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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 19 lo 



The gateway and the entrance to the estate 



NE of the most interesting and practical 

 houses to be found in the suburbs of 

 Boston is the one recently built for Mrs. 

 Charles E. Perkins, at Westwood, Mass., 

 from plans prepared by James Purdon, 

 architect, of Boston, Mass. 

 The house is of the typical New England 

 farmhouse type, so frequently seen in the country districts 

 of this section of the country, and a study of the ground 

 plan will show the relation of the house to the stable, 

 the garage, and the coach- 

 man's house, all of which 

 are a part of a continuous 



building under one un- .^.^'i' 



broken roof. 



The exterior walls of 

 the building are covered 

 with white painted clap- 

 boards and trimmings, and 

 green painted blinds. The 

 roof is covered with shin- 

 gles which are effectively 

 stained and finished In a 

 dull moss green. 



The hall Is a central one 

 extending through the en- 

 tire depth of the house. It 

 has a low paneled wains- 

 coting and a wooden cor- 

 nice, the wall space between 

 these being covered with a 

 gray and white paper. 

 Square white painted bal- 

 usters and a mahogany rail 

 form the balustrade to the 

 staircase which ascends to 

 the second story. 



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To the left of the hall is the morning room, or parlor, 

 treated with an ivory white trim and a wall covering of 

 Japanese grass cloth of a greenish yellow tone. This grass 

 cloth is placed above the wainscot and Is finished with a 

 wood cornice. The open fireplace has green and white 

 tiled facings and hearth, and a Colonial mantel. A plain 

 green velvet rug covers the floor, and chintz curtains of 

 green, white, and pink, are hung at the doors and the 

 windows. 



A soft blue tone is the color scheme which Is used for 



the dining-room. The 

 walls above the white 

 painted wainscot are cov- 

 ered with a Japanese grass 

 cloth of a blue tone, while 

 the floor is provided with 

 a two-tone blue velvet car- 

 pet. The open fireplace 

 has blue and white tiled 

 facings and hearth, and a 

 Colonial mantel. Chintz 

 curtains of a combination 

 of blue, pink, and green, 

 are hung over softer ones 

 of lace at the windows. 

 The furniture Is of mahog- 

 any, and is of good style. 

 A fine old family portrait 

 Is appropriately hung over 

 the sideboard at one side 

 of the room. 



The most Interesting pic- 

 ture In the room Is the one 

 hanging over the mantel, 

 which represents the 

 United States Sloop of 



A trellised gateway to the garden 



War, "Jamestown," Cap- 



