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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 19 10 



ing the space, while 

 at the other end are 

 built china closets, 

 provided with cup- 

 boards below and 

 shelves above, and 

 enclosed with 

 leaded glass doors. 

 The walls have a 

 low paneled wains- 

 coting of mahogany 

 and a pilaster effect, 

 with carved Ionic 

 capitals, supporting 

 a massive ornamen- 

 tal plaster frieze, 

 from which springs 

 a semi-vaulted ceil- 

 ing. The fireplace 

 has green marble 

 facings and hearth, 

 and a carved man- 

 tel. 



The butler's pan- 

 try is well fitted 

 with a dresser and 

 cupboards. The 



servants' hall is placed off the kitchen. There is a large 

 entry in which the ice-box is placed, with an opening into 

 the store pantry. 



The second floor is treateti in the Colonial style, with 

 white-painted trim and mahogany doors, except the hall, 

 which is of mahogany. At one end of the hall there is a 

 paneled seat under a cluster of windows, and at the front 

 there is a general sitting-room. 



The south side of the house contains the owner's suite, 

 with a sitting-room at the front and a bedroom at the rear, 

 between which there is a bathroom furnished with a tiled 

 wainscoting and floor, and solid porcelain fixtures and 



nickel -plated ex- 

 posed plumbing. 

 There are also two 

 guest-rooms, and 

 a bathroom treated 

 in a similar man- 

 ner. The servants' 

 rooms are placed 

 over the kitchen 

 extension, and 

 comprise three bed- 

 rooms and a bath- 

 room. 



The third floor 

 contains extra 

 guest-rooms, bath- 

 room and trunk- 

 room. 



A cemented cel- 

 lar contains the 

 heating apparatus, 

 fuel - rooms, laun- 

 dry and cold stor- 

 age. 

 The hall. f^i'om the porte- 



cochere the drive- 

 way winds itself to 

 the stable, which is built at one side of the property. This 

 stable is designed in the Colonial style, and is in keeping 

 with the main house. It contains a carriage room which 

 provides ample space for a large number of carriages, and 

 also a stable for the keeping of a large number of horses. 

 Both the carriage house and stable are sealed with narrow 

 beaded yellow pine, finished in its natural color with hard 

 oil, and varnished. Fhe carriage-room has a carriage wash 

 laid in cement, and a large harness-room, in which is built a 

 harness closet with sliding glass doors. Messrs. Charles 

 Brigham and Willard P. Alden, of Boston, Mass., were 

 associated architects of this house and stable. 



The front of the house. 



