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Conservatory and "Moon room"
James and Fanny How House

The "moon room" is so-called because there is a spectacular view of the moon through the large industrial windows.

Conservatory Conservatory  Note the handrail -- a wrought iron snake! Apparently, Harold LeRoy Olmsted had quite a sense of humor. Conservatory Detail from previous photo: a cast iron snake Conservatory Cast iron baluster. Note the weeping willow tree in the center. More architect's humor? Conservatory  Conservatory Double doors leading to the "moon room." Note the unusual shape. Further, the tops of the doors seem chopped off. More architect's humor?

"Moon Room" "Moon Room" Doors in previous photo from the other side, in the Moon room. The horizontal bar is a tie rod, a wall support device used at least since the Middle Ages "Moon Room" To the left of the doors in the previous photo. Note Fisher Price antique toys on display "Moon Room" Large windows to the left are just outside the photo. Note the fireplace on the right "Moon Room" To the left of the previous photo. The windows are commercial, not residence, products. "Moon Room" Fireplace has unusual (humorous?) shape "Moon Room" Left: Latticed lancet window Right: Unusually shaped fireplace chimney breast - the stone, brick or cement structure that projects into a room and contains the fireplace flue "Moon Room" Left:  Latticed lancet window Right: Unusually shaped fireplace chimney breast - the stone, brick or cement structure that projects into a room and contains the fireplace flue