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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



February, 1910 



The house is built of red brick laid in Flemish bond with white mortar joints 



The Residence of Robert Holt, Esq., at Summit, New Jersey 



By Paul Thurston 



HE home of^Robert Holt, Esq., at Summit, 

 New Jersey, is an agreeable combination 

 of stone and brick, designed in the Colo- 

 nial style with carefully studied detail. 

 The front entrance-way, covered with a 

 Colonial porch, and the whole surmounted 

 by a pediment supported on Ionic pilas- 

 ters, forms the principal feature of the exterior. The 

 swell bay-windows on either side of the entrance are also 

 notable. 



The underpinning is built of rock-faced stone laid up 

 at random; the terrace wall is constructed of a similar 

 stone. The exterior walls of the building are built of wash- 

 brick, with black headers laid in white mortar. The quoins at 

 the corners are of puff brick. Vhe trimmings are of white pine, 

 painted white. The roof is covered with shingles, and is 

 left to weather finish naturally. 



The entrance is into a broad, central hall, which ex- 

 tends through the entire depth of the house. It is trimmed 

 with white pine, and is treated with white enamel paint. 

 It has a low Colonial wainscoting, and a massive wooden 

 cornice. The archway, which separates the stairs from 

 the hall proper, is very graceful in form. The staircase is 

 of handsome design with ornamental balusters and a newel 

 post formed of a cluster of the same, from which sweeps 

 the mahogany hand rail. 



To the left of the entrance is the parlor, which is treated 

 in white, and contains a brick fireplace with the facings 

 and a hearth of brick and a Colonial mantel. 



The library is a handsome room, and is trimmed with 

 oak. It has a book-case built in, and also in the circular 

 form of the two corners of the room. The fireplace is re- 



cessed into a niche, with brick facings and hearth, and a 

 mantel with a pilaster effect. The remainder of the wide 

 walls not covered with book-cases is wainscoted in panels. 

 The ceiling has massive beams forming squares and deep 

 panels. 



To the right of the entrance is the dining-room, which 

 is treated in the Colonial style, with paneled wainscoting, 

 ceiling beams, and an open fireplace and mantel. The 

 butler's pantry is unusual in dimensions, and contains a 

 butler's sink, a broad counter shelf, drawers, dressers, etc. 

 The kitchen is fitted with a range and hearth, ice-box room, 

 store pantry, and a large servants' hall, which has now 

 come to be the popular adjunct to the best well-regulated 

 houses. These apartments are fitted with all the best 

 modern conveniences. 



The rear hall contains the stairs to the cellar and to the 

 second story, and also has an elevator rising from the cel- 

 lar to the third floor. 



The second story is trimmed with old Colonial trim in 

 white pine, and is treated with white enamel paint. This 

 floor contains five bedrooms and two bathrooms; the lat- 

 ter is treated with white enamel, and contains porcelain 

 fixtures and exposed nickle-plated plumbing. This floor 

 also contains three servants' bedrooms and a servants' bath- 

 room. 



On the third floor are four bedrooms and a bathroom. 



A cemented cellar contains the heating apparatus, laun- 

 dry, fuel rooms, cold storage rooms, etc. 



Messrs. Rossiter and Wright, who were the architects of 

 this delightful house, have demonstrated their ability by- 

 designing a house which from every point of view is 

 ideal in its exterior design and in its interior arrangement of 



