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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1906 



of the house, and opens to the living-room on the right and 

 to the dining-room on the left; the openings are very broad 

 and provided with sliding-doors. This hall is trimmed with 

 oak and has a paneled wainscoting. The surface of the 

 ceiling is well broken by handsomely molded beams. The 

 ornamental staircase rises at the front of the hall with a 

 broad landing over the vestibule. The fireplace is built of 

 brick with the hearth and facings of similar brick; the fac- 

 ings extend to the mantel-shelf, which is of oak, and hand- 

 somely carved. At 

 the end of the hall 

 is a door with win- 

 dows on either side, 

 from which broad 

 vistas are obtained 

 of the river below. 

 The door opens onto 

 the balcony which 

 overhangs the cliff. 



The living-room, 

 sixteen by twenty- 

 eight feet, is exposed 

 on three sides. It is 

 trimmed with ma- 

 hogany and has a 

 wall decoration in 

 ivory-white and yel- 

 low, the whole of 

 which i s finished 

 with a wooden 

 cornice. The fire- 

 place has tiled fac- 

 ings and hearth, and 

 a paneled mantel 

 and over-m a n t e 1 

 with mirrors. Broad 

 windows pierce the 

 walls on the front 



and rear of the room, while at the side are two win- 

 dows with a broad space between, providing ample oppor- 

 tunity for a piano or bookcase. 



The dining-room, seventeen by twenty feet, is trimmed 

 with oak. At one end of the room is a broad bay-window 

 with paneled seat, and at the side opposite the entrance is a 

 fireplace furnished with tiled facings and hearth and a 

 mantel of oak. The butler's pantry occupies the remain- 

 ing space of this side of the house, and contains the rear 

 stairway in combination with the front stairs, and also the 



2 — A Distinct Departure was Made in the Designing of This House 



stairway to the basement, the dumbwaiter to the kitchen, 

 and sink, dresser, cupboards, etc. The bottom of the base- 

 ment is on a level with the grade at the rear of the house; 

 consequently, it permits placing the kitchen and its de- 

 pendencies in the basement, which contains a well-fitted 

 kitchen, good pantries, store-pantry, laundry, servants' hall 

 and the cellar containing the heating apparatus and fuel- 

 rooms. 



The second floor shows a hall, square in form, and of the 



same woodwork and 

 color-scheme as the 

 lower hall, and the 

 windows placed at 

 the side of the stair- 

 case with the 

 stained-glass tran- 

 soms shed a pleas- 

 ant light over it as 

 well as upon the 

 staircase. In all the 

 bedrooms the wood- 

 work is treated with 

 white-painted trim, 

 with doors finished 

 in mahogany. There 

 are four bedrooms 

 on this floor, all of 

 good dimensions and 

 provided with well- 

 fitted closets, and 

 two bathrooms. The 

 owner's suite, con- 

 sisting of one large 

 bedroom with a 

 combination dress- 

 ing-room and bath, 

 is quite the feature 

 of this floor. The 

 bathrooms have tiled wainscotings and floors, and porcelain 

 fixtures and exposed, nickel-plated plumbing. The third floor 

 has three bedrooms, two of which are provided with lava- 

 tories, and also trunk-rooms. 



In the designing of Mr. Edward P. Coe's house at Engle- 

 wood, New Jersey, Mr. Aymar Embury, II, the architect, 

 of Englewood, New Jersey, has accepted the English half- 

 timber house as its prototype. (Figs. 5 and 9.) The house 

 is built of a combination of brick, stucco and half- 

 timbered work. The underpinning is Harvard brick, laid in 



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3 — A Convenient Arrangement of Rooms is Shown by a Study of the Plans 



