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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar61909newy (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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Lm-na Q&3vf L- _l _ H- 1 1 ri T«^ M i Ui Ih „^„ 1 ll ■ PIAZZA —,1 ■■ 1 ' ^ I H riKiT TLOOR PLAN The house is kept quite close to the ground, and has a stone foundation and underpinning. The exterior walls are of frame construction and are cov- ered with lath which are given three coats of stucco finishing, with a pebble dash. This finished coat is tinted a grayish yellow, the trim is painted an apple green, the sash ivory white, and the blinds bottle-green. The roof is covered with Spanish tile of a brilliant hue, en- hancing, the artistic values of the house below. The covered en- trance porch is the feature of the front. Upon crossing the threshold, one enters the lobby which is provided with a mosaic tiled floor, and a paneled wainscoting. From the lobby a door opens into the hall which is trimmed with white pine treated with white enamel paint. A four-foot paneled wainscoting extends around the hall, above which the walls are covered with "Longfellow" paper; the whole being finished with a massive wooden cornice. The stairs are separated from the hall by a screen, composed of paneled work, balus- ters and columns. From the main landing, from which the stairs ascend, is a door which opens into the lavatory on the
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