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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



January, 19 lO 



A Colonial House 



The Residence of L. F. Rhoades, Esq., at Nutley, New Jersey 



By Robert Prescott 



,HEN Charles E. Birge, of New York, de- the hall are covered with a tapestry wall-paper, in a foliage 

 signed the house for L. F. Rhoades, Esq., design of brown and green. Soft white madras curtains are 

 he accepted the old New England Co- hung at the windows. To the right of the hall is the liv- 

 lonial house for his prototype. This style ing-room, extending the full depth of the house. It has a 

 of house lends itself to the use of the two-toned, green-striped wall-paper on the walls, and is 

 broad-hewn shingles of the Eighteenth trimmed with English fumed oak, in a dull finish, llie fire- 

 Century period. The foundation is built place has Harvard brick facings, laid with wide joints in 



of stone; the superstructure is built of wood, with the ex- white mortar, and a hearth laid with red Welsh tile. The 



terior frame-work is covered 



with matched sheathing, build- 

 ing paper, and split shingles, 



laid ten inches to the weather. 



These shingles are left to 



weather a natural silver gray 



color, while the trimmings are 



painted a soft gray, and the 



blinds an apple green. 



The front entrance is reached 



by a narrow walk, edged with 



box, and extending from the 



street to the cement steps placed 



before the front door. The 



charm of the entrance lies in 



the beautiful design of its door 



and facings. The trellis built 



at either side of the en- 

 trance with openings for the 



windows at either side of the 



door, carries out the Colonial 



effect so earnestly sought. An 



attractive feature of the house is 



the pergola effect and living- 

 porch built at the rear of the 



house. 



The hall is placed at the front 



of the house, and is trimmed 



with English fumed oak, in a 



dull finish. 



The charm of the entrance lies in its classic design 



mantel is also of fumed oak 

 and is designed in a simple 

 manner. French windows lead 

 from the living-room to the 

 living-porch at the rear of the 

 house, and by this device a deco- 

 rative structural effect is ob- 

 tained. 7'here are two doors in 

 the centre, opening in opposite 

 directions, while at either side 

 of which windows are built. 

 The remaining space between 

 the opening and the outside 

 walls of the room is utilized for 

 bookcases which are built in. 

 The windows have curtains of 

 white madras, hung loosely 

 from a brass pole. 



The dining-room is reached 

 from either the hall or the liv- 

 ing-room and is built at the rear 

 of the house, facing the garden. 

 It is trimmed in Flemish oak, 

 finished in a dull tone. There 

 is a panel wainscoting, obtained 

 by the use of oak battens, ex- 

 tending to the height of six feet 

 from the floor, at which point a 

 plate rack is built, extending 

 around the room. The panels 



There is a staircase of handsome design, with broad formed by these battens are covered with a brown burlap, 

 landings, extending to the second story. A hat and coat while the space above the plate rack is covered with a paper 

 closet is provided underneath the stairway. The walls of of the Fontainebleau design. The ceiling is beamed. 



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