October, 1905 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The House 



treated with white enamel paint. The floor is covered with 

 crimson velvet, blending well with the crimson wall scheme 

 with harmonious effect. The staircase sweeps up to one 

 side of the room with painted balustrade and mahogany rail, 

 while at the opposite side the entire space is oc- 

 cupied with French windows opening on the piazza 

 at the ocean side of the house. The walls have a 

 paneled wainscoting, and the ceiling has mass- 

 ive beams supported on pilasters with carved 

 capitals. 



The drawing-room is 28 x 24 feet, and is treated 

 in the French style; the walls have a paneled wain- 

 scoting, above which the space is covered with a 

 green and white decoration; the whole is sur- 

 mounted with a massive cornice. The woodwork 

 is treated with white enamel paint. The fireplace, 

 which forms the principal characteristic of the 

 room, has a hearth and facings of pavanazzo 

 marble, and a mantel which is carved in an elab- 

 orate manner. 



The dining-room is trimmed with oak, treated in 

 Flemish style. It has a paneled wainscoting and a 

 wooden cornice, a buffet built in and a massive fire- 

 place, and a mantel of Caen stone elaborately 

 carved. On either side of the fireplace are nooks 

 provided with paneled seats. The butler's pantry 

 is fitted with all the best improvements, containing 

 a dumb-waiter to the kitchen and its dependencies, 

 which are placed in the basement. 



The second floor contains five bedrooms fitted 

 with large closets and four bathrooms, the trim of 

 each is painted with white enamel, and each room 

 is carried out in a particular color scheme in its 

 wall decorations and furnishings. The bathrooms are 

 furnished with tiled wainscotings and floor, and are sup- 

 plied with porcelain fixtures and exposed nickelplated plumb- 

 ing. A private stairway from the basement to the third floor 



forms access to the servants' quarters, which are placed on the 

 third floor. The basement not only contains the kitchen 

 and its dependencies, but a laundry, heating apparatus, fuel 

 rooms, etc. The house was designed and built with a view to 



PORTETCCCHFTRE 



FIPST STORY 



meeting all the necessary requirements for a well regulated 

 summer home. 



Mr. A. J. Manning, architect, No. 7 East 42d Street, 

 New York, 



