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Volume X 



February, 1913 



Number 2 



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The Restoration of an Eighteent 



ry Farmhouse 



By Mary H. Northend 



Photographs by the Author 



HE pretty village of Charles River lies a Built in 1647, theories of laie old farmhouse have been 

 few miles outside of Boston, being one of carefully kept" by its present owner, Mr. Frederic H. Cur- 

 its suburbs. Within the last few years, this tis, while additions have been made by the building of ells 

 country locality has been opened up by the and verandas, so picturesquely introduced that they increase 

 building of many new Summer homes, and rather than detract from the architectural value of the 

 here and there along the charming wood- house. The remodeling • of this house was from plans 

 land roads, one finds beautiful private estates, intermingled drawn by Philip B. Howard, architect, and F. M. Wake- 

 with the remodeled farmhouses which are so popular field, architect, of Boston. As it originally stood, the 

 to-day. structure was painted red with white trim. It had a small 

 One of these farmhouses is on the left-hand side of the porch at the front, which was, however, an addition made 

 road coming from Dover. It stands invitingly by the many years after the house was built. The situation was 

 roadside, shaded by enormous elms whose graceful branches most attractive, for on either side of the winding country 

 give relief from the heat of the sun during the Summer road are more of the wide-spreading elms which stand like 

 months, and suggests to passers-by a typical eighteenth cen- sentinels guarding the old homestead, while flowering shrubs 

 tury farmhouse ingeniously remodeled into a twentieth cen- which are planted here and there around the house add 

 tury Summer home, the ell reflecting most, the old and new. their touch of color. The grounds are extensive, lying on 



Built in 1647, the lines of the old farmhouse have been carefully kept, while additions have been made by the building of ells and verandas 



