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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1910 



A House Built for Mr. J. A. Garrett, at Bronxville, New York 



By Paul Thurston 



oHK architects who designed the house for 

 Mr. Garrett, planned it according to the 

 site upon which it was built. The rear 

 of the lot being much higher than the 

 front, it was deemed best to raise the en- 

 trance on the level with the ground line, 

 so that the former could be reached direct 

 from the graded level. The vestibule, which is reached 

 from the entrance, is provided with a short flight of stairs 

 which take one to the 

 level of the main 

 floor, while the stairs 

 to the second floor 

 ascend over the ones 

 leading from the ves- 

 tibule. Opposite the 

 stairway a broad win- 

 dow is built, under 

 which is placed a win- 

 dow seat. The hall, 

 living and dining- 

 rooms are trimmed 

 with cypress finished 

 in a soft brown stain. 

 The living-room has a 

 group of four win- 

 dows built at the 

 front. The kitchen is 

 trimmed with cypress 

 and is provided with 

 a large pantry, sink, 

 dresser and range. A walled terrace opens direct from 

 the kitchen. The second story of the house contains three 

 bedrooms and a bath-'oom, the latter furnished with porce- 

 lain fixtures and expced nickel-plated plumbing. The 



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woodwork of the bedrooms is painted white, while the 

 walls of each room are treated in one particular scheme. 

 A short flight of stairs from the vestibule leads to the cel- 

 lar, which is built almost above the grade line. This cel- 

 lar is cemented, and it contains the heating apparatus, fuel 

 rooms, cold storage, laundry and workshop. The principal 

 features of the house are the stone chimneys corresponding 

 one with the other in size and height, and built at the 

 siile of the building. These chimneys and the stonework 



of the underpinning 

 are of local blue stone 

 laid with wide white 

 mortar joints. The 

 exterior ■ walls above 

 this underpinning are 

 covered with white 

 cedar shingles left to 

 weather finish a natu- 

 ral silver-gray color. 

 Ihe trimmings are 

 painted bottle green. 

 The roof is covered 

 with shingles and 

 stained a moss-green 

 tone, blending well 

 with the massive foli- 

 age by which the 

 house is surrounded. 

 It is a difficult matter 

 to secure a design for 

 an attractive house 

 at so small a cost of $3,500, but in this case 

 the architects, Messrs. Reed and Stem, of New- 

 York, have succeeded in producing a very interesting 

 little house, furnished with the best appointments. 



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