June, 1911 
Mr. Stanwood wanted a summer home that in arrange- 
ment of the rooms, in the design of the exterior, and the 
building of the porches, would represent the expression of 
the best thought obtain- 
able for the building of a 
house that was intended 
only for summer use, so 
he employed Messrs. 
Chapman and Fraser, 
architects of Boston, 
Mass., to carry out his 
work and ideas. ‘That 
they have succeeded goes 
without saying, for the 
house and its appoint- 
ments meet with all the re- 
quirements demanded of 
it. The grounds about the 
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Its exterior walls are covered with shingles and left to 
weather finish a soft brown, while the trimmings are painted 
a dull olive green. The roof is also shingled and is painted 
a dull tone of greer, 
which blends well with the 
color scheme of the trees 
which overhang it. 
The interior of the 
stable’ contains an excel- 
lent carriage room, and a 
space large enough to ac- 
commodate a number of 
horses. 
Both the stable and the 
Carriage room are 
equipped with every 
modern appointment. 
The coachman is _pro- 
estate are naturlesque, and have been left in their primitive vided with quarters, consisting of two bedrooms, living- 
manner, and are in keeping with the ruggedness with which room and bathroom in the second story of the structure. 
the Maine coast 
abounds. 
The only de- 
velopment that 
was thought 
necessary was 
the building of 
a roadway from 
the highway to 
the — entrance 
porch, and the 
service part of 
the house. 
Some planting 
has been done 
about the porch, 
at the entrance, 
at the side of 
the building and 
wherever it was 
found necessary 
to soften the 
curves of the 
Pandscape: 
Shrubs have 
Been placed 
among the pines 
that require 
shady places in 
which to de- 
velop with the best results 
on the coast have been selected, and these are perennials, 
planted so as to require 
as little care as possible, 
and at the same time to 
blend with the natural 
characteristics of the 
site upon which the 
house is built amid primi- 
tive surroundings. 
From the entrance 
porch, which is built at 
the rear of the dwelling, 
a roadway leads to the 
stable and the garage, 
which are constructed in 
the rear of the property, 
and within appropriate 
distances from the house. 
ing with the architectural 
it belongs, and is most harmonious in every detail. 
The dining-room 
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First floor plan 
The stable is designed in keep- ness for many years. 
In addition to 
these there. is 
ample storage 
space for hay 
and feed. 
The garage 
is -built sepa- 
rately from the 
stable and 
its appoint- 
ments are all 
(elvis Ane see 
quired for the 
SeRviccmmOl sled 
modern —_up-to- 
date motor 
house. 
In the plan- 
ning of a coun- 
fiinyanestatemteds 
dificult to se- 
cure so delight- 
ful a result as is 
presented in 
the accompany- 
ing illustrations. 
There is perfect 
harmony, every- 
where, in the re- 
lations of each 
. Only such shrubs as grow well of the buildings, one with the other in their architectural 
scheme and in the harmony with their surroundings, in the 
an = 
interior decorations and 
and furnishings, and in 
the whole general scheme 
and policy outlined by 
the owner and his archi- 
tects. 
Plenty of thought has 
been given to the solu- 
tion of a problem which 
in most surroundings of 
this kind are considered 
difficult, for it is interest- 
ing to note that while 
this house is very modern 
in its building, the estate 
has been a semi-wiider- 
Yet thoroughly new as this house is, 
scheme of the dwelling to which it fits into the landscape, and forms part of the estate in a 
thoroughly natural way. 
