F74 .C1M3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS OOOOSlEQ^aE^ •j?.^ <6 c> *.rTvV» A ■ • I'he DUN VEGA N Sf MONTROSE The Dun'vega.n a.nd Montrose Apartment Hotels r^^DUNVEGAN ^^/..MONTROSE BEING A DESCRIPTION of the APARTMENT HOTELS just erected on the corner of MASSACHUSETTS AVE. & SHEPARD ST., CAMBRIDGE li^t^ith Sundry Pictures and ^lans CAMBRIDGE PRINTED FOR THE OWNER BY WILL BRADLEY AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESSiSgg Copyright^ rSgg, h William G. MacLeod 38150 TWOCOP'ir.n iiCI^IVED. s^ DUNVEGAN 1st Floor cP -^ Massachusetts Avenue FOR EWORD Dia.gram shelving Loca.tion of the (ij'JDun^egan & (2) Mont rose FOREWORD HE object of this little book is to in- troduce the new Cambridge apart- ment hotel s, t h e Dunz'cgan and the M o/i trose, w h i c h offer to prospective tenants a combination of advantages un- equalled in Cambridge, and considering their moderate rental, unsurpassed in Boston or the surburban districts. Cambridge has many attractions as a place of residence. Among these are its splendid historic and literary traditions ; its exceptional educational advantages by reason of its fine public and private schools and as the seat of Harvard University and Radcliffe College ; its fine residences, churches, clubs, parks, and public drives ; its proximitv and easv access to Boston ; and the moral standing, general intelli- gence, and refinement of its people. The Dun-Tjegan and Montrose Residential Attractions of Cambridge FOREWORD Location The Dunvegan and the Montrose, standing as they do at the ccjrner of Massachusetts Avenue and Shepard Street, have a location that is unsurpassed in the city. The electric cars, which run every two or three minutes, stop at the door. The trip to Bowdoin Square or to Park Street Station is made in about thirtv minutes, or bv steam cars from Porter Station in about fifteen minutes. The location is also just at the meeting-place of the finest old residential section and the finest new. In the im.mediate neighbor- hood are the streets, houses, and historic spots made famous by their associations with the great men and the great events of the past. Two blocks distant is the old Cambridge Common, "the first camp- ground of the Revolution." on one side of which stands Radcliffe College and on the other Harvard University. By this proximitv an opportunity is given of at- tending the public lectures, readings, and concerts given under the auspices of the University, and of seeing and hearing the many noted visitors to the University both from this countrv and from abroad. rhe DUNVEGAN - rhe DUN VEGAN HE DUN VEGAN Name deri\es its name from D u n V e g a n Castle, one ot the oldest and most noted historic castles of Scotland. No attempt has been made to follow the outlines of this old feudal castle, but the same feeling of strength, solidity, and massive dignity has in a large measure been reproduced. The coat of arms of the castle has been introduced into the stained glass windows, and its mottoes **Hold fast" and "Murus aheneus esto " (Stand like a bulwark) ma\' fitly stand as the keynote o'i the building's construction. "I' h e DUNVEGAN The building is six stories in height, with a frontage of eighty-five feet on Massachu- setts Avenue. The foundation is of granite, and the walls of the best light gray mottled bricks and Indi- ana limestofie ; the timbers are supported by iron pillars; the framework is as stanch and strong as it was Size and possible to make it ; and only the best Materials seasoned and most carefully selected woods were used, so as to avoid the possibility of sagging, shrinkage, or vibration. Light, Air, From the accompanying floor plans and VieTv prepared by the architect, Mr. Willard M, Bacon, it will be seen that, with the exception of a common entrance, each half of the hotel is virtually a building bv itself, and every room an outside room. & M O N r R O S E admitting abundance ot light and air. The windows of the upper stories afford a view in all directions that for extent and beauty can scarcely be surpassed. The outer and inner vestibule are finished throughout in Siena marble, with mosaic floors, and with massive carved mahogany doors and casings, surrounded at the top and on either side by stained glass windows. The hall on the first floor has a dado of Siena marble, which extends up the stairway to the floor Ha.Us a.nd above. The doors and casings are ot ^i^^^^ mahogany, and the floors ot mosaic. The front stairway from the first to the second story is of mahogany, with marble treads. All other stairs, hall floors, doors, and casings are of quartered oak. The halls are abundantly lighted by double win- dows of leaded glass on each floor, open- ing into the