﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  yECONt 
  ^TOR-Y 
  

  

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  A 
  Brick 
  Fireplace 
  Is 
  the 
  Fe< 
  

  

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

   Esq., 
  at 
  Wcllesley 
  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; 
  

  

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

  

  ioden 
  sills 
  being 
  carried 
  over 
  are 
  enough 
  

   s 
  left 
  to 
  weather 
  finish. 
  At 
  each 
  side 
  is 
  

   a 
  quaint 
  Dutch 
  door, 
  with 
  brass 
  knockei 
  

   iter 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  that 
  contains 
  a 
  Colonb 
  

   ely 
  on 
  oak 
  beams 
  which 
  were 
  cut 
  on 
  tin 
  

   below, 
  giving 
  the 
  old-fashioned 
  beamed 
  ceiling 
  effect. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  living-room 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  entrance. 
  It 
  has 
  exposures 
  o 
  

   in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  outside 
  wall. 
  It 
  has 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  of 
  brick, 
  and 
  

  

  lintels 
  or 
  sills; 
  the 
  i 
  

   The 
  shingled 
  roof 
  

  

  The 
  entrance 
  has 
  

   square 
  hall 
  in 
  the 
  cei 
  

   floor 
  is 
  framed 
  entii 
  

  

  ;r 
  the 
  brick. 
  

  

  large 
  outside 
  chimney. 
  

  

  which 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  

   staircase. 
  The 
  second 
  

   estate 
  and 
  hewn 
  roughly 
  into 
  shape; 
  they 
  

  

  An 
  Old-Brick 
  House 
  of 
  Interesting 
  Form 
  

  

  Wellesley 
  Hills, 
  Massachusetts 
  

  

  By 
  John 
  E. 
  Jenks 
  

  

  lize 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  

   /hich 
  the 
  room 
  is 
  

  

  exposed 
  in 
  the 
  rooms 
  

  

  ree 
  sides, 
  and 
  contains 
  a 
  large 
  open 
  fireplace, 
  which 
  is 
  

   antel 
  of 
  simple 
  and 
  artistic 
  design. 
  The 
  woodwork 
  is 
  

  

  unusual 
  one, 
  with 
  a 
  combin 
  

  

  four 
  bedrooms 
  on 
  this 
  floor 
  

  

  are 
  in 
  the 
  third 
  floor. 
  Thei 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Philip 
  B. 
  Howard, 
  

  

  of 
  oak 
  finished 
  in 
  an 
  effective 
  manner, 
  and 
  its 
  simple 
  lines 
  harmc 
  

   crimson 
  walls 
  and 
  the 
  fine 
  old 
  pieces 
  of 
  Colonial 
  furniture 
  with 
  

   furnished. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room, 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  entrance, 
  forms 
  an 
  important 
  element 
  

   in 
  the 
  vista 
  upon 
  entering 
  the 
  hall. 
  It 
  is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  oak, 
  and 
  is 
  finished 
  in 
  a 
  simple 
  

   manner, 
  with 
  oak 
  beams 
  showing 
  in 
  the 
  ceiling 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  walls. 
  An 
  open 
  fireplace 
  with 
  

   brick 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  and 
  a 
  mantel 
  of 
  simple 
  design 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  feature 
  of 
  this 
  

   room. 
  A 
  large 
  china 
  closet, 
  with 
  dresser 
  and 
  sink, 
  separates 
  the 
  dining-room 
  from 
  

   the 
  kitchen 
  and 
  laundry. 
  Both 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  arc 
  fitted 
  up 
  complete 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  best 
  

   modern 
  conveniences. 
  

  

  The 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  bed-rooms 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  floor 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  possible 
  for 
  light, 
  

   air 
  and 
  convenience, 
  as 
  each 
  room 
  is 
  exposed 
  on 
  three 
  sides. 
  The 
  stairway 
  is 
  quite 
  an 
  

  

  tion 
  for 
  two 
  different 
  uses 
  of 
  the 
  stairs 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  landing 
  into 
  two 
  different 
  halls. 
  There 
  are 
  

   three 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  open 
  fireplaces, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  bathroom. 
  The 
  servants' 
  bedrooms 
  and 
  trunk-room 
  

  

  : 
  is 
  a 
  heating 
  apparatus 
  and 
  fuel-rooms 
  in 
  the 
  cellar, 
  which 
  is 
  built 
  under 
  the 
  entire 
  house. 
  

  

  of 
  Boston, 
  Mass., 
  was 
  the 
  architect, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  was 
  less 
  than 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  built 
  of 
  new 
  materials. 
  

  

  The 
  Bricks 
  Used 
  for 
  ihii 
  Home 
  Were 
  Taken 
  from 
  an 
  Old 
  Dwelling 
  in 
  Boston 
  and 
  Used 
  for 
  the 
  Outer 
  Walk 
  

  

  The 
  Entrance 
  Porch 
  and 
  Brick 
  Terrace 
  Before 
  the 
  R 
  

  

  The 
  House 
  Frankly 
  Reproduces 
  the 
  Character 
  of 
  an 
  Old 
  New 
  England 
  Farmhoi 
  

  

  