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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar11905newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ASSING the many attractive houses that command attention, on the road from Beverly to Manchester, there is none more picturesque than the one recently built for Louis L. Hopkins, Esq. The house sets well back from the highway, and the broad expanse of velvet lawn is bounded by a low stone wall, which is nearly hidden from view by a mass of clinging vines. Beds of flowers dot the lawn at the front and at the sides, and at the back are lines of willow trees and masses of shrubbery. The approach is by an avenue which winds itself from the main entrance and around a circular roadway to the front. In the center of this circular roadway there is placed a mas- sive bed of hydrangeas, which are, in the latter part of the summer and during the autumn, a mass of bloom with their ever-changing colors as the season ad- vances. Large pots of the hydrangea hortensia grace the steps at either side of the entrance door. A wide path from this driveway leads to the rear of the house, where the grounds extend to the water's edge. On one side of this spacious lawn is the stable, which is large enough to accommodate the horses and carriages and the coachman's quar- ters overhead. The house itself is most attractive in its combina- tion of gray stucco, red- brown shingles and white painted trim, and with the green vines clinging to its sides makes a most artistic picture. Wide verandas are placed at either side of the house, the larger one being at the rear, facing the water, and both are covered with vines; the white clematis abounding profusely and adding much to the artistic appearance of the house. The grounds at the rear of the house are even more beautiful than those at the front, with their many beautiful flowers and the broad sward of the green velvet lawn. The main entrance to the house is from the low front veranda, and through a vestibule to a reception hallway, with Doric columns, supporting the balcony of the main landing of the staircase. The hall, which is fitted up for a living- room, is furnished with white enamel trim. It has a pan- eled wainscoting, above which the walls are covered with an embossed paper of a yellow and white design, and the whole finished with a wooden cornice. Opening from this hall is the ingle-nook, containing an open fireplace with brick facings and hearth and a hand- somely carved mantel. On either side of the fireplace are low bookcases built in, and, with a comfortable chair, pro- vides a quiet retreat. The ingle-nook forms the entrance to the billiard-room, which extends to the edge of the verandas, and with one of the many windows, a French one, opening onto the veranda. This room is trimmed with mahogany and has a high paneled wainscoting finished with a plate- rack, filled with many handsome golf trophies. The wall space above this plate-rack is covered with leather and the ceiling finished with heavy molded beams. At the left of the hall is the dining-room, one of the most pleasant rooms in the house, with an extensive ocean view from the circular baywindow at the end. The trim of this room is treated with white enamel paint. This room has a
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The Entrance Porch, Showing a Bed of Hydrangea Paniculata in the Center of the Roadway low paneled wainscoting of Colonial character, a wooden cornice and an open fireplace, which is particularly hand- some with its exquisite carving and paneled over-mantel. The second story contains the owner's suite, with private bathroom, guests' rooms, and the servants' rooms and bath, which are placed over the kitchen extension, with a private hall and stairway leading to the kitchen. The main bath- rooms are very handsomely fitted up with paved tiled floor, wainscoting of glazed tile, porcelain fixtures and exposed plumbing, all nickelplated. Extra guest rooms and trunk rooms are provided for on the third floor, while the cellar contains the heating apparatus, fuel rooms, etc. Mr. William G. Rantoul, architect, 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

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