September, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



351 



The Summer Residence of Mr. Charles H. Bond 



By Mary H. Northend 



NE of the most noticeable of the newer 

 residences in the region of beautiful 

 homes, outlining the now famous North 

 Shore, is that of Mr. Charles H. Bond's, 

 on Puritan Road, at Swampscott, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



This mansion is conspicuous chiefly 

 from the stateliness of its architecture. In type it is 

 Colonial, modified somewhat to obtain even greater results 

 in the way of comfort and attractiveness, having broad sur- 

 rounding verandas, with severe Colonial columns, balus- 

 trades and various details in the way of ornamentations. 

 In tone of coloring it is a silver gray with trimmings of 

 white and set off with green blinds. 



The interior is simple, with pleasant vistas from the hall 

 of broad spaces, perfectly apportioned. A landscape paper 

 in Matterhorn design is perhaps the most commanding fea- 

 ture. The staircase-hall extends through the house. It opens 

 through a broad arched doorway into a large inner hall. 

 This apartment has a broad fireplace and is furnished in 

 bamboo with red leather upholsterings. 



The reception-room, which opens from the hall, also has 



a large fireplace; the woodwork here is paneled in white; 

 the upholstering is in rose colored tapestry in the style of 

 Louis XVI, and the coverings are striped damask. An- 

 other of the broad doorways leading from the hall opens 

 into the drawing-room, an apartment of great size, which 

 occupies one side of the house. Fluted pillars along the 

 side break its length and add stateliness to the general 

 effect. 



There are beams overhead of dark cypress of which all 

 the woodwork here is formed. The walls are hung with 

 Japanese grass cloth in bronze, whose beauty of texture and 

 richness of coloring could at best be but vaguely described. 

 Colonial furniture upholstered in Dutch blue reps, and ex- 

 quisitely designed "Crete" hangings at the doors make the 

 right touch of coloring for this long room. It opens direct 

 at one side upon a sun parlor of octagonal shape and large 

 in size; this is also finished with a beamed ceiling but with 

 panelings and moldings of California red-wood. 



The dining-room is elliptical in shape and Colonial in 

 treatment. The fireplace here has bricks set in white mortar, 

 and is overhung by a narrow mantel painted white, while 

 the color tone of the room is green. An English Wilton 



A semi-circular pergola forms an enclosure for the garden 



