﻿October, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  389 
  

  

  four 
  bedrooms 
  on 
  the 
  

   second 
  floor 
  are 
  

   trimmed 
  with 
  chest- 
  

   nut, 
  stained 
  and 
  fin- 
  

   ished 
  in 
  Flemish 
  

   brown. 
  The 
  bath- 
  

   room 
  is 
  painted 
  ivory 
  

   white 
  and 
  is 
  fitted 
  

   with 
  porcelain 
  fix- 
  

   t 
  u 
  r 
  e 
  s 
  and 
  exposed 
  

   nickelplated 
  plumb- 
  

   ing. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  

   bedrooms, 
  painted 
  

   white, 
  and 
  a 
  trunk 
  

   room 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  

   floor, 
  while 
  a 
  ce- 
  

   mented 
  cellar 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  a 
  heating 
  

   apparatus, 
  fuel 
  

   rooms 
  and 
  laundry. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  shown 
  

   in 
  Fig. 
  1 
  has 
  an 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  piazza 
  with 
  

   Doric 
  columns, 
  bay- 
  

   windows 
  and 
  a 
  roof 
  

   with 
  dormer 
  win- 
  

   dows. 
  The 
  walls 
  and 
  

   roof 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  

   cedar 
  shingles 
  left 
  to 
  

   weather 
  finish. 
  The 
  

   entrance 
  hall 
  and 
  

   living- 
  room 
  are 
  

   trimmed 
  with 
  chest- 
  

   nut, 
  stained 
  and 
  fin- 
  

   ished 
  in 
  soft 
  brown. 
  

   The 
  living-room 
  has 
  

   an 
  open 
  fireplace 
  with 
  

   red 
  brick 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth, 
  and 
  mantel. 
  The 
  dining-room 
  

   is 
  painted 
  old 
  ivory 
  white 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  bay-window 
  with 
  seat, 
  

   a 
  nook 
  for 
  buffet, 
  and 
  an 
  open 
  fireplace 
  with 
  tiled 
  hearth 
  and 
  

   facings 
  and 
  a 
  Colonial 
  mantel. 
  A 
  door 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  pan- 
  

   try 
  and 
  rear 
  hall, 
  from 
  which 
  stairs 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  

   third 
  stories 
  and 
  descend 
  to 
  the 
  cellar. 
  Another 
  door 
  opens 
  

   into 
  the 
  kitchen, 
  which 
  contains 
  range, 
  dressers 
  and 
  sink. 
  

   The 
  laundry 
  is 
  fitted 
  with 
  laundry 
  tubs 
  and 
  a 
  store 
  closet. 
  

  

  1 
  here 
  are 
  four 
  large 
  bedrooms 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  floor, 
  

   trimmed 
  with 
  chestnut. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  bedrooms 
  has 
  an 
  open 
  

   fireplace 
  with 
  facings 
  and 
  mantel. 
  The 
  bathroom 
  is 
  painted 
  

   with 
  white 
  enamel 
  and 
  is 
  finished 
  with 
  porcelain 
  fixtures 
  and 
  

   exposed 
  nickelplated 
  

   plumbing. 
  There 
  are 
  

   two 
  bedrooms 
  and 
  a 
  

   storage 
  room 
  on 
  the 
  

   third 
  floor. 
  A 
  ce- 
  

   mented 
  cellar 
  contains 
  

   the 
  heating 
  apparatus, 
  

   fuel 
  rooms 
  and 
  stor- 
  

   age 
  space. 
  

