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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesga41907newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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August, 1907 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 307 JFbstJLooiz U
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The Whole Style of Mr. Ingomals' House is Simple and in Good Taste placed in a separate hall, and rises up from a broad landing. It has a seat at its side, and an ornamental balustrade. The parlor is separated from the living-hall by an archway pro- vided with Colonial columns. Opposite the entrance there is placed a console mirror extending from the floor to the ceiling. This room is also trimmed with oak, and is finished in a Flemish brown. The dining-room, trimmed with a similar oak, is finished with a golden brown, and has an open fireplace with a brick hearth and facings and an oak mantel. A door from the dining-room leads into the pantry, provided with drawers and dressers, and from the pantry another door leads Into the kitchen, the latter being fitted with all the best modern conveniences. The four bedrooms and bathroom on the second floor are trimmed with cypress and finished natural, while the walls are tinted in one color scheme. The bathroom Is wain- scoted with tiles, and is furnished with porcelain fixtures and exposed nickel plumbing. There is one servant's bedroom and trunk room on the third floor. This house cost $3200 complete. TKe House of M. T. Bull, Esq. The first consideration in building a suburban house for Mr. Bull was to look over the site and arrive at a definite conclusion of the best style and form to use, and this is what Mr. Schubert did when he designed this house. The house Is pleasing to the eye and is In good taste. The form is on the square, thereby giving good square rooms In the Interior and an exterior that is dignified and not over ornate in its treatment. The underpinning is built of rock-faced stone, and the ex- terior framework is covered with matched sheathing, good building paper and shingles which are stained a soft brown, while the trimmings are painted white. The roof is covered with shingles and stained a moss green. A vestibule forms the entrance to the house, which is trimmed with oak. From the vestibule one enters the hall, which occupies the greater part of the front of the house. It Is trimmed with oak and has a paneled wainscoting seven feet in height, and ceiling beams, the whole of which is fin- ished in Flemish brown. The fireplace is built of brick, with brick facings, hearth and mantel. The staircase Is recessed from this hall, and is separated by an archway and screen, and on account of its semi-isolation it seemed advisable when planning this house to dispense with the servants' staircase and use this in combination with an access to it from the kitchen through the butler's pantry. The parlor, separated from the hall by an archway, supported on columns, is trimmed with oak finished in a golden oak. Opposite the entrance is a console mirror rising from the floor to the celling. A Colonial base two feet in height extends around the walls of this room. The house cost $4250.

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