The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-01
COTTAGE BY THE SEA.
Mrs. Harrison's Summer Home
at Cape May.
THE GIFT OF MR.. wANAMAkER.
Handsome Arrangement OF the DWELL
ing-speciaI Arrangements for
Baby Mckee.
Boston Globe.

Ine most conspicuous Oh tue housSS ~
Cage May point is now the one which has
recently been rendered TO Mrs. Harrison
from Postmaster Wanamaker and others
of her friends.
1t stands high in splendid lot, 100x200
feet in size. 1t faces south on Beach ave-
nue.. and is within 100 feet OF the tide line
and near to the lighthouse. 1t has two
main entrances. one on Beach avenue and
one on Harvard avenue. 1t is half mile
from the bay line. The view of ocean and
bay and valley from the upper rooms is
snperb.
The house is built OF wood, OF slate color,
quite dark, but lightened and warmed up
here and there along the comb OF the roof
and at other points with touch OF red. 1t
fronts to the south. full upon the sea, from
which it is separated only by about the
breadth of the beach. 1t stands on Beach
avenue, about 100 feet east of Whilldin av-
enue, and half way between the Charlton
house and the life-saying station. The
seven gables recall the name of Haw-
taorne's romance, and the piazza and bal
cony, both extending quite around the
house, impart to it that variety OF outline
which gives to most elevations the Queen
Anne style and appearance, suggesting
rather pile of buildings than single eli
flee. Both piazza and balcony add greatly
to the apparent size of the house. Forty
feet by sixty round the walls. 1t is enlarged
ten feet more in every direction by the
floor of these additions, and still further
by their overhanging ROOT, which IS IN
tended to supply the shade, which IN that
exposed situation is not to be derived from
trees.
The house is three stories in height with
a piazza ten feet broad running round the
whole four sides, both on the tlrst and sec
ond floors. 1t contains some twenty
rooms. A wide curving gravel walk sweeps
up to the main entrance on Beach avenue.
One enters through broad doorway into a
handsome hall that runs almost the length
Of the boase, and is good eleven feet
broad. 1t is not an entry or corridor, but
a sure-enough hail. with a great open fire.
place almost filling the further end of it,
and giving one instantly feeling of home
lipess and domestic comfort. A broad
beveled mirror in the quartered oaken and
carved mantel above the fireplace reflects
ones iHquring face and a bit of the sea
beach in the foreground. Decorated tiles
form the border and facing OF the fireplace.
In the centerpieee is group of the three
smiling maidens who are presumed to rep
resent the three brightest aspects of the
spring of life. On each side are other
maidens wandering in an arDor or plucking
roses The floor of the fireplace is covered
with glazed tiles of bright hues.
The floor of the hall is laid in hard wood
and covered with rugs and furnished with
cool-looking chairs and sofas of willow and
bent wood. The walls are as yet destitute
of pictures, but Mrs. Harrison is to bring
some pretty prints and etchings with her,
and she has. too, great variety of unique
ornaments that will fit in admirably, some
of them her own handiwork.
Two handsome arches, each eight feet
wide, lead to the parlor on the LETT of the
hall going in. They will be hung with q
portiere OF beads or light silk, Mrs. Har-
rison has not vet quite determined which.
The parlor is simply furnished. but looks
delightfully."- cool and summerlike. The
floor is covered with mating. on which
some handsome Damascus rugs were lying
The furniture is of mahogany and old oak,
really very solid looking and just exactly
what the skilled mistress of an elegant
household would choose. Here also there
is much willow ware and bent wood, with
an abundance of roomy, easy chairs, in
which the distinguished people who are
sure to be guests in this notable home
during the coming days may make them
selves entirely comfortable. The parlor
runs almost the entire length of the hall.
On the opposite side of the hall are the
reception and diningrooms, which have
sliding doors between them, and may be di-
vided, or when required be thrown into one
large room. The former is furnished in
walnut, and, like the parlor and hall. is also
provided with an abundance of bent wood
chairs. The diningroom is, as it always
ought to be. one of the most cheerful and
charming rooms in the whole house. A
handsome oak table, surrounded with bent
wood chairs. and almost speaking a CHEEKY
hospitality. has the center of the floor The
room looks directly on the ocean and is
lighted with windows six feet high. As the
presidential family and their guests eat
their salad at table their eyes may wander
over the rolling waves. with white sails
fitting out to sea. The storeroom, the but
ler's pantry and the kitchen are placed be-
hind the hail.
A handsome oaken stairway with beauti-
full carved newell posts leads to the upper
floors. A hall similar to that below runs
the whole length of the second floor and
leads out through the wide doorways to
the upper piazzas. 1t will make delight
full sitting and sewing room. On the left
are two handsome sleeping chambers.
l5x16 feet in size, ana looking to the un-
practiced eve quite square. They are car
peted in tapestry and furnished in draped
cherry. the effect altogether being extreme
ly good. They are intended for guests.
On the other side is a large room. carpeted
IN ingram and furnished in sixteenth GEN.
fury oak, the furnishing, indeed,
being as handsome an example rs
one conld find in all New Jersey. Two
splendid windows look out directly on the
ocean, and, If there is breath of air stir
ring, ii Re sure to blow into them. While
the general lines of the furnishing have
been completed. Mrs. Harrison will devote
great deal OF attention to the details. for
this is presumably her own room. 1t
opens into bathroom, handsomely fitted
up Opposite is another large, handsome
room, also finished in sixteenth century
oak. 1t Is Mrs. Mckee's room. Opening
from this IS large, airy room, with a
splendid window looking out on the sea
and UP the valley. This is TO be the
nursery, and adjoining it is a smaller
room, very prettiIy furnished, for the
nurse. At the head of the back stairs is
another large room, very prettily fur
nished.
The rear part of the third floor is divided
into four handsome sleeping chambers all
nicely furnished and provided with
quantity carved dormer windows in the
gables. The whole front of the floor i
thrown into one large apartment, nineteen
by forty feet in size. 1t is intended for a
billiard room, as the president is very fond
OF the exhilarating sport. The billiard
table, however, is not there as vet. and
quite as likely as not the room for this
summer, at least, will be used as a ioung-
ing and reading room, for the view from
the high windows is, to the minds of MANY
the best TO be had. The whole house is
lighted with gas. and will he connected
with molecular system of telephone. and
there are electric calls in all the rooms.
PoLITENEss OF THE swEpEs.
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