February, 1906 
The hall, which extends the entire depth of the 
house, is treated in the Colonial style. It is 
trimmed with white wood, and is treated with l 
white enamel paint, in three coats, which is well | 
rubbed down to a good smooth finish. This hall 
is a bright, cheerful room, which impression is 
enhanced by the wall decorations, which are of a 
warm reddish brown shade. The ceiling of the 
hall is divided into squares with massive beams, 
which are well molded and ornamented. ‘These beams are 
supported on pilasters, which are placed on either side of 
the fireplace, and by the massive square and paneled col- 
umns which form the newel posts of the staircase. The 
staircase starts with a broad sweep in between these col- 
umns and rises to a broad landing, from which the stairs rise 
at the right to a second landing. From this second landing 
a door communicates with the servants’ hall and stairway, 
while a short flight of steps lands one at the level of the sec- 
ond floor. This stairway has a balustrade of white painted 
balusters and a mahogany rail. 
Opposite the stairway, on the first floor, is placed the 
broad open fireplace, which is built of Tiffany brick, with 
its facings and hearth of the same. It has a massive mantel 
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Designed in the English Half-Timbered Style, the Basement and First Story are of Local Field Stone 
with columns and a paneled overmantel, which is designed 
from special work and in the Colonial style. 
The library is placed on the north side of the house, and 
as it extends the entire depth of the house, it has 
windows on three sides of the room, and is secluded 
enough to give it an air of distinction and privacy. 
This is trimmed with quartered oak and is treated 
in Flemish brown. There is a large open fireplace, 
built with brick facings and hearth and furnished 
with a mantel provided with panels and sufficient 
ornament to give it character. Opposite this fire- 
place there is placed a broad paneled seat, over 
which the wall space is pierced with a cluster of 
three windows. On either side of this paneled 
seat the wall space is taken up with bookcases, 
which are built along the remaining space of this 
side of the room. These bookcases also extend 
around the front side of the room to the fireplace. 
The windows over the bookcases, which are placed 
along the wall at the front of the house, are glazed 
with leaded glass. On the river side of the room 
French casement windows open onto the living- 
porch, of which mention has already been made. 
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The dining-room, which overlooks the Hudson River, en- 
joys the full benefit of the morning sun, which is an essential 
and pleasant feature of every dining-room; this is made 
possible for the reason that 
the piazza does not extend 
to the dining-room, and 
there is no piazza roof to 
shade the windows. ‘The 
trim of the dining-room is 
of chestnut, and it is stained 
and finished in a soft brown. 
The butler’s pantry is 
trimmed with yellow pine, 
finished with hard oil and 
varnish. It is fitted with a 
sink, dressers fitted with 
glass doors, drawers and 
cupboards. 
The kitchen is also 
trimmed with yellow pine, 
and finished with a natural 
treatment of hard oil and 
varnish. A feature of this 
kitchen is the crosslight and 
ventilation which it has 
from the windows placed on 
two sides of the room. It 
is fitted with laundry tubs of porcelain, sink, range placed 
against a white enameled brick chimney hearth, and a large 
store pantry, well lighted and provided with dresser, shelves 
FIRST- FLOOR: PLAN. 
