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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1910 



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First floor plan 



Second floor plan 



The entrance porch 



A House and a Garage 



By Robert Prescott 



•HE house illustrated herewith was recently 

 built for James Masterson, Esq., at 

 Crescent Hill, Bay Ridge, N. Y., and is 

 of unusual interest for the reason that it 

 is erected in connection with a garage. 



The site upon which it is built is about 

 nine feet above the street level, thereby 



giving an unobstructed view of the river and the bay. 



The house is of frame with the exterior walls covered 



with cement stucco. The roof is covered with shingles, 



with the gable ends woven and thatched down over the 



verge boards. The woodwork is stained chestnut. The 



porch is finished 



in white cement 



with a red tiled 



floor. The hall, 



finished in white 



enamel, has a 



staircase treated 



in a similar 



manner, except 



that the rail is 



of mahogany. 



The reception- 

 room is finished 



in the Empire 



style, with low 



dado and 



paneled walls. 



The living- 



room finished in 



mahogany, has 



a gray brick 



fireplace extend- 

 ing to the ceil- 



i n g . The 



mantel is a 



simple one, with 



a huge panel 



placed above it. 



The dining- 



room is treated in white enamel, and has a paneled wains- 

 coting four feet in height. The service end of the house 

 is complete in every detail. 



The second floor is finished in white enamel and contains 

 three bedrooms, sewing-room and two bathrooms, the last 

 being wainscoted with tile and furnished with porcelain 

 fixtures and- exposed nickel-plated plumbing. The clothes 

 closet connecting with the owner's room is an unusual fea- 

 ture of the house. 



The house is thoroughly equipped with electric light, gas, 

 house telephone, burglar alarm at all openings, and a hot 

 water heating system. The garage, which is entered 



at the street 

 level, is con- 

 nected with the 

 house through 

 an under-ground 

 passage from 

 the cellar. The 

 roof is carried 

 over the garage 

 and does not 

 project above 

 the upper grade 

 level. The 

 garage is con- 

 structed of re- 

 inforced c o n - 

 crete, and is en- 

 tirely water- 

 proof, as it 

 comes in con- 

 tact with earth 

 on all sides, ex- 

 cept the front. 



Mr. Charles 

 C. Wagner, of 

 Brooklyn, was 

 the architect of 

 this interesting 

 The garage is built in the tenace at the side of the house house. 