  

  A 
  fourth 
  house 
  

   (Fig. 
  2) 
  has 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   terior 
  covered 
  with 
  

   pine 
  shingles, 
  with 
  the 
  

   roof 
  covered 
  with 
  sim- 
  

   ilar 
  shingles 
  stained 
  

   moss 
  green. 
  The 
  trim- 
  

   mings 
  and 
  blinds 
  are 
  

   painted 
  old 
  ivory 
  

   white. 
  The 
  under- 
  

   pinning 
  is 
  constructed 
  

   of 
  local 
  rock-faced 
  

  

  7 
  — 
  A 
  Design 
  Based 
  on 
  Spanish 
  Motifs 
  

  

  8 
  — 
  The 
  Piazza 
  and 
  Loggias 
  Are 
  the 
  Distinctive 
  Features 
  

  

  stone. 
  The 
  interior 
  

   has 
  a 
  reception-hall 
  

   and 
  parlor 
  trimmed 
  

   with 
  chestnut 
  and 
  

   stained 
  and 
  finished 
  a 
  

   Flemish 
  brown, 
  while 
  

   the 
  dining-room 
  is 
  

   treated 
  with 
  white 
  

   paint. 
  The 
  hall 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  a 
  paneled 
  seat 
  

   and 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   staircase, 
  and 
  the 
  

   living-room 
  is 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  col- 
  

   umns 
  supported 
  on 
  

   pedestals. 
  The 
  din- 
  

   ing-room 
  has 
  an 
  open 
  

   fireplace 
  and 
  bay- 
  

   window. 
  The 
  but- 
  

   ler's 
  pantry, 
  kitchen 
  

   and 
  laundry 
  are 
  fitted 
  

   up 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  ones 
  

   already 
  described, 
  

   containing 
  all 
  the 
  best 
  

   modern 
  conveniences. 
  

   There 
  are 
  four 
  bed- 
  

   rooms, 
  painted 
  ivory 
  

   white, 
  and 
  a 
  bath- 
  

   room 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

   floor 
  and 
  two 
  bed- 
  

   rooms 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  

   floor. 
  The 
  bathroom 
  

   is 
  painted 
  with 
  white 
  

   enamel 
  and 
  furnished 
  

   with 
  porcelain 
  fix- 
  

   tures 
  and 
  exposed 
  

   nickelplated 
  plumb- 
  

   ing. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  bedrooms 
  and 
  trunk 
  room 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  

   story 
  and 
  a 
  cemented 
  cellar 
  contains 
  a 
  heating 
  apparatus, 
  

   fuel 
  rooms 
  and 
  storage 
  space. 
  

  

  House 
  or 
  Jacob 
  Menken, 
  Esq., 
  at 
  Dyker 
  Heights, 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Menken's 
  house 
  shows 
  a 
  conformity 
  to 
  historical 
  

   styles 
  of 
  Spanish 
  feeling. 
  The 
  principal 
  features 
  are 
  the 
  

   broad 
  piazza 
  and 
  loggias. 
  The 
  balustrade 
  of 
  the 
  piazza 
  

   and 
  the 
  exterior 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  built 
  on 
  a 
  frame 
  construction 
  

   and 
  covered 
  with 
  metal 
  lath 
  and 
  stucco 
  composed 
  of 
  

   Portland 
  cement. 
  The 
  quaint 
  sloping 
  roof 
  forms 
  a 
  cover 
  

  

  for 
  the 
  house 
  and 
  the 
  

   loggias 
  and 
  is 
  sheathed 
  

   with 
  shingles 
  finished 
  

   natural. 
  

  

  The 
  entrance 
  is 
  into 
  

   a 
  great 
  square 
  living- 
  

   roo 
  m, 
  twenty-three 
  

   feet 
  wide 
  and 
  twenty- 
  

   nine 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  It 
  

   is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  quar- 
  

   tered 
  oak, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  

   massive 
  beamed 
  ceiling 
  

   and 
  a 
  high 
  paneled 
  

   wainscoting. 
  An 
  open 
  

   fireplace 
  opposite 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  is 
  built 
  with 
  

   brick 
  facings 
  and 
  

   hearth 
  and 
  a 
  mantel 
  

   of 
  g 
  o 
  1 
  d 
  e 
  n 
  oak. 
  To 
  

   the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  is 
  the 
  study, 
  

  

  $£C 
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  a. 
  

  

  