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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1905 



The Residence of Charles F. Droste, Esq. 



Montclair, New Jersey 



HE house built for Charles F. Droste, 

 Esq., at Montclair, N. J., is designed in the 

 English style that was contemporaneous 

 with our Colonial period. The first story 

 and two gables are built of selected common 

 brick, laid Flemish bond in red mortar, with 

 raked-out joints and the headers projecting one-half inch 

 beyond the plane of the stretchers. The semicircular stair- 

 case tower is built of frame covered with expanded metal 

 lath and then rough plaster, the whole of which is crowned 

 with a copper finial. The sills, coping and floors of the vesti- 

 bule and piazza, as well as all the steps, are of artificial stone 

 of a light gray color. The remainder of the house is built 

 of frame, covered with ship-lapped hemlock boards, building 



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paper and red cedar shingles, the latter stained red, except 

 the small roof, which is stained a moss green. The trim is 

 painted white. 



The central hall of the first story is trimmed with white- 

 wood painted a cream white, except the doors, which are 

 stained and finished in mahogany with rubbed-down varnish. 

 The rails and treads of the stairs are of birch finished the 

 same as the doors. Around the hall is a wooden cornice, be- 

 hind which the electric lights are concealed. The diffusion of 

 light from this arrangement is very effective. Back of the 

 hall, and separated from it by fluted Roman columns, is the 

 reception-room, which is treated the same as the hall. The 

 walls are hung with a green paper. 



To the right of the hall is the living-room, the walls of 



which are paneled with broad battens of quartered oak to 

 the height of the doors and windows, the spaces being filled 

 in with olive green burlap. The space above the plate-rack, 

 which extends around the room, and the ceiling are tinted a 

 pale green. The angle between the side walls and the ceil- 

 ing is paneled with two moldings. 



The walls of the ingle-nook are entirely covered with 

 small-faced brick of a soft brown tone in a combination with 

 the buff brick mantel. Bookcases are built in at one end of 

 the room, at one side of which there is a door opening into 

 the private porch. The woodwork in this room is stained 

 a dark brown and is finished in oil. 



The dining-room is trimmed with whitewood stained a 

 Flemish brown. The walls are covered with tapestry up to 



the height of the door cas- 

 ings, and the whole is fin- 

 ished with a plate-rack. 

 The tone of the tapestry 

 is blue, green and brown, 

 and the walls above the 

 plate-rack and the ceiling 

 are tinted a light brown. 

 The mantel is of special 

 design, and contains a 

 china cabinet, while the 

 facings and hearth are of 

 brick. 



. The butler's pantry is 

 trimmed with cypress and 

 finished with spar varnish, 

 and contains a sink, china 

 closet, cupboard and 

 drawers. The kitchen is 

 treated in a similar man- 

 ner, and has an imitation 

 tile wainscoting four feet 

 in height, and is furnished 

 with all the best modern 

 appliances. The second 

 floor contains five bed- 

 rooms, one dressing-room 

 and two bathrooms. The 

 entire trim of these rooms 

 is of whitewood painted 

 cream white. The bath- 

 rooms have tiled wainscotings and floor, and are furnished 

 with porcelain fixtures and exposed nickelplated plumbing. 

 The floors throughout the first and second stories are double, 

 the upper one being of hardwood. 



There are three bedrooms and a servants' bathroom on 

 the third floor, besides ample storage spaces. The cellar 

 contains the laundry, heating apparatus, fuel room, cold 

 storage, etc. The house is heated by steam, indirect on first 

 floor and direct for the balance of the house. The 

 lighting is by gas and electricity. The house is a pictur- 

 esque structure picturesquely placed in a site admirably 

 suited to it. 



Mr. Albert F. Norris, architect, 150 Nassau Street, 

 New York, N. Y. 



