Word: manor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...modesty and grace. By going back and studying the ancient types of architecture, and then adapting them to modern ideas, an architect can evolve a plan for a modern house that will possess at once the grandeur of the Italian villa and the homely simplicity of the old English manor house...
...style of architecture will be that of the old English manor house of the Renaissance period. The basement will be occupied by rooms intended for the use of the various college publications. There will be four suites to each landing except in the south entry, where there will be only three. The suite consists of a study and two bedrooms on either side. The comfort of the occupants will be greatly increased by having a small vestibule connecting the study with the main hall. The rooms are to be provided with open fireplaces and handsome hard wood mantels. The building...
...Appleton, W. Monroe, F. Mason, J. G. Palfrey, F. H. Pratt, H. G. Dorman, J. D. Parker, R. Austin, C. L. Bremmer, F. Von Briesen. G. L. Collins, A. C. Frain, W. H. Stearns. E. P. Fay, W. E. Doyle, W. Greenough, R. B. Williams, S. V. Manor, H. A. Webber, R. F. Wood-ward, J. L. Bremer, A. M. Chase, H. L. Belisle, E. H. Clark, E. V. Frothingham...
...California articles, as well as one on the old homesteads along the James, by Charles Washington Coleman, are accompanied by most artistic and picturesque illustrations. A foreigner seeing them must wonder why Americans can complain at the lack of picturesqueness on their continent. But we who are to the manor born are not so easily deceived and know that the charming pictures in the current magazines contain more of the artist's self than of the scene he has pretended to copy...
...forty-fourth annual athletic meet of the New York Athletic Club will take place at Travers Island, Pelham Manor, N. Y., Saturday, June 8. These games are only open to members of amateur athletic clubs, and are to be governed by the rules of the A. A. U. No persons will be admitted to the grounds except by invitation. Special trains and boats will reach the grounds before the games. All the events are scratch; gold medals will be given to firsts, silver to seconds and bronze to thirds. Entrance fee one dollar per man for each event. Entries close...