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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar51908newy (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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" Covesend " : Mr. Taintor's House substitute in the greater isolation of a rural existence, which will preserve its innumerable advantages. Another notable factor which has added many recruits to the country is the providing of suburban properties in which are installed all the best modern improvements and conveniences, such as are to be found in the most complete city home. The conditions which have been portrayed are not merely those of a single ideal community, but are existent in the semi-rural abiding places which are in close proximity to our leading American cities. Tokeneke is thoroughly representative of these great possibilities of the times, for it is delightfully situated on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, and is within close touch with railroad fa- cilities. It comprises all the elements for the enjoyment of outdoor life, for it has miles of magnificent wooded drives, an inn for the accommodation of transient friends of the dwellers in the Park, a well-appointed casino, a garage, and every convenience and form of recreation. There are some fifteen houses and bungalows on the prop- erty, many of which have been erected by the present owners; those built by the company have been constructed to meet the requirements of assured purchasers. All the houses are thoroughly equipped with steam heating apparatus, sanitary plumbing, electric lighting, electric bells, telephones and every modern con- venience, and are constructed in a thor-
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ough manner and of the best materials. The prop- erty was originally a group of adjoining farm lands, the houses of which have been remodeled, and now form a part of the interesting story of this subject. Tokeneke is named after an Indian chief who, be-

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  • bookyear:1905
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Architecture_Domestic
  • booksubject:Landscape_gardening
  • bookpublisher:New_York_Munn_and_Co
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:472
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