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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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(HE author, on his travels last Fall, took a trip along the south shore of Long Island, and to his surprise and delight he found the handsome group of houses which is used to illustrate this paper. These houses are at Brightwaters, L. I., and have been constructed for a modest sum of money, and are within the reach of people of moderate means. The site upon which they are built has been richly endowed by nature with picturesque lakes, superb beaches, amid oaks and balmy pine woods. It was not until recently that the man of limited means had the opportunity of enjoying the privilege of owning a house in the country, something which the improved system of rapid transit has made largely possible for him to accomplish. The first illustration, Fig. 1, shows the cascade of lakes and the esplanade with fountains, from which broad vistas are obtained of the great canal extending into the Great South Bay, which is swept with ocean breezes. Homes of artistic design and modern appointments line the banks of the canal and the interior lakes, which extend inland some distance from the sea. The house built for Mr. Charles H. Raynor, and illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, will be of interest to one who may desire a larger amount of sleeping-room space in preference to the living quarters. The second story of this house covers a greater area than the first story, and a greater number of bedrooms are obtained by the exten- sion of the second story over the piazza of the first story. The first story of the house is constructed of cement stucco and the second of shingles, stained brown, while the trim- mings are painted white. The interior throughout has a white painted trim, and the interior arrangement of the various rooms is most excellent. One of the finest sites is the one chosen by Charles Oddie, Esq., which is built at the head of the lake and is illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6. This is an excellent house and is ideal either for a Summer or a Winter home. It ;**'--
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Fig. 2—A house of stucco and shingles Fig. 3—A second view shows the west side

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