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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1905 



The Bungalow of A. A. Whitman, Esq 



Navesink Highlands, New Jersey 



'HE bungalow of A. A. Whitman, Esq., at 

 Navesink Highlands, N. J., is very charm- 

 ingly placed on a little plateau on the side of 

 a hill, and among the trees which abound 

 in the Highlands. From the piazza a 

 broad view is obtained of the Shrewsbury 

 River, Sandy Hook and the Atlantic Ocean. 



The style of the house is a shingled gambrel country 

 house of a rather picturesque type. The foundation is partly 

 of brick piers, and the rest cedar and locust posts, the whole 

 of which are covered in and are not exposed to view. The 



room and are stained a dull brown color. The walls have 

 a dado of burlap, above which, between the studding, they 

 are covered with a heavy building paper, the whole of which 

 is stained with a harmonious effect. The fireplace is built of 

 hard, well burned brick with a hearth of the same, and a fac- 

 ing rising high up under the mantelshelf. The small, latticed 

 windows add much to the appearance of this room. 



The dining-room is plastered and has a dado effect, with 

 plate rack shelf at the top. The kitchen and service portion 

 throughout is plastered, as are also all the sleeping-rooms 

 and bathroom in the second and third stories. All the wood- 



A Meeting of Gables 



exterior of the house is covered entirely with shingles, both 

 the walls and roof. The body of the house is stained a soft, 

 woody green, while the roof is a silver gray. All the trim- 

 mings are painted white, including the sash. The blinds are 

 painted a dark ivy green. 



The first story contains a living-room, dining-room, kitchen 

 and its dependencies, and the second story contains three bed- 

 rooms, two nurseries and two bathrooms. 



The hall is a central one and has a staircase rising up to 

 the second floor, in combination with the rear stairway. The 

 studding and floor beams are exposed to view in the living- 



work of the rooms is stained, excepting two of the bed- 

 rooms and bathroom, which are painted. 



The third floor contains the servant quarters, trunk room, 

 and a large playroom, so arranged that it can be made into 

 two bedrooms whenever the occasion demands. The house 

 throughout is provided with hard pine floors, electric bells 

 and modern plumbing. The bathrooms are furnished with 

 porcelain fixtures and exposed nickelplated plumbing. The 

 equipment throughout is of the best. 



Mr. Ernest M. A. Machado, architect, No. 9 Cornhill 

 Street, Boston, Mass. 



