May, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



wainscoting and arc supplied with porcelain fixtures and 

 exposed nickelplated plumbing. The third story is given 

 up to storage uses. Mr. Herbert Lucas, of New York, 

 was the architect. The cost of the house was six thousand 

 five hundred dollars. 



BircK Nest, Summer Home of Douglass SKerley, Esq. 

 Bar Harbor, Maine 



A very novel and interesting house is that of Mr. 

 Sherley's, illustrated on pages 170 and 171. Rock-faced 

 boulders are used for the first story and the chimneys, and 

 birch logs for the second and third stories. The boulders 

 were carefully selected and were put in position with 

 great care, so as not to show the mortar joints. The birch 

 logs retain their bark, and the whole house presents a 

 thoroughly rustic effect that admirably harmonizes with 

 the silvery gray shingled roof. "J he windows, with small 

 panes of glass, are a conspicuous feature of the exterior. 



The main entrance to the grounds is marked with gate 

 posts of huge boulders strapped together with iron bands 

 and pro\'ided with an anchor and chain, which can be 



butler's pantry is 

 finished with the 

 usual equipment, 

 and the kitchen and 

 laundry are likewise 

 supplied with the 

 best modern con- 

 veniences. The lat- 

 ter rooms are 

 trimmed with yel- 

 low pine. 



The second story 

 is also finished with 

 white enamel. It 

 contains five bed- 

 rooms and two 

 bathrooms, together 

 with two bedrooms 

 for the servants, 

 which are reacheJ, 

 by a private sta'r- 

 way from the 

 kitchen. The bath- 

 rooms have tiled 



An Ample Pitch Is an Essential Feature of the Roofs of Most Summer Homes 



stretched across the opening. These novel piers are com- 

 pleted with clusters of farm lanterns, which are lighted at 

 night. A nautical lantern, hung from an ornamental iron 

 bracket, lights the entrance porch. The entrance door is 

 made of rough boards hung on large hinges of wrought 

 iron; the hinges are painted white, and the door Is stained 

 soft brown. 



It is no exaggeration to designate the interior as unique. 

 1 he timber work is rough hewn and exposed throughout, 

 and the archways and openings between the \'arious rooms 

 of the first story have clusters of birch logs in lieu of 

 columns. The wood of the living-hall is stained with a 

 soft greenish tint; the ingle-nook walls are of stone; and 

 the fireplace is built of Roman brick and has a hearth of 

 small cobble-stones laid in cement mortar. 



A short flight of steps leads to the stair hall, from 

 which the li\ing-room is reached. Fhis li\ing-room is 

 stained a yellowish tone, and has green glass windows on 

 the left which shed a soft light. Fhere is a stone fireplace, 

 built of large granite blocks, with hearth of flat cobble- 

 stones laid in cement mortar. 



Again a short flight of steps, and the dining-room is 



