November, 1918 
IS 
INSIDE the HOUSE WITH the GREEN DOOR 
A Beacon Hill Residence, the Home of Halstead Lindsey , Esq., which 
Departs from the Bostonese by Being Spanish 
MARY H. NORTHEND 
through the use of spatter work 
in staircase and risers with plain 
dark tread. Midway, this is 
lighted by a fascinating wrought 
iron and glass window in tiny 
leaf motif. 
An unusual interior is ob¬ 
tained through the elimination 
of wall paper and hard wood 
floors, for both rooms and hall¬ 
ways on the lower floor show 
octagonal tiles dark in coloring, 
laid in black mortar and re¬ 
peated in the tiling around the 
fireplace. The rough plaster 
walls are a soft gray in tone, 
for every room is finished in 
rough plaster, delicately tinted 
to meet the color note of the fur¬ 
nishing and to relieve what 
would otherwise have been a 
bare white surface. 
The small hallway with 
arched doors on either side con¬ 
nects the two rooms that form 
the main floor. Here the larg¬ 
est one, which lies at the left, is 
45' in length by 30' wide, and 
has been so carefully divided 
into four rooms, that they most 
appropriately blend into one, so 
successful is the decoration. 
The door, in harmony with 
the trim, is a sin- 
gle plain piece of 
wood soft rose pink 
in coloring, and 
was imported di¬ 
rectly from British 
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page 54) 
F ronting the winding 
course of the Charles River, 
just back of Beacon Hill, away 
from the confusion of Boston 
town, has been erected a semi¬ 
circular group of post-Colonial 
houses which open on to a wide 
court. These were designed by 
Coolidge & Carson of Boston, 
and replace an ugly brick gas¬ 
ometer that stood years ago di¬ 
viding the gardens of Oliver 
Wendell Holmes and James T. 
Field, that of the latter being 
still retained as a playground 
for the children of West Hill 
Place. 
Notable among the group is 
the Halstead Lindsey House, 
which fronts the river, with its 
exterior of irregular dark red 
and black bricks laid in black 
mortar, and its trim of white 
marble with keyed lintels intro¬ 
duced on the entrance floor. 
Especially unique is the double 
doorway, painted a Colonial 
green in harmony with the color 
scheme of the exterior and show¬ 
ing twin ring knockers. A 
wrought iron transom tops the 
doorway, and an over-decoration 
has been worked out in the 
leaded glass balcony above. 
The front door gives into a 
vestibule where a stairway with 
iron balusters and rail winds to 
the entrance floor and on to the 
stories above. Here, the Co¬ 
lonial idea has been evolved 
Midway, the stairs 
are lighted by a 
wrought iron and 
glass window 
There is one big room which, in 
reality, is four rooms. You are 
looking at the library corner. The 
balcony is quite an unexpected detail 
The music room corner of the salon is 
made unusual by the pieces of Spanish 
fabric that have been used for piano and 
radiator covers 
The living room corner contains a mix¬ 
ture of antique and modern pieces with 
a Spanish cope used on the farther wall 
for a hanging 
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