May, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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large clump of rho- 

 dodendrons, form 

 some of the exterior 

 features. On each 

 side of the chimney, 

 at about ten feet 

 from the ground, 

 are two narrow 

 leaded windows ; 

 eight feet above 

 each of these are 

 two larger windows 

 built directly under 

 the eaves. 



At the right of 

 the chimney is the 

 main entrance, over 

 which hangs an old 

 wrought - iron lan- 

 tern. Each of the 

 two sides of the 

 building has three 

 low, broad, small- 

 p a n e d windows, 

 which furnish light 

 to the bedrooms, 

 and which are pro- 

 tected from sun and 

 storm by the deep 

 overhang of the 

 roof. 



The main en- 

 trance to the bunga- 

 low is from the 

 roadway, while the 

 eastern end faces the 

 sea. The whole 

 length of this front 

 is crossed by a broad 

 veranda, with a low 

 balustrade built 

 from the same kind 

 of fieldstone used in 

 the chimney and in 

 the foundation of 

 the house. Shading 

 the veranda is a rus- 

 tic pergola, formed 

 of heavy, dark- 

 brown, hewn tim- 

 bers, over which 

 twine luxuriant and 

 fragrant creepers, 

 such as woodbine, 

 honeysuckle, sweet 

 peas and crimson 

 ramblers. A flight 

 of steps leads down 

 from the veranda to 

 a small green lawn, 

 inclosed by a stone 

 wall, built upon the 

 very edge of the 

 cliff which rises per- 

 pendicularly from 

 the water. On each 

 side of the steps in 

 front of the veran- 

 da, and also over- 

 hanging this sea- 



The Overhanging Roof Is Thickly Set with Electric Lights 



The Living-room Fills Most of the Floor Space 



The Kitchen Occupies a Wing at One End 

 THE PARKER BUNGALOW 



wall, are beautiful 

 cypress trees which 

 break the uniformity 

 of the view and af- 

 ford abundant 

 shade. The veranda 

 is furnished with 

 Gloucester ham- 

 mocks, comfortable 

 green willow chairs, 

 and tables to match. 

 Large plate - glass 

 windows lead from 

 it to the sun-parlor, 

 which is a part of 

 the house. The 

 whole exterior finish 

 is of weather-stained 

 shingles, which har- 

 monize with the sur- 

 rounding cliffs as 

 completely as the 

 lichen harmonizes 

 with the rock. 



The attractive in- 

 terior is of North 

 Carolina pine, stain- 

 ed moss-green. The 

 living-room is the 

 main feature of the 

 house. It is forty 

 feet long by twenty 

 feet wide, and is 

 open to the rafters 

 to a height of twen- 

 ty-five feet. The 

 floor is of polished 

 hard wood. 



Around three 

 sides of this hall, 

 about ten feet from 

 the floor, runs a gal- 

 lery, over the balus- 

 trade of which are 

 draped Navajo 

 blankets, Indian 

 baskets, Zulu 

 shields and other 

 trophies of far-off 

 lands. Occupying 

 the entire western 

 end of the room is 

 the massive fire- 

 place built of seven- 

 ty-five tons of hewn 

 rock, and carried up 

 to the roof. The 

 fireplace proper is 

 six feet broad, four 

 and one-half feet 

 deep and four feet 

 eight inches high. 

 The stones compos- 

 ing it are two feet 

 thick, and the chim- 

 ney has never been 

 known to smoke. 

 The splendid 

 draught of this fire- 

 place is its most 



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