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Title: The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, Janet McKenzie, 1852-1933, ed Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.)
Subjects: Home economics Cooking
Publisher: Boston : Boston Cooking-School Magazine
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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and below it. Thisis the home of Mr. Francis H. Lee,whose ancestor was one of the first citizens to build on this street. Herethe staircase is at the rear of the hall,and shows, as in the Brown house, thearchway, but simpler in ornamentation.The hall is a large one, the centralfeature of the house, broad and highand furnished in rare specimens ofcolonial times. The hallway in the home of Mr.Arthur W. West, while not strictly anold-time hall, through the introductionof modern features, is interesting indetail. An arched entrance leads tothe stairway of the second floor. Hereone finds rare pieces of antiques in desk,secretary, tables, and chairs, handeddown through generations to the presentowner. Joseph S. Cabot, one of old Salemsprominent citizens, built on EssexStreet, a house in pure colonial style ofarchitecture. Entering the porch, onesteps into a magnificent hallway, wain-scoted waist-high. Here the colonialstaircase shows a clever touch in therare carving of balustrade and newel
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Hallway in the Nichols House 462 The Boston Cooking-School Magazine post, adding a sturdy note to the soft,artistic hangings of the hall. This isone of Salems most historic houses, andis occupied by Mr. Daniel Low. Federal Street has the honor ofbeing the site of one of the finest colonialhouses in Salem, the Nichols house,built for a bride. The hallway here is achoice specimen of an old-time stair-hall. Wide and long, it ends with adoor that leads into a court-yard atthe rear of the house. The staircase,low in tread, is considered by authorities to be an example worthy of imita-tion by the architect of to-day. Historic and modern hallways areof interest in both furnishings and con-struction. There is a fascination aboutthem apart from architectural value.The stair-hall is the central feature ofthe house, and is, as it were, a keynoteto the good taste of the occupant. Itdemands more than passing attention,that each part may carefully fit intoits proper position and that, throughoutthe

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