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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar81911newy (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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October, 1911 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 357
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An architect often meets with an "ugly" house to be remodeled. An unattractive old house can be made into a pleasing structure formal vestibule shown in the accompanying photograph. and mantels. This old house was reclaimed with soap and Mr. Olcott's house, at New Canaan, Connecticut, is an water and white paint from its use by the previous owner old house that is of artistic interest from the beauty of its as a negro tenement. I suppose that even with its splendid woodwork, both on the exterior and within. It stands at woodwork and its impressive old box bushes, it required a the corner of two old roads, and has a porch facing on keen imagination on the part of its new owner to realize at each one of these. The porches are similar in treatment, all what it would look like to-day. and are, I believe, among the most perfect specimens of Messrs. Albro and Lindeberg have made something the Connecticut Colonial porch in existence. Of particu- charming out of the commonplace old house that served lar interest is the leading in the fan and sidelights. By the way, do you know that the glass at the side of the doors of these old houses is not leaded at all, in the modern acceptance o f t h e term Th e mu lions, or divisions, which go through the glass are of wood, not lead, and the circles and other plain pieces are of bent wood, and the molded ornament only is of lead—the buttons, leaves, ro- settes, etc. — and they are fastened with nails to the wooden members beneath. It is a cur- ious thing how char- acteristic of Connec- ticut this type of porch is. I have never found it fully developed in old work anywhere else, while there are many variations of it within the limits of the State. In the interior of this delightful New Canaan house, no- tice the interesting illustrated details of the doors, trims

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