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
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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174 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS May, 1907
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'Bird's Nest," the Summer Home of Harvey D. Murray, Esq., at Delano Park, Cape Elizabeth, Maine The interior is trimmed with white pine, with studding, Hoor joists, and partitions all dressed and exposed. The living-room is two full stories in height. It has an open Hreplace with facings and hearth of red brick laid in red mortar; the mantel is wood. At the side is a paneled seat, with an opening above filled in with spindlework. Spindle- work again forms the partition between the living-room and the dining-room. The pantries and kitchen are completely supplied with all modern conveniences. The house contains but a single staircase; it is in the private hall which gives access to the kitchen, and is isolated from the living-room. There is one bedroom on the first floor, and three on the second. The latter contains a bathroom furnished with porcelain fixtures and exposed plumbing. The servants' room, laundry, and storeroom are in the basement. Mr. John Calvin Stevens, of Portland, Maine, was the architect. Just one. word of caution in conclusion. The prices given for the houses described in this paper represent the exact cost of their construction, but owing to the greatly increased cost of labor and material in the last few years some in- crease in the amounts should be added in making comparison with contemporary work.

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