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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  May, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Summer 
  Home 
  

  

  at 
  Magnolia, 
  Massachusetts 
  

  

  "COL 
  

   mi 
  yum. 
  

  

  Iff 
  

  

  

  llfB 
  

  

  Claude 
  Kilpatrick, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  

  

  R. 
  KILPATRICK'S 
  house, 
  which 
  is 
  illus- 
  

   trated 
  on 
  pages 
  184 
  and 
  185, 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  

   as 
  a 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  summer 
  home 
  adapted 
  for 
  

   use 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  structure 
  is 
  a 
  

   combination 
  of 
  stone, 
  stucco, 
  and 
  shingle 
  

   work. 
  The 
  first 
  story 
  and 
  piazza 
  wall 
  and 
  

   piers 
  are 
  built 
  of 
  rock-faced 
  stone; 
  the 
  

   gable-end 
  over 
  the 
  entrance 
  and 
  the 
  chimney 
  are 
  of 
  stucco, 
  

   colored 
  a 
  silver-gray; 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  parts 
  are 
  of 
  wood, 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  shingles 
  stained 
  a 
  soft 
  brown. 
  The 
  trimmings 
  are 
  

   painted 
  Italian 
  green 
  and 
  the 
  shingled 
  roof 
  is 
  stained 
  with 
  

   a 
  brilliant 
  red. 
  

  

  The 
  entrance 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  side, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  living-rooms 
  on 
  the 
  ocean 
  front. 
  The 
  

   entrance 
  corridor 
  leads 
  to 
  a 
  staircase 
  hall, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  

   trimmed 
  with 
  quartered 
  oak 
  and 
  are 
  paneled 
  to 
  the 
  ceiling, 
  

   which 
  is 
  beamed, 
  with 
  deep 
  panels. 
  The 
  staircase 
  is 
  ar- 
  

   ranged 
  in 
  a 
  semicircular 
  bay 
  window, 
  lighted 
  by 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  

   leaded 
  glass 
  windows. 
  The 
  stairs 
  have 
  broad 
  steps 
  and 
  a 
  

   newel 
  formed 
  of 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  balusters. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kilpatrick's 
  

   den 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  

   the 
  entrance. 
  It 
  is 
  

   trimmed 
  with 
  cy- 
  

   press 
  washed 
  with 
  

   green 
  stain. 
  It 
  has 
  

   an 
  open 
  fireplace 
  

   with 
  red 
  brick 
  fac- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  hearth. 
  On 
  

   either 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  

   cluster 
  of 
  windows, 
  

   beneath 
  which 
  are 
  

   paneled 
  seats. 
  The 
  

   morning-room 
  is 
  on 
  

   the 
  right, 
  and 
  is 
  

   treated 
  with 
  white 
  

   enamel. 
  The 
  walls 
  

   are 
  ornamented 
  in 
  

   the 
  Empire 
  st 
  y 
  1 
  e, 
  

   in 
  white 
  and 
  green. 
  

   The 
  open 
  fireplace 
  

   has 
  facings 
  and 
  

   hearth 
  of 
  white 
  

   enamel 
  tiling, 
  and 
  

   the 
  mantel 
  is 
  in 
  har- 
  

   mony 
  with 
  the 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  style 
  of 
  the 
  

   room. 
  

  

  The 
  living-room 
  

   opens 
  from 
  the 
  

   staircase 
  hall. 
  The 
  

   woodwork, 
  which 
  An 
  Entrance 
  on 
  the 
  Side 
  Leaves 
  the 
  

  

  includes 
  a 
  low 
  paneled 
  wainscoting, 
  is 
  treated 
  with 
  yellowish 
  

   gray, 
  while 
  the 
  upper 
  walls 
  are 
  finished 
  with 
  a 
  forest 
  effect. 
  

   The 
  ceiling 
  is 
  supported 
  on 
  a 
  wooden 
  cornice. 
  The 
  fireplace 
  

   has 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  of 
  Roman 
  brick. 
  The 
  mantel-shelf 
  

   is 
  supported 
  on 
  carved 
  corbels, 
  and 
  the 
  over-mantel 
  is 
  

   paneled 
  with 
  pilasters. 
  

  

  The 
  blue-gray 
  paint 
  of 
  the 
  dining-room 
  harmonizes 
  well 
  

   with 
  the 
  striped 
  green 
  and 
  white 
  paper 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  walls 
  

   are 
  covered. 
  The 
  room 
  has 
  a 
  low 
  paneled 
  wainscot 
  and 
  a 
  

   cornice 
  of 
  wood. 
  The 
  open 
  fireplace 
  has 
  marble 
  facings 
  

   and 
  hearth 
  and 
  a 
  paneled 
  over-mantel. 
  Opening 
  from 
  one 
  

   corner 
  is 
  the 
  sun-room, 
  octagonal 
  in 
  plan 
  and 
  inclosed 
  with 
  

   glass. 
  The 
  butler's 
  pantry, 
  kitchen, 
  laundry, 
  pantry, 
  and 
  

   service 
  entrance 
  are 
  all 
  supplied 
  with 
  the 
  best 
  modern 
  con- 
  

   veniences. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  story 
  contains 
  five 
  bedrooms 
  and 
  two 
  bath- 
  

   rooms. 
  Each 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  has 
  its 
  distinctive 
  color, 
  and 
  

   the 
  bathrooms 
  have 
  tiled 
  floors 
  and 
  walls 
  and 
  porcelain 
  fix- 
  

   tures 
  and 
  exposed 
  plumbing. 
  The 
  servants' 
  bedrooms 
  and 
  

   bathroom 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  floor, 
  on 
  which 
  ample 
  storage 
  space 
  

  

  is 
  also 
  provided. 
  

   The 
  heating 
  appa- 
  

   ratus, 
  fuel 
  rooms, 
  

   and 
  cold 
  storage 
  

   space 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  cel- 
  

   lar. 
  Mr. 
  James 
  S. 
  

   Lee, 
  of 
  Boston, 
  was 
  

   the 
  architect. 
  

  

  The 
  leading 
  idea 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  the 
  

   house 
  was 
  to 
  spend 
  

   no 
  money 
  on 
  things 
  

   not 
  essential 
  to 
  the 
  

   comfort 
  of 
  the 
  own- 
  

   er's 
  family, 
  but 
  to 
  

   spend 
  all 
  that 
  was 
  

   demanded 
  to 
  make 
  

   a 
  house 
  of 
  thorough 
  

   construction 
  and 
  

   good 
  appearance. 
  

   The 
  plans 
  show 
  it, 
  

   the 
  elevations 
  show 
  

   it, 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  

   with 
  its 
  decorations 
  

   and 
  furnishings 
  

   show 
  it. 
  Mr. 
  Lee 
  

   has 
  been 
  very 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  in 
  carrying 
  

   out 
  Mr. 
  Kilpatrick's 
  

   idea 
  in 
  this 
  direc- 
  

   Main 
  Front 
  Free 
  for 
  the 
  Living-rooms 
  tion. 
  

  

  