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These homes were often designed with outdoor porches and large windows (with shutters) to help try to cool homes during the long hot season in these low latitude subtropical climates. Southern plantation style borrowed some of their design and concept from the French colonial style homes built in the Caribbean and other tropical areas around ...
A boardwalk leads from the front porch to through the grassy expanse to the beach (see photo 10) and a communal walkway is located directly in front of the house (see photo 11)." [2] Stoker-Furse-Sipple Cottage has David Thomas Furse as its builder. (E) 8 13th St. (D) 1310 Butler Av., a cottage that is a non-contributing building (C) 12 14th St.
Furness used a similar plan and massing for his own country house, "Idlewild," with a U-shaped wrap-around porch taking the place of the arc of seminar rooms. As noted by architectural historian James F. O'Gorman: "For his own house in Media, [Furness] shrank the plan of the contemporary University Library, and erected over it a stone, brick ...
By Colleen Kane The specialty features of luxury homes are pretty commonplace: wine cellar, home gym, swimming pool and perhaps an equestrian stable. Yet for some of the most exclusive addresses ...
Brook Farm is a historic country estate farm at 4203 Twenty Mile Stream Road in Cavendish, Vermont. It includes one of the state's grandest Colonial Revival mansion houses (built 1894), and surviving outbuildings of a model farm of the turn of the 20th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]
The magazine launched in April 1986 in London, England.Each issue features country houses from around the UK plus accompanying photographs and owner profiles; country style decorating; interior design ideas; gardens and planting advice; and seasonal food and entertaining.
The unassuming white house gives diners little idea what to expect inside Sybill’s, from the stunning, chocolate interiors (though the wraparound porch is an equally appealing option) to a menu ...
A small porch was added in the corner where the west wall of the new wing meets the north wall of the old house, and all the old porches were restored. In the original house two chimneys were restored and two replaced, and new fireplaces were installed in the living room, library, and dining room. The house has a total of 28 rooms. [2] [7]