28 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
Frank E. Burnham 
MASON CONTRACT OR for 
BRICK WORK and PLASTERING 
Essex, Mass. 
MN YET no plans have been designed for a residence on 
the tract of 150 acres of land in Essex bought about 
two months ago by Samuel D. Warren of Boston for a 
summer estate. The location for the house has been 
selected by Mr. Warren, however, and staked out and 
it is expected that Mr. Warren will build this season. 
During the past few weeks a force of thirty men has 
been at work from the state forestry department under 
the direction of Solomon Phillips thinning out and 
trimming the tree growth on the estate to eliminate the 
danger of fire. The tract of land is five times as large 
as Boston Common and because of its high elevation, 
has an attractive view of the entire surrounding coun- 
try for miles. 
It has been pointed out that Essex is one of the 
natural outgrowths of the North Shore. All the avail- 
able property on the coast line at Manchester and along 
the Beverly shore has been taken up, and people are 
beginning to be attracted by the many beautiful hills 
back of these towns, and beyond which is the delight- 
ful town of Essex,—‘ Essex the Beautiful,’’ as one en- 
thusiast puts it. Mr. Warren is one of the first to be 
attracted by the beauties of the hills in Essex, and it 
is prophesied that in the next few years many others 
will follow in his steps. 
MPROVEMENTS made at ‘‘Castle Hill,’’ the Ips- 
wich summer estate of R. T. Crane, Jr., of Chicago, 
this spring make it one of the most commodious and 
charming of any on the North Shore. <A large reser- 
voir of concrete, holding more than 100,000 gallons 
of water has been added to the estate. It is capped 
with balustrades of the same material. An Itahan 
garden after the style of Amalfi of Italy has also been 
completed this year. There is a new swimming pool 
of cement, with a flight of steps leading to the dress- 
ing and bathing room above. The pool is specially 
constructed for salt water baths, the sea water being 
pumped from the ocean to the pool. In point of beauty 
the most interesting acquisition at the Crane estate is 
the rose garden, which covers about one acre of ground. 
A retaining wall of several hundred feet in length ad- 
joins the pool and surrounds the gardens. Connolly 
Bros. of Beverly Farms have been in charge of the 
work. The pool, reservoir, dressing rooms and baths 
were designed by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge of Bos- 
ton; the gardens are from the plans of Arthur A. 
Shurtleff, landscape architect. Still other improve- 
ments are under consideration at the Crane estate. 
A -large and finely equipped stable thas been 
added this winter at the Ipswich estate of James 
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The DRUGGIST 
K. avanag 9 South Essex, Mass. 
H. Proctor on Fellows road. It is of brick and stucco, 
two stories high, and will accommodate 32 horses and 
cows. It is of English construction, in keeping with 
the Proctor mansion and other buildings on the estate. 
The stable, however, is about a quarter mile from the 
main house. The walls of the new building on the 
first floor are of white enamelled brick. On the second 
floor are the coachmen’s quarters. Kilham & Hopkins 
of Boston designed the plans; EH. A. Abbott, also of Bos- 
ton, was the general contractor. 
A THREE-CAR GARAGE has been added this season 
to ‘‘Juniper Ridge,’’ the summer estate of Charles 
F. Ayer of Boston at Hamilton. Its dimensions are 
25x42 feet; it is of brick construction with shingled 
flat roof. On the second floor are the chauffeur’s bed- 
room and bath. Parker, Thomas & Rice of Boston were 
the architects. 
HE NORTH SHORE is becoming more and more 
popular for building year-round residences, as is 
evidenced by two additions made this spring to the Wen- 
ham colony on the old Tilton estate. One of modern 
colonial design, is for Mrs. Robert P. Smith of Beverly 
and has been occupied since the first of this month. 
The other is a year-round residence of English con- 
struction for J. Porter Brown of Salem. The Smith 
house is of stucco, two stories high, with a shingled 
roof, the latter broken up with several dormer windows 
and small gables. There is an L in the rear. On the 
first floor there are the living room, vestibule and large 
front hall, dining room and butler’s and service pan- 
tries. The kitchen is built with an alcove. On the 
second floor is a large owner’s room, with two smaller 
chambers and master’s and maid’s bath. Philip Hor- 
ton Smith of Kilham & Hopkins, Boston, was the archi- 
tect for both this and the Brown house. Albert D. 
Putnam of Beverly was the builder of the Smith house. 
The new home for Mr. Brown adjoins the Smith 
residence and is also of stucco, with single roof. On 
the main floor are a large living room, a glazed porch 
which can be opened in summer, the dining room, but- 
ler’s pantry and kitchen. On the second floor there is 
a large owner’s chamber, dressing room, with bath 
adjoining; two additional chambers, a bath, and the 
maid’s quarters. The house will be finished about 
June 1, and will be occupied immediately by Mr. Brown 
and his family. W. W. Bancroft of Hamilton was the 
builder. 
In a tete-a-tete we are never more interrupted than 
when we say nothing.—Mlle. de Lespinasse. 
