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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1905 



The Residence of Charles T. Ives, Esq. 



Montclair, New Jersey 



I HE residence of Charles T. Ives, Esq., at 



Montclair, N. J., is a house designed in the 

 Georgian style of architecture with a portico 

 at the front with massive columns. 



The hall and principal rooms of the first 

 story are trimmed with white pine painted 

 white. Entrance to the various rooms of 

 the first story is through broad openings furnished with 

 pilasters and fluted columns supporting arches, which 

 have carved moldings. All the windows are trimmed to 

 correspond. There are no doors in the first story, except 

 from the hall and dining-room. The hall has a four-foot 

 paneled wainscoting, and a wooden cornice. The wall space 

 between has a brilliant wall covering. The fireplace is built 

 with the facings and a hearth of Roman brick, and a carved 

 mantel. The staircase is of Colonial style with a newel post 

 formed of a cluster of balusters from which springs a 

 rail of mahogany. The feature of the hall is the large 

 electric-action pipe organ placed on the first landing of the 

 stairs, and seen from the entrance hall looking through a 

 series of columns and arches. The organ case was specially 

 designed by the architect, and the instrument is played from 

 the music-room. 



The living-room, or library, contains a number of built- 

 in bookcases, and a mantel that follows the general treat- 

 ment of the window and door openings. Framed in, above 

 the mantel shelf, is a reproduction of part of the western 

 frieze of the Parthenon. The facings and the hearth are 

 laid with Roman brick. The particular feature of interest 

 in the music-room is the mantel. 



The dining-room has a china closet built in, the treatment 

 of which is similar to that used for the mantel in the music- 

 room. The mantel of this room also contains a built-in 

 china closet. Both the china mantel cabinets are lined with 

 mirrors and contain plate glass shelves. The prevailing 

 tones of the dining-room papers are buff and brown. The 

 balance of the first story is occupied by the butler's pantry 

 and kitchen. 



The second story contains four bedrooms, den and two 

 bathrooms. The trim of this floor is of white pine, treated 

 with white paint, except the den, which is in Flemish oak. 

 The bathrooms are furnished with porcelain fixtures, the 

 best sanitary plumbing and nickelplated pipes. There are 

 three large bedrooms, a bathroom and ample storage space 

 on the third floor. 



Mr. A. F. Norris, architect, 150 Nassau St., New York. 



View Looking Through Hall 



