. The century illustrated monthly magazine . sing, andin a larger one built for Mrs. Bowler at by Messrs. Rotch & Tilden (I cite buta few examples out of many just as worthy ofcitation), I should describe designs utterly dif-ferent each from the other in conception and effect, each perfectly in keeping with the gen-eral character of the structure, each a delight-ful and most comfortable living-room, yet eachvery plainly to the eye a hall and not a room,its own due and proper purpose well pre-served in plan, in features, and in of the finest halls we have yet to showis
. The century illustrated monthly magazine . sing, andin a larger one built for Mrs. Bowler at by Messrs. Rotch & Tilden (I cite buta few examples out of many just as worthy ofcitation), I should describe designs utterly dif-ferent each from the other in conception and effect, each perfectly in keeping with the gen-eral character of the structure, each a delight-ful and most comfortable living-room, yet eachvery plainly to the eye a hall and not a room,its own due and proper purpose well pre-served in plan, in features, and in of the finest halls we have yet to showis in the large house Messrs. McKim, Mead& White have built for Mr. Robert Goeleton the Cliff at Newport. It runs the wholedepth of the house, with the entrance door atone end and wide windows looking on theocean at the other, yet is wide in due propor-tion ; and it runs up to the roof as well, and thebeautiful curved staircase near the entranceleads to encircling galleries. Above the greatfire-place rises a carved chimney-piece of oak. PLAN OF MR. NEWCOMB S HOUSE. 2l8 AMERICAN COUNTRY DWELLINGS.
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