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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  May, 
  1907 
  

  

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  flooa 
  

  

  'kcOHrt/iOOG 
  

  

  'Bird's 
  Nest," 
  the 
  Summer 
  Home 
  of 
  Harvey 
  D. 
  Murray, 
  Esq., 
  at 
  Delano 
  Park, 
  Cape 
  Elizabeth, 
  Maine 
  

  

  The 
  interior 
  is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  white 
  pine, 
  with 
  studding, 
  

   floor 
  joists, 
  and 
  partitions 
  all 
  dressed 
  and 
  exposed. 
  The 
  

   living-room 
  is 
  two 
  full 
  stories 
  in 
  height. 
  It 
  has 
  an 
  open 
  

   fireplace 
  with 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  of 
  red 
  brick 
  laid 
  in 
  red 
  

   mortar; 
  the 
  mantel 
  is 
  wood. 
  At 
  the 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  paneled 
  seat, 
  

   with 
  an 
  opening 
  above 
  filled 
  in 
  with 
  spindlework. 
  Spindle- 
  

   work 
  again 
  forms 
  the 
  partition 
  between 
  the 
  living-room 
  and 
  

   the 
  dining-room. 
  The 
  pantries 
  and 
  kitchen 
  are 
  completely 
  

   supplied 
  with 
  all 
  modern 
  conveniences. 
  The 
  house 
  contains 
  

   but 
  a 
  single 
  staircase; 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  private 
  hall 
  which 
  gives 
  

   access 
  to 
  the 
  kitchen, 
  and 
  is 
  isolated 
  from 
  the 
  living-room. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  one 
  bedroom 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  floor, 
  and 
  three 
  on 
  the 
  

   second. 
  The 
  latter 
  contains 
  a 
  bathroom 
  furnished 
  with 
  

   porcelain 
  fixtures 
  and 
  exposed 
  plumbing. 
  The 
  servants' 
  

   room, 
  laundry, 
  and 
  storeroom 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  basement. 
  Mr. 
  

   John 
  Calvin 
  Stevens, 
  of 
  Portland, 
  Maine, 
  was 
  the 
  architect. 
  

  

  Just 
  one 
  word 
  of 
  caution 
  in 
  conclusion. 
  The 
  prices 
  given 
  

   for 
  the 
  houses 
  described 
  in 
  this 
  paper 
  represent 
  the 
  exact 
  

   cost 
  of 
  their 
  construction, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  greatly 
  increased 
  

   cost 
  of 
  labor 
  and 
  material 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  some 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  in 
  the 
  amounts 
  should 
  be 
  added 
  in 
  making 
  comparison 
  

   with 
  contemporary 
  work. 
  

  

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