central court. r h DUNVEGAN Decorations Efevator The wall decorations are from original designs specially prepared for this build- ing by Mr. Will Bradley, and put on under his supervision. The building is furnislied with an automatic electric elevator, which is pro- vided with appliances for convenience and safety that represent the highest reach hitherto attained in elevator construction. The cage and grill-work being of antique bronze, make a handsome appearance. This elevator is in charge of a competent person at all times. & MONTROSE Bes ides the electric bells and speaking-tubes in the vestibule for each suite, there is an annunciator in charge of the jani- tor, with speaking- tubes that connect with each suite and enable everv tenant to call and converse with the janitor. The building is thoroughly wired for Bells, electric lights, and piped for gas, and fur- r-rf' ^ nished with handsome gas and electric fixtures. The heating is what is known as the Healing low-pressure, hot-water system. With two hot-water boilers of over ten thousand feet capacity it is possible to bid defiance to the coldest winter. Radiators are placed in all rooms, and an equable tem- perature is maintained through the entire building. There is also a separate plant which furnishes all kitchens and bath- rooms with an abundant supplv of hot water at all hours and at all seasons of the year. r h e DUNVEGAN Basements The basement contains the janitor's apartments, bicycle room, and rooms for the storage of trunks and furniture. Number and The building contains twelve family Stze of suites of ten rooms and bath, and twelve c>uites bachelor suites of two rooms and bath. The large suites consist of parlor, recep- tion-room, librarv, dining-room, four chambers, kitchen and servant's chamber, bath-room, servant's water-closet, and butler's pantrv. The rooms are of ample size and convenient arrangement. With suites oi this size the conveniences of an apartment hotel are put within the reach DVNVEGAN 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th Floors rfi -ri c/i Massachusetts i\venue & M O N T R O S of people who desire the spacious accom- modations that are ordinarily found only in a private house. The kitchen and butler's pantry are Kitchen finished in cypress and ash, with hard- ^nd Pantry wood floors, and equipped with sink, set tubs, and a gas range. The kitchen, like the other rooms, is heated by a radiator, and furnished with hot water from the basement plant, A small room opens from the kitchen which is designed for a refrigerator and other uses which will suggest themselves to the practical house- keeper. The back stairway is provided with a lift, and each suite has a back r h D U N V K G A N K -"tfJSSIj Kitchen piazza with hooks tor drying clothes. ana r^ntry "-pY^Q servant's chamber and water-closet being entered from the kitchen are thus kept distinct from the rest of the suite. The butler's pantrv has abundant shelf and drawer room, and cupboards provided with patent barrel-swings. Dining-Room The dining-room, in keeping with its importance in the domestic economy, is the largest and in some ways the most at- tractive room in the suite. It is finished in quartered oak, with a handsome panelled dado rubbed dowm to a didl finish. The floor is of oak, and is provided with an electric foot-button communicating with & MONTROSE tlie kitchen. The room has a china closet, with draw- ers, shelves, and sliding doors of leaded glass. It has also a brick mantel and an open fire- place, which may be used either for wood or a gas log. The other rooms are finished in white with a hard-pine Other floor in the corridor and oak floors in the Rooms entrance-hall, parlor, library, and recep- tion-room. The parlor has an open fire- place, with a mantel and ornamental tiling. Care has been taken to lay out the rooms so as to permit of a proper disposition of the furniture and the best utilization of wall space. A special feature of the building is the Bath Rooms large bath-rooms, with dados of solid tiling, mosaic floors, porcelain bath-tubs, bowls of Italian marble, medicine closets with adjustable shelves, and bevelled French plate mirrors, the best water-closets ob- tainable, and the finest open nickelled plumbing. Like all other rooms in the building they are outside rooms, and in The DUNVEGAN size and appearance as well as in sanitary qualities they are up to the very highest standard. Closets Closet room, which is such an important practical feature in every apartment, has been generously provided. Besides a closet in each ot the five chambers, there is a closet off the bath-room, a coat closet, and a linen closet opening from the cor- ridor, and a very large closet off the en- trance-hall. All