Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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102 a small cottage that was built in 1873," says Michael T. Gray, AIA, managing director of Carpenter & MacNeille and the project director. "The structure had grown over the years, and became a long rectangular house." Gray and his colleagues also retained an entire wing added in 1896 christened the Music Room. "It became the living room," Gray says. While the exterior fits seamlessly with the area's historic character, many of the materials and tech- niques are new. The floor plan has some modern fea- tures to suit the needs of the homeowners, who have two children. Unseen, but significant, is an innovative 21st-century geothermal and solar mechanical system, which supplies hot water to heat the swimming pool and most of the house's heating and cooling needs. The home's interior hums with historic style. The centerpiece of the design is the Living Hall, a traditional Shingle-style space in the front entryway that actu- ally serves as a room. Today, the hall, with a fireplace Above, The living room once served as a music room; Left, The mahogany- paneled study, designed by Niles- Scott Interiors, is full of disguised modern features like a housed computer.