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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 1910 



The Summer Home of E. C. Stanwood, Esq., Kennebunkport, Me. 



By Henry Hawley 



HE house built for Mr. Stanwood, presents 

 an excellent example for a summer home, 

 in its large open and well ventilated 

 rooms and ample piazzas, connected with 

 a terrace, thus affording to sunlight an 

 entrance into every room. 



The underpinning, and the walls to the 

 terrace, and also the chimneys are built of rock-faced local 

 stone, laid up In a rough manner. The entire outside of 

 the building is covered with shingles, and is left to weather 

 finish a soft brown, while the trimmings are painted a dull 

 olive green. 



The roof is also covered with shingles and is stained a 

 dull green. The entrance is into a central hall, which ex- 

 tends through the center of the house. It is trimmed with 

 cypress, finished in a flemish brown. A high-paneled 

 wainscoting finished with a plate-rack, a ceiling heavily 

 beamed, and a paneled seat at the side of the entrance 

 doorway, over which there is placed a cluster of small 

 windows, are the features of the hall. At the left of the 



hall, and recessed, is the staircase built in, and finished to 

 correspond with the remainder of the treatment of the 

 hall. 



The living-room, which forms the principal characteristic 

 of the house, is placed at the right of the entrance, and is 

 furnished with two exposures. The wood-work is of 

 cypress, finished in a soft brown color. It has a high 

 paneled wainscoting, a plate-rack, and a beamed ceiling. 

 The large open fireplace is built of rock-faced boulders for 

 the facings and red tile for the hearth. 



The mantel is built to the height of the wainscoting and 

 is supported on carved corbel brackets. There is an attrac- 

 tive over-mantel of Gothic design in panels. To the left 

 of the fireplace there is an attractive nook with seats and 

 windows. Book-cases are also built in with adjustable 

 shelves. 



The den built at the rear of the living-room is treated 

 in a green weathered oak. It has a wall covered with bat- 

 ten strips, forming panels, the latter being covered with 

 crimson burlap. It has also an open fireplace with brick 



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