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INVENTORY FORM CONTINUATION SHEET Comimmity: Form No: MASSACHUSETTS HI STORI CAL CC KII SS ION Lexington 591 Office of the Secretary, Boston. Property Name: 110 Shade Street Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE for whom both this and the previous house on the site were built. There is a two story =_.wing room with balcony connecting to the master bedroom; a fountain room with tub faced with tiles, a coved ceiling, and a mirrored wall; a liquor closet with mirrored walls, a gold coved ceiling and black and red lacquered shelves. The interior finishes reflect several different historical periods. The living room has Spanish medieval overtones, with paneled -walls and superb wrought iron overlay on the glass doors. A massive wrought iron chandelier in the room was, according to the plans, brought from Hayden's Beacon Street house. The dining room has Geor- gian Revival finishes and the partially oval-shaped study has First Period style shadow-molded sheathing on the walls and a bolection molding around the fireplace. The master bathroom and kitchen are finished with glass tiles. In the basement be- neath the terrace is a recreation room with a stage. Its simple Craftsman style finishes suggest that it may have been a part of the original 1906 construction which survived the fire. The house echoes some characteristics of the previous house in such features as the two story central room, the fountain or plunge room, and the tri-axial plan. dictated by the surviving foundation. The central element of the house is on an east-west axis and wings angle toward the north at either end. The overall length is 209 feet. The foundation, constructed of massive fieldstones, extends to sup- port a terrace which spans the south side of the house and is finished with a bal- ustrade of oval boulders. The house previously on the site, built in 1906, was perhaps Brown's most cre- ative design. Termed a bungalow in a contemporary description, and built as a summer house, the structure incorporated elements of Japanese, Mexican, and Adi- rondack Rustic design. Constructed of stained elm and stucco with a red corrugated wood roof, the building was one story in height except for a central two story - element which provided access to a roof garden. The decoration of the house drew upon the theme of twin elms, a reference to a spring by that name on the property from which bottled water was.sold. The entrance porch had a red thatched roof sup- ported by elm branches. The brick paved central hall had a pool with fountain and a staircase fashioned completely of elm logs and sticks (see illustration). The room was lit by lights submerged in the water. The light was dispersed by prisms of glass. There were touches of Japanese decoration in the hall: lanterns and murals on the walls and, indeed, the room was called the "Japanese courtyard." Rustic furniture visible in the photograph was very likely designed by Brown,for he designed pieces with similar lines for such houses as the Goldthwaite house in Wellesley. The house incorprated a tiled "plunge room" with a 6' x 8' x 4' deep tub. Staple to Inventory form at bottom