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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1908 



The Residence of Henry G. Lord, Esq. 



Brookline, Massachusetts 

 By Paul Thurston 



• HE suburban home of Mr. Henry G. Lord, 

 at Brookline, Mass., shows what can be 

 done in the building of an attractive small 

 country house, without any particular style, 

 yet with sufficient artistic value to give it a 

 charming atmosphere. The house stands 

 on an inclining bit of land, and though it is 

 quite close to the road there has been sufficient planting done 

 about the porch, terrace, piazza, and the grounds in general, 

 to insure a certain amount of privacy. Though the site which 

 surrounds the house is not large, it has the appearance of a 

 greater one, for the rea- 

 son that it, and its 

 neighboring grounds, 

 are blended into each 

 other, and the result 

 presents the appearance 

 of a larger estate than it 

 really is. Tall oak and 

 chestnut trees grace the 

 site and add a dignity 

 to the already delight- 

 ful spot. 



The building is 

 treated in a very excel- 

 lent harmony of color, 

 with the outsides cov- 

 ered with shingles, 

 stained a soft brown, 

 and is in keeping with 

 the old ivory -white 

 paint of its trimmings. 

 The roof is also covered 

 with shingles. 



The entrance is 

 through a vestibule 

 which is built on the 

 porch on the outside of 

 the house, thereby in- 

 suring a square hall on 

 the inside. The hall, 

 square in form, is fur- 

 nished with a high pan- 

 eled wainscoting, and a 

 massive beamed ceiling, 

 treated with old ivory- 

 white; it affords access 

 to all the principal 

 rooms. The stairs are 

 boxed, and are sepa- 

 rated by an archway. 

 An entrance to the out- 

 side, and to the service 

 end of the house, is ob- 

 tained from this hall. 



The reception-room 

 is on the left of the en- 

 trance; it is fitted up in 

 a dainty manner. It has 

 a low Colonial wain- 

 scoting, painted white, 



A Few Favorite Books Should Always Be on Hand in the Bedroom 



A Glimpse of the Reception Room 



above which the walls are covered with moire antique paper 

 of a creamish white color, with borders of roses and ribbons 

 in pink and white. The cornice and ceiling is white. A bay 

 window is thrown out at the front of the room, under which 

 there is placed a paneled seat. 



On the right of the hall is the living-room, which is 

 trimmed with cherry. The walls have a paneled wainscot- 

 ing, above which they are covered with green striped wall 

 covering, finished with a massive wooden cornice. At one 

 end of the room there are bookcases built in to the height of 

 the wainscoting, over which are three windows; the tops of 



the bookcases are cov- 

 ered with a cherry top, 

 forming a flower shelf. 

 A fireplace, built with 

 Roman brick facings 

 and hearth, and with its 

 massive paneled mantel 

 and overmantel, is quite 

 the feature of the room. 

 Opposite the fireplace is 

 a broad bay window, 

 which forms an en- 

 trance to the living- 

 porch, which is quite 

 isolated from the rest 

 of the house, yet is 

 within close touch with 

 the entrance-porch by 

 the way of the terrace. 

 The dining- room, 

 which is entered from 

 both the hall and living- 

 room, is quite the fea- 

 ture of the house. It 

 is oval in form and its 

 exquisitely formed lines 

 are well brought out. 

 The walls are covered 

 with a rich crimson bro- 

 cade effect, in harmony 

 with the old ivory-white 

 trim of the room. 

 There is a white painted 

 chair rail which breaks 

 the height of the room, 

 while at the intersection 

 of wall and ceiling 

 there is a massive 

 wooden cornice. The 

 polished floor, the rug 

 of fine coloring, made 

 to conform to the shape 

 of the room, and the 

 furniture of mahogany, 

 with the chairs designed 

 after the Sheraton 

 model, make a complete 

 and harmonious effect. 

 The group of three 

 windows placed at one 



