Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . \mg\mmmmi\. SIR H. FRANKLAJSTD S HOUSE. without doubt built to outvie that of Hutchinson, Clarkswealthy neighbor. A brick dwelling of three stories was, initself, a unique feature for the period in which it was con-structed ; its solid brick walls were traversed by belts at eachstage. The tiers of windows at either end of the front werenarrower than the others, and opened upon closets that wouldhave gladdened the eyes of modern housekeepers and put mod-ern architecture to the blush. The entrance door was low, acommon fault in our old builde
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . \mg\mmmmi\. SIR H. FRANKLAJSTD S HOUSE. without doubt built to outvie that of Hutchinson, Clarkswealthy neighbor. A brick dwelling of three stories was, initself, a unique feature for the period in which it was con-structed ; its solid brick walls were traversed by belts at eachstage. The tiers of windows at either end of the front werenarrower than the others, and opened upon closets that wouldhave gladdened the eyes of modern housekeepers and put mod-ern architecture to the blush. The entrance door was low, acommon fault in our old builders; but what was unusual, thedifferent flats or stories were ten feet in the clear. The dormerwindows in the roof varied enough in form to break the mo-notony of the outline. Entering by the front on Garden Court upon a hall twelvefeet wide, you were ushered into a reception-room, or saloon, atthe right of the hall of entrance. You walked on a floor cu-riously inlaid with alternate squares of pine and cedar, muchafter the fashion in vogue at the present day. Ex
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