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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 1908 



soft brown color. The ceiling is beamed and 

 ribbed, and the under side of the second story 

 floor, which is exposed to view, is painted cream 

 white. 



The oak furniture is upholstered in green 

 leather, and the rug is a combination of yellow 

 and green tints. Corner china closets are 

 built in. 



The butler's closet is fitted with drawers, cup- 

 boards and sink. The kitchen, laundry and 

 rear lobby are trimmed with yellow pine, tiled 

 and varnished, and finished in its natural state. 



The second floor contains the owner's room and suite, 

 and three guest rooms, besides the two servant bedrooms and 

 trunk room placed over the kitchen extension. 



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Mr. Arthur Bow- 

 ditch, of " Boston, 

 Mass., was the archi- 

 tect, and a very good 

 job, if one may speak 

 colloquially for once, he 

 has made of it. There 



The Lower Story on the Sea Front Serves for Cellar, Bath Boxes and for Storing Boating Apparatus 



were many encouragements to the attaining of 

 this end. Few things appeal to the architect more 

 completely than a fine site, and especially a fine 

 outlook. Everyone who has the slightest famil- 

 iarity with the beautiful coast line of Marblehead 

 Bay knows how abounding this region is in in- 

 spirations of this sort. Houses are built here for this reason, and for no 

 other, and the architect who is called upon to build them has every pos- 

 sible incentive to do the best he can. 



Hence these miles of country estates, large and small. Hence these 

 houses of quite deep interest, again large and small. Hence the interest 

 of this vicinity to pilgrims of every sort, seeking to see what they may, 



