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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
October, 
190g 
The Interesting Stucco House of W. C. Strong, Esg., at Waban, Massachusetts 
By Mary H. Northend 
Photographs by the Author 
T WABAN, MASSACHUSETTS, is lo- 
cated the charming all-the-year-round home 
of Mr. William C. Strong, which was de- 
signed by Messrs. Hill and James, archi- 
tects, of Boston. It stands well back from 
the roadway, on a slightly rising land, and 
in style might be termed an American de- 
velopment of the English cottage. The exterior finish is of 
stucco, tinted a light buff color, with trimmings and blinds 
stained a dark bronze green, producing a combination at 
once harmonious and effective. 
The shingled roof, with its deep overhang, reminding one 
of the old-time thatched roof, is painted a rather dark moss 
green, and in the rounded massing of its lines accentuates 
the impression of lowness and compactness conveyed by the 
general shape of the house and its closeness to the ground. 
The small lights of glass, with which the quaint grouped 
windows are fitted, strengthen the effect of the old English 
type of cottage, as do the broad verandas, located at the 
rear of the house, and incorporated within the main build- 
ing by the overhanging of the roof. 
The house is susceptible to beautiful development from a 
landscape point of view, and bids fair in the’near future, 
when the flowering vines that have started to clamber over 
the ivory-tinted latticework, arranged as a partial screening 
for the verandas, reach the height of their perfection, and 
the wealth of shrubbery planted all about is in its prime, 
of being vastly more attractive than at the present time. 
Entrance from the highway is by means of a narrow 
graveled path, flanked on either side by stretches of sward, 
which leads to a quaint covered porch supported by stout 
columns. The entrance door gives upon a rather small hall- 
The style may be termed an American development of the English cottage 
