Identifier: americanhomr03newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York, Munn and Co
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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totype built in the Colonial period in whichDedham was settled.The attractive fea-tures of its prototypewhich have been ex-cellently reproducedin the building ofthis house, are theelongated effects, thequaint, low roof andthe little window-panes. The main featureof the front is the en-trance porch which isreached from a ter-race raised two stepsfrom the grade. Be-yond is a circular stepwhich forms a plat-form for the columnsthat support theroof built for a pro-tection to the frontdoor. This doorhas windows at eitherside of the entranceand a transom hand-somely glazed withleaded glass. Theliving-porch, a cov-ered piazza, is placedat the rear of thehouse. It is open onthree sides and isquite separate fromthe entrance porch,thereby precludingany possibility of anintrusion. Being openas it is, it insuresgood ventilation andoffers a charmingspot in which tospend a sunshiny af-ternoon, and whenin winter it is in-closed with glass, itforms a very attrac-tive and convenientsun-room. From it a
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i The Terrace Before the House is Faced with Rhododendrons beautiful view is obtained of the Charles River, whichwinds itself in a serpentine form from Boston Harbor toand beyond the house. The pink and white blooms of the peonies placed alongthe terrace form a delightful note of contrast to the yellowpainted clapboards and the pure-white painted trim of theexterior of the house. The entire building is surmountedwith a shingle roof, stained a silver-gray color and blendingitself into the variegated shades of green of the tall pineson the banks of the river at the back of the house and whichform a very excellent setting for the house. The roof ispierced with white painted chimneys with black painted tops.The white painted quoins at the corners belong more to the later Colonial than tothe Puritan period,yet, at the same time,there is no incongru-ity, for they are quitein harmony with therest of the house. F^ntering the hall,which is Puritan en-tirely, one faces thebroad staircase witha

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