Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-08

i'll size. 1t contains an open fireplace.
faced with tile. and the woodwork is
birch stained a mahogany color. At one
side of the room are doors which lead
into two private baths and dressing
rooms. Two guest chambers with baths
attached, and Il sewing room with broad
+; window overlooking the valley below
also are located on this floor.
Large Workshop.
One OF the most unique features of the
arrangement of the house is large
workshop. y; by Il feet, which is located
in the basement Natural light is afford
ed BY large windows beneath the porch,
which is above IA portion of the room
In this room are located several electri-
cally driven machines, such as bench
and band saws, lathes and drill presses.
A portion of tine room is devated to
shelves on which Mr.. Cutter keeps shell
specimens. At the northern end of the
room is a wide doorway leading onto the
drive. Under the kitchen there is a Gel
lar, which is used for storage purposes.
Few structures about Washington con-
tain as many interesting features as does
this residence. In the first place there
is no furnace in the house, steam heat
being furnished from central heating
plant located in an overseers house
about 100 yards away. The house is
lighted throughout with electricity. BY
operating switch located in the owners
bedroom, every light can be turned on at
once. When controlled by this main
switch none of the lights can be turned
off by the indy dual switches located in
the several rooms. This arrangement
which was designed by Mr.. cutter, VINO
was for many years engaged IN the
manufacture OF electric apparatus, serves
as protection against burglars, Tor. at
the will of the owner the entire place
can be flooded with light.
The plastered walls in the house have
been given a sand finish. The ceilings
have been finished in white. The walls
on the main floor are finished in cream
color and those on the second floor in
yellow buff color. Instead of staining the
wallis the two colors have been secured
by the use of different grades of sand In
the basement an electrically operated
vacuum cleaner has been installed with
pipes leading to the rooms above.
Home for Overseer.
The overseers house is a story and
half bungalow of the same construction
and finish as the main residence. 1t has
an overall measurement of &c by 36 feet
and contains a living and dining room,
two sleeping rooms, kitchen and bath In
cellar beneath the structure is located a
steam heating plant of sufficient size to
heat the main residence, large garage
and the overseer's home. Close to it is
laundry room fitted out with modern ap-
pliances. The steam pipes leading to the
other buildings have been laid in con-
duits.
Broad branch flows close by the over
seers house. Spanning it is an artistic
concrete bridge built primarily to carry
the sewer and water pipes across the little
stream.
The garage is fireproof structure To-
Gated beside the driveway which winds
about the residence. 1t is one-room
building measuring 80 by IS feet and &C
commodations are provided for three au-
tomobiles In the center Of the concrete
floor three pits about three feet wide and
ten or twelve feet long have been ar
ranged. These are filled with gravel and
sand and serve to catch any grease drop
ping from the machines. The gravel is
changed from time to time. The roof of
the structure is OF slate and the walls of
pebble dashed construction, colored nut
brown with creasote stain In keeping with
the other structures.
MIR. Cutters residence was built by
Frank j.. Wagner, builder. from plans
prepared by A. Il. Mullett & Co. archi-
tects.