June, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The Elongated Effect of the Living-room Is Broken by the Archway and Columns 



both sides of the room. There is an angle, containing an old- 

 fashioned Dutch fireplace, at one end of the room. 



The entire ingle floor is laid with large Flemish tile. The' 

 heavy square columns and pilasters with heavy sawn brackets 

 separate the ingle from the main room. The Dutch style 

 of this room is harmoniously carried out through the intro- 

 duction of old pewter mugs, plates and ornaments about the 

 fireplace, and the old mugs and steins which are placed on 

 the plate shelf around the room. A painted frieze above the 

 wainscot, depicting scenes from the Netherlands, affords the 

 necessary finishing touch to make the room complete in its 

 style. 



The upper part of the house contains large rooms and 



many baths. The owner's suite extends across the entire end 

 of the house, and contains a very large bedroom, with fire- 

 place, and a large, dressing-room, from which opens a private 

 passage to the owner's bath. All the bathrooms have high 

 tile wainscots and tile floors, and are fitted up with modern 

 solid porcelain fixtures throughout. There are extra guests' 

 rooms and a guests' bath in the attic, besides servants' rooms 

 and bath in the kitchen wing of the house, the equipment of 

 the house in all these matters being very complete and ample. 

 A combination trunk-lift and dumb-waiter from cellar to 

 attic is a commendable time-saving feature of the house. The 

 house is heated with hot water from twin boilers in the cellar. 

 The architect was William Neil Smith, of New York. 





