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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1910 



The Residence of Walter D. Rowles, Montclair, New Jersey 



By Robert Prescott 



^HE house built for Mr. Rowles is a unique 

 expression of the old New England farm- 

 house. The attractive entrance doorway, 

 with hooded cover, the small, lighted win- 

 dows, and the trellises built at either side 

 of the entrance, at the corner of the 

 house, and along the side of the living- 

 porch, are all characteristic of its prototype. The site upon 

 which the house is built is considerably higher than the 

 street line; therefore, it permits of the building of a series 

 of terraces from the sidewalk to the entrance porch. The 

 foundation of the house is built of cement stucco. The 



two-toned, blue figured paper. To the left of the hall is built 

 the living-room, which extends the entire depth of the house. 

 This living-room is also trimmed with white wood, painted 

 white, mingling well with the natural color of the Japanese 

 grass cloth with which the walls are covered. The broad, 

 open fireplace, built of red brick with facings and hearth 

 of the same, forms the chief feature of the living-room. 

 French windows, placed at each side of the fireplace, open 

 direct to the living-porch built at the side of the house, 

 and affording the privacy which is not obtainable when 

 the living-porch is built in connection with the entrance 

 porch. The dining-room has a wainscoting composed of 



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The New England farm house is the prototype of this excellent design 



superstructure is of frame construction, covered on the ex- 

 terior with matched sheathing, building paper, and white 

 cedar shingle, the last being stained gray, while the trim- 

 mings are painted white. The roof is also shingled and is 

 stained a moss-green, blending well with the green of the 

 magnificent trees which overhang it. The hall, built in 

 the center of the house, is treated with white wood, painted 

 white. 



It contains a simple staircase, with white painted bal- 

 usters, rises, and mahogany treads and rail, the latter 

 sweeping down to the newell post, composed of a cluster 

 of balusters. The walls of the hall are covered with a 



white painted battens, extending from the floor to the 

 plate-rack placed at the height of seven feet. The panels 

 formed by these battens are covered with a moss-green 

 burlap. The wall space above the plate-rack has a frieze 

 in autumnal colors of old green anci brown. The second 

 story contains three bedrooms, sewing-room and a bath- 

 room furnished with porcelain fixtures. There are two 

 servant bedrooms and bathroom, and a trunk room on the 

 third floor. The laundry, steam-heating apparatus and fuel- 

 rooms are built in the cellar. The cost of the house was 

 $9,000. Mr. Christopher C. Myers, of Montclair, New 

 Jersey, was the architect. 



