﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  !?3 
  

  

  The 
  Summer 
  Cottage 
  of 
  

  

  Francis 
  Cushing, 
  Esq., 
  

  

  Cushing's 
  Island, 
  Me. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Cushing's 
  summer 
  home 
  

   is 
  illustrated 
  on 
  page 
  173. 
  The 
  

   house 
  is 
  built 
  on 
  cedar 
  posts 
  

   with 
  stone 
  footings. 
  The 
  cel- 
  

   lar 
  has 
  an 
  outside 
  entrance 
  and 
  

   is 
  inclosed 
  within 
  narrow- 
  

   beaded 
  stuff. 
  The 
  upper 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  house 
  are 
  sheathed 
  and 
  

   shingled 
  and 
  painted 
  a 
  dull 
  

   shade 
  of 
  olive. 
  The 
  shingled 
  

   roof 
  is 
  painted 
  red. 
  The 
  col- 
  

   umns 
  of 
  the 
  piazza 
  and 
  balcony 
  

   are 
  of 
  rough 
  cedar 
  posts, 
  

   dressed 
  and 
  finished 
  naturally. 
  

   The 
  chimney 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  rock- 
  

   faced 
  stone 
  laid 
  up 
  at 
  random. 
  

  

  The 
  interior 
  is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  

   spruce, 
  with 
  natural 
  finish. 
  The 
  

   walls 
  and 
  ceilings 
  are 
  un-plas- 
  

   tered, 
  with 
  exposed 
  beams, 
  

   which 
  are 
  dressed 
  

   and 
  finished 
  natural- 
  

   ly. 
  The 
  reception-hall 
  

   has 
  an 
  open 
  brick 
  

   fireplace 
  with 
  a 
  wood 
  

   mantel, 
  and 
  is 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  from 
  the 
  stair- 
  

   case 
  hall 
  by 
  an 
  arch- 
  

   way. 
  The 
  staircase 
  

   has 
  ornamental 
  

   newels, 
  balusters, 
  

   and 
  rail. 
  The 
  dining- 
  

   room 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  

   butler's 
  pantry, 
  and 
  

   the 
  kitchen 
  is 
  wain- 
  

   scoted 
  and 
  furnished 
  

   with 
  the 
  usual 
  fix- 
  

   t 
  u 
  r 
  e 
  s. 
  This 
  floor 
  

   also 
  includes 
  a 
  spa- 
  

   cious 
  parlor, 
  while 
  the 
  second 
  floor 
  contains 
  four 
  bedrooms, 
  

   den, 
  and 
  toilet. 
  The 
  cottage 
  cost 
  one 
  thousand 
  nine 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  fifty 
  dollars. 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Calvin 
  Stevens, 
  of 
  Port- 
  

   land, 
  Maine, 
  was 
  the 
  architect. 
  

  

  The 
  Stone 
  Chimney 
  Is 
  Completely 
  Exposed 
  from 
  Foundation 
  to 
  Summit 
  

  

  3 
  q 
  

  

  ^CIDROOM.. 
  

  

  CI 
  T)CDR.QOri_ 
  

   |)ln 
  I; 
  iobxi2b 
  

  

  OO 
  R. 
  

  

  " 
  Birds' 
  Nest," 
  

  

  the 
  bummer 
  Home 
  or 
  

  

  Harvey 
  D. 
  Murray, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  Delano 
  Park, 
  

   Cape 
  Elizabeth, 
  Maine 
  

  

  Illustrations 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Murray's 
  house 
  

   are 
  given 
  on 
  page 
  

   174. 
  It 
  cost 
  but 
  one 
  

   thousand 
  five 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  dollars, 
  and 
  is 
  

   a 
  remarkable 
  illus- 
  

   tration 
  of 
  economic 
  

   building 
  The 
  house 
  

   stands 
  on 
  a 
  cliff, 
  

   which 
  affords 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   c 
  e 
  1 
  1 
  e 
  n 
  t 
  basement, 
  

   that 
  is 
  inclosed 
  with 
  matched 
  stuff 
  painted 
  dark 
  bottle-green. 
  

   The 
  upper 
  walls 
  and 
  roof 
  are 
  inclosed 
  with 
  matched 
  stuff, 
  

   with 
  white 
  cedar 
  shingles 
  left 
  to 
  finish 
  naturally. 
  The 
  trim- 
  

   mings 
  are 
  painted 
  dark 
  bottle-green. 
  

  

  pA 
  

  

  5econ(d.]Loor. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Francis 
  Cushing's 
  Summer 
  Cottage 
  at 
  Cushing's 
  Island, 
  Maine 
  

  

  