closets are provided with shelves and hooks. Windo'ivs The chambers have two windows, and all parlors, libraries, and dining-rooms have large bay windows commanding a view of the avenue. Most of the windows are & MONTROSE over five feet in width, and each sash con- Windows tains a single light of heavy French plate, bent glass being used in the bavs. All windows are flirnished with linen curtains of a uniform specially selected tint. Perhaps no other item outside the fur- W^ll nishing of a room does so much to deter- Papers mine its character and render it attractive as the proper selection of wall papers. The cost of the papers in this building and the painstaking care devoted to their "T h e DUNVEGAN ^^^ll selection greatly exceeds the ordinary stan- Papers dard for such work. T.he papers show the newest and most artistic designs and colorings — many ot them exclusive — in satin-finished papers, hand prints, aniline dves, silk ingrains, French tapestries, and other choice domestic and imported goods. No two papers in the building are alike, and care has been taken to preserve a proper color-scheme for adjoining rooms and a unity of motive throughout each suite. Bachelor Besides the twelve iamily suites there SuUes are twelve bachelor suites of two rooms and a bath. These rooms are all in the front of the building overlooking Massa- chusetts Avenue, and are finished in white with an adamant dado and hard-wood floors. The bath-room is in every de- tail finished in the same haiulsome manner as the bath-room in the larger suites. Each suite has a large closet, and is provided with a separate gas and electric light meter, and with bells and-speaking tubes connect- ing with the vestibule and with the janitor's apartments. Telephone There is also a long-distance telephone for the Wqq use ot the tenants in the building. rhe MONTROSE .^ Y* k rhe MONTROSE HE MONTROSE StmiUrity adjoins the Dunve- *^ ^^^ TV r , Dunijegan gan on Massacnu- ^ setts Avenue, and is a companion build- ingtoit. Thebuild- ings are twentv-iive feet apart, and con- nected by a subway. They are of the same height, of about the same size, are built of the same materials, and while dif- fering in detail, have the same general architectural appearance. The vestibules and iirst-story hall and stairway of the The DUNVEGAN Interkr, Montrose are finished in Siena marble and ttmsh mahogany with mosaic floors, and all other halls and stairs in quartered oak in the same manner as the Dunvegan. The elevator and hot-water heating are of similar con- struction ; the plumbing is the same ; the bath-rooms are similarly finished in solid tiling and mosaic, and equipped with the same bowls, closets, and bath-tubs, and with a constant supply of hot water; the wood-work, mantels, windows, closets, hard- wood floors, painting, papering, lighting, electric bells, and speaking-tubes, and in general all the details of interior ^ MONTROSE asm construction, are the work of the same contractors and are of the same standard of excellence as in the Dunvegan. The Montrose differs from the Dunve- Mtnor gan mainlv in having no bachelor suites. Differences Each of its twelve suites consists of ten rooms and a bath of about the same size and substantially the same arrangement as in the Dunvegan. In the Montrose, how- ever, one chamber opens into an interior light-well ; and the parlor and library, instead of being separated by the recep- ticn-room, open direcdy into each other, and both face upon the avenue. The The D U N V E G A N Moime of both Buildings Open to Inspection Prii rtces suites on the south side of this build- ing are particularly desirable on account ot their sunnv ex- posure and attrac- tive out-look. In the Montrose as in the Dunvegan, while no expense has been spared in the interests of thoroughness and perfection, the aim has been to present an appearance of richness and refinement such as a man of wealth and culture would desire to have in his private house but which is not ordinarilv seen in a building of this nature. All persons, whether prospective tenants or not, are cordiallv invited to come and be shown through these buildings, which must be seen to be properlv appreciated. The moderate prices for which it has been found possible to rent these suites ought to pro\'e not their least attractive feature. Terms and further particulars may be had from the janitor on the prem- ises or by addressing the owner, William anuaAy sj43snL[3EssEp\[ ssoHimn ^ M O N T R O S G. MacLeod, The Dunvegan, Cambridge from whom copies of this book may be had for the asking. W92 ';p«=> .v-^. V *>*> ^5^ 4.'^ kp-Jl , .> "^t.. . 0» • r T ii.- ^j. * • »r O *•'.*'* <^'^ 1 1 1 o ♦ •-6 <, BOOKBINDING n '^ A^ * KWS^A" "^^ .<^ /: © • o