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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  Flfc/T 
  _/TO£LY. 
  

  

  An 
  Exposure 
  on 
  Three 
  Sides 
  Gives 
  Ample 
  Ventilation 
  and 
  Light 
  to 
  the 
  Living-room 
  

  

  An 
  Old-Brick 
  Hous 
  

  

  HOUSE 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  passing 
  moment 
  is 
  that 
  built 
  for 
  E. 
  H. 
  Fay, 
  

  

  Esq., 
  at 
  Wellesley 
  Hills, 
  Mass. 
  It 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  secondhand 
  brick, 
  and 
  

  

  follows 
  the 
  general 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  farmhouse. 
  

  

  The 
  brick 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  exterior 
  of 
  the 
  walls 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  city 
  

  

  dwelling 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  torn 
  down, 
  and 
  after 
  being 
  partly 
  cleaned, 
  

  

  but 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  mortar 
  clinging 
  to 
  them, 
  they 
  were 
  rebuilt 
  into 
  

  

  the 
  walls 
  of 
  this 
  house. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  stone 
  trimmings 
  of 
  any 
  kind; 
  

   the 
  terrace 
  and 
  piazza 
  being 
  laid 
  in 
  brick, 
  in 
  herringbone 
  fashion. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  stone 
  

   lintels 
  or 
  sills; 
  the 
  wooden 
  sills 
  being 
  carried 
  over 
  are 
  enough 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  brick. 
  

   The 
  shingled 
  roof 
  is 
  left 
  to 
  weather 
  finish. 
  At 
  each 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  outside 
  chimney. 
  

   The 
  entrance 
  has 
  a 
  quaint 
  Dutch 
  door, 
  with 
  brass 
  knocker, 
  which 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  

   square 
  hall 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  that 
  contains 
  a 
  Colonial 
  staircase. 
  The 
  second 
  

  

  floor 
  is 
  framed 
  entirely 
  on 
  oak 
  beams 
  which 
  were 
  cut 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  and 
  hewn 
  roughly 
  into 
  shape; 
  they 
  are 
  exposed 
  in 
  the 
  rooms 
  

   below, 
  giving 
  the 
  old-fashioned 
  beamed 
  ceiling 
  effect. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  living-room 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  entrance. 
  It 
  has 
  exposures 
  on 
  three 
  sides, 
  and 
  contains 
  a 
  large 
  open 
  fireplace, 
  which 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  outside 
  wall. 
  It 
  has 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  of 
  brick, 
  and 
  a 
  mantel 
  of 
  simple 
  and 
  artistic 
  design. 
  The 
  woodwork 
  is 
  

  

  Wellesley 
  Hill 
  

  

  By 
  John 
  

  

  The 
  Bricks 
  Used 
  for 
  this 
  House 
  Were 
  Taken 
  from 
  an 
  Old 
  Dwelling 
  in 
  Boston 
  and 
  Used 
  for 
  the 
  Outer 
  Walls 
  

  

  The 
  Entrance 
  Porch 
  and 
  B 
  

  

  