 
  stone; 
  and 
  

   the 
  fireplace 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  Roman 
  brick 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  hearth 
  of 
  

   small 
  cobble-stones 
  laid 
  in 
  cement 
  mortar. 
  

  

  A 
  short 
  flight 
  of 
  steps 
  leads 
  to 
  the 
  stair 
  hall, 
  from 
  

   which 
  the 
  living-room 
  is 
  reached. 
  This 
  living-room 
  is 
  

   stained 
  a 
  yellowish 
  tone, 
  and 
  has 
  green 
  glass 
  windows 
  on 
  

   the 
  left 
  which 
  shed 
  a 
  soft 
  light. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  stone 
  fireplace, 
  

   built 
  of 
  large 
  granite 
  blocks, 
  with 
  hearth 
  of 
  flat 
  cobble- 
  

   stones 
  laid 
  in 
  cement 
  mortar. 
  

  

  Again 
  a 
  short 
  flight 
  of 
  steps, 
  and 
  the 
  dining-room 
  is 
  

  

  