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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1907 



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The Summer Home 



at Magnolia, Massachusetts 



of 



Claude Kilpatrick, Esq. 



By Paul Thurston 



R. KILPATRICK'S house, which is illus- 

 trated on pages 184 and [85, may he taken 

 as a type of the summer home adapted for 

 use throughout the year. The structure is a 

 combination of stone, stucco, and shingle 

 work. The first story and piazza wall and 

 piers are built of rock-faced stone; the 

 gable-end over the entrance and the chimney are of stucco, 

 colored a silver-gray; and the other parts are of wood, cov- 

 ered with shingles stained a soft brown. The trimmings are 

 painted Italian green and the shingled roof Is stained with 

 a brilliant red. 



'J he entrance is on the side, so as to permit the arrange- 

 ment of the principal living-rooms on the ocean front. 1 he 

 entrance corridor leads to a staircase hall, both of which are 

 trimmed with quartered oak and are paneled to the ceiling, 

 which is beamed, with deep panels. The staircase is ar- 

 ranged in a semicircular bay window, lighted by a cluster of 

 leaded glass windows. I he stairs have broad steps and a 

 newel formed of a cluster of balusters. 



Mr. Kilpatrick's 

 den is on the left of 

 the entrance. It is 

 trimmed with cy- 

 press washed with 

 green stain. It has 

 an open fireplace 

 with red brick fac- 

 ings and hearth. On 

 either side is a 

 cluster of windows, 

 beneath which are 

 paneled seats. The 

 morning-room is on 

 the right, and is 

 treated with white 

 enamel. The walls 

 are ornamented In 

 the Empire st y 1 e, 

 in white and green. 

 The open fireplace 

 has facings and 

 hearth of white 

 enamel tiling, a n d 

 the mantel is in har- 

 mony with the gen- 

 eral style of the 

 room. 



The living-room 

 opens from the 

 staircase hall. The 

 woodwork, which 



An Entrance on the Side Leaves the Main Front Free for the Living-rooms 



includes a low paneled wainscoting, is treated with yellowish 

 gray, while the upper walls are finished with a forest effect. 

 The ceiling is supported on a wooden cornice. The fireplace 

 has facings and hearth of Roman brick. The mantel-shelf 

 is supported on carved corbels, and the over-mantel is 

 paneled with pilasters. 



The blue-gray paint of the dining-room harmonizes well 

 with the striped green and white paper with which the walls 

 are covered. The room has a low paneled wainscot and a 

 cornice of wood. The open fireplace has marble facings 

 and hearth and a paneled over-mantel. Opening from one 

 corner is the sun-room, octagonal in plan and inclosed with 

 glass. The butler's pantry, kitchen, laundry, pantry, and 

 service entrance are all supplied with the best modern con- 

 veniences. 



The second story contains five bedrooms and two bath- 

 rooms. Each of the former has its distinctive color, and 

 the bathrooms have tiled floors and walls and porcelain fix- 

 tures and exposed plumbing. The servants' bedrooms and 

 bathroom are on the third floor, on which ample storage space 



is also provided. 

 The heating appa- 

 ratus, fuel rooms, 

 and cold storage 

 space are in the cel- 

 lar. Mr. James S. 

 Lee, of Boston, was 

 the architect. 



The leading idea 

 throughout the con- 

 struction of the 

 house was to spend 

 no money on things 

 not essential to the 

 comfort of the own- 

 er's family, but to 

 spend all that was 

 demanded to make 

 a house of thorough 

 construction and 

 good appearance. 

 The plans show it, 

 the elevations show 

 it, and the interior 

 with its decorations 

 and furnishings 

 show it. Mr. Lee 

 has been very suc- 

 cessful in carrying 

 out Mr. Kilpatrick's 

 idea in this direc- 

 tion. 



