Mr. Gurd bought one of the comparatively few old 
Dutch Colonial stone houses in Northern New 
Jersey and is gradually remodeling it to con¬ 
form to his needs 
A view from the living-room into the central hall. 
At the right the partition is carried up only part 
way between the structural members, giving 
greater spaciousness to the interior 
Because of the fact that most of these gam¬ 
brel-roof houses were rather deficient in 
space on the second floor two of the bed¬ 
rooms are located at one end of first floor 
At the rear of the house the land drops sharply 
away, giving an opportunity for an open brick- 
paved terrace that is reached from the back end 
of the central hall 
There is not much of the old-fashioned character 
retained in the kitchen, with its modern plumb¬ 
ing, heating, glazed built-in cupboard and even 
the electric bell annunciator 
The front bedroom on the first floor has a fireplace faced with a beautiful 
white-painted mantel and a closet adjoining one jamb 
In the living-room the large fireplace has a plastered facing without any 
mantel. The old structural ceiling beams, painted white, remain 
THE HOME OF MR. JOHN A. GURD, ARCHITECT, RIVER EDGE, N. J. 
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