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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 1906 



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6 — The First Story Plan Shows a Central Hall with Rooms on Either Side 



The dining-room, trimmed with oak, is designed in the 

 Elizabethan style with a Haddon Hall ceiling. It has a 

 high paneled wainscoting finished with a plate-rack resting 

 on carved brackets. From this plate-rack springs the arch 

 to the ceiling, which is laid out in a geometrical design of 

 plaster, treated with an old ivory white. The fireplace has 

 tiled facings and hearth and a mantel shelf. There are 

 seats placed on either side of the fireplace. 



The kitchen and its dependencies, including the servants' 

 hall, are fitted with all the best modern conveniences. The 

 lobby is large enough to admit an ice-box. 



The second floor, treated with white enamel paint, con- 

 tains four bedrooms and two bathrooms, the latter being 

 fitted with porcelain fixtures and exposed nickelplated plumb- 

 ing. The third floor contains the servants' quarters and 

 ample storage space. A cemented cellar contains the heat- 

 ing apparatus, fuel-rooms, cold-storage rooms and laundry. 



Mr. J. J. Petit, New York, was the architect. 



The dwelling built for Mr. Sellew, of Upper Montclair, 

 N. J., Figs. 5 and 6, has a distinctive character, for in its 

 design the English 

 half-timber and 

 stucco style was ac- 

 cepted. It 'has an 

 underpinning built 

 of rockfaced field 

 stone laid up at 

 random. The super- 

 structure, of wood, 

 is covered with clap- 

 boards for the first 

 story, painted a deep 

 dull red, and half- 

 timber work for 

 the second and 

 third stories; the 

 half-timber work 

 being painted red, 

 and the space be- 

 tween the beams be- 

 ing filled in with 

 stucco work. The 

 roof is covered with 

 shingles. 



The cemented eel- 



Mr. Preston's House Has Many Excellent and Harmonious Features, 

 of Field-stone and Shingles 



lar is divided into five compartments with a central wall. 

 The division walls are built of stone. This cellar contains 

 a furnace-room, fuel-rooms, laundry and cold-storage room. 

 The first-story plan shows a central hall and a library, 

 parlor, dining-room and kitchen, all of which are trimmed 

 with cypress finished in its natural state. The floors are of 

 North Carolina pine, polished. The hall has an ornamental 

 staircase with a broad landing, provided with windows 

 glazed with leaded glass. 



The parlor has an open fireplace furnished with tiled 

 trimmings and a cabinet mantel. The library has a similar 

 mantel. The butler's pantry is fitted with drawers, dressers, 

 and the kitchen is also complete. 



There are five bedrooms and a bathroom on the second 

 floor. On the third floor are two bedrooms and ample 

 storage. Mr. A. W. Simpson, of Mount Herron Road, 

 Upper Montclair, N. J., was the architect. 



Mr. E. W. Preston's house, at Hackensack, N. J., as pre- 

 sented in Figs. 7 and 8, is the last subject shown in this 

 series. It has many excellent and harmonious features, and 



its combination of 

 rough field stone 

 and shingle work 

 makes a very pleas- 

 ing contrast. 



The first story is 

 built of field stone 

 laid at random, and 

 the second story is 

 covered on the ex- 

 terior with red cedar 

 shingles. The roof 

 is also covered with 

 similar shingles. The 

 interior of the first 

 story i s trimmed 

 with oak. The re- 

 ception-hall has an 

 ornamental stair- 

 case, and the living- 

 room has a large in- 

 gle-nook, which is 

 paneled, containing 

 paneled seats, leaded 

 glass windows, and 



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