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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1907 



HE residence built for W. G. McAdoo, 

 Esq., at Yonkers, N. Y., forms the subject 

 of the illustrations presented in Figures i, 2, 

 3, 4, and 5. 



The underpinning, built of rock-faced 

 blue stone, is laid up ashler. The super- 

 structure, of wood, is covered on the ex- 

 terior framework with matched sheathing, and is then cov- 

 ered with red cedar shingles stained a rich brown color. The 

 trimmings are painted cream white. The roof co\'ered with 

 similar shingles is 

 stained a deep moss r— 

 green. 



The hall is an at- 

 tractive apartment, 

 and is trimmed with 

 white pine and 

 treated with o 1 d 

 ivory white paint. It 

 has a paneled 

 wainscoting and a 

 beamed ceiling sim- 

 ilarly treated. Ihc 

 ornamental s t a i r- 

 case, built in an 

 artistic manner, is 

 lighted by a cluster 

 of delicately tinted 

 leaded glass win- 

 dows. A paneled 

 scat is provided at 

 the side of the 

 staircase. The fire- 

 place is an arched 

 one built of molded 

 brick with the fac- 

 ings and a hearth of 



1 — Brown Stained Shingles and Cream White Trim Is the Color Scheme of the House 



the same and the whole finished with a neat mantel shelf. 

 The drawing-room is also treated with ivory white paint, 

 and has a bay window and an open fireplace which is built of 

 brick and furnished with tiled facings and hearth, and a 

 mantel of Colonial style. The living-room, trimmed with 

 mahogany, has a fireplace of brick, bookcase built in and a 

 bay window. The den has a beamed ceiling, a paneled wains- 

 coting, bookcases, and an open fireplace. 



The dining-room is most attractive and is artistically 

 treated. The walls have a paneled wainscoting, and this to- 

 gether with the 

 • trimmings and 



doors are painted an 

 o 1 d ivory white. 

 The walls above 

 this wainscoting are 

 covered with burlap 

 of a mustard color, 

 forming a very ex- 

 cellent setting for 

 the plates of old 

 delft blue which 

 forms one of the in- 

 teresting character- 

 istics of the room. 

 The fireplace has 

 facings and a hearth 

 of rough faced delft 

 blue tile, and a man- 

 tel with cabinets 

 over the shelf with 

 lattice glass doors. 

 The buffet and a 

 china closet is also 

 built in with lattice 

 glass doors. The 

 bay window has a 



2 — An ELxcellent Arrangement of Rooms Is Noted by a Study of the Plans